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I had two amicus briefs that i worked on or three technically but two different cases. >> we'll have another visit tomorrow. go back and check. i'm pretty sure in your brief you argued the executive branch should not have the ability to hold an enemy combatant indefinitely. you need to try them or release them. >> yes, senator. as you were talking my client, the cato institute and the constitution project and rutherford institute made that argument and asked me to draft their brief. >> do you agree with that argument? >> senator, my responsibility was to make my clients' arguments and as a nom...

Make -- >> under current law? >> under current law i believe that determination is made by the executive branch and the person is put into -- is detained and then the question becomes whether they are able to bring some sort of legal challenge to that. >> so the law is the executive branch determines if you're an enemy combatant, and under our law you can appeal that decision through habeas, is that correct? >> i believe that's correct. >> is it your view that we can hole enemy combatants as long as they are a threat to the united states? >> i believe that's what the supreme court has determin...

Government made up of former detainees at gitmo. this whole thing from the left about this war ain't working. >> let me also note that larry thompson deputy attorney general. >> steve: there he goes. >> ainsley: katie, the context there when she was a public defender she represented some of the people at gitmo. some of the terrorists after 9/11. she said after 9/11 my brother actually enlisted but she said everyone deserves an attorney and you don't get to choose who you represent when you are a public defender. what was your reaction? >> well, the argument that senator lindsey graham was tryi...

Untenable position. this is not the way you fight a war. if you try to do this in world war ii, they'd run you out of town. we hold enemy combatants as a threat. there's no magical passage of time you've got to let go. my question is very simple. did you support the idea then that indefinite detention of an enemy combatant is unlawful? >> respectfully, senator, when you are an attorney, and you have clients who come to you, whether they pay or not, you represent their positions before the court. >> i'm sure everybody at gitmo wants out. you know, i got that. this is an amicus brief and i just ...