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Are putting america in an untenable position. it is not the way you fight a war. if you tried to do in the world war ii they are run you out of town. there is no magic passage of time you have to let them go if they are a threat. so my question is very simple. do you support the idea -- did you support then the idea 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. i got that. this ...

War. if you tried to do this in world war ii they would run out of town. we would hold enemy combatants as long as there's a threat. there's no magic passage of time that you've got to let them go, so my question is very simple. do you support the idea -- did you support then the idea that indevaney detention of an enemy combatant is unlawful? >> respectfully, senators, 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 -- i'm sure everybody at gitmo wants out. now i've got that. this is an amicus b...

0 world at large, and i think it's six months, maybe a year, but that goes on at least on an annual basis, and if these a determination that this person still represents a threat to the united states rp they are continued to be confined. that's the way the system works. are you okay with that? >> as a policy matter, senator? i'm not speaking to my views, that's -- my understanding is that the periodic review system is an executive branch determination of whether or not they are going to continue to hold people >> does that make sense to you as a way to deal with these detainees? >> i'm not in ...

0 whether or not they still present a threat to the united states or the world at large and i think it's six months, maybe a year. but that goes on at least on an annual basis, and if there is a determination that this person still represents a threat to the united states, they are continued to be confined. that's the way the system works. are you okay with that? >> as a policy matter, senator, i'm not speaking to my views. my understanding is the periodic review system is an executive branch determination of whether or not they are going to continue to hold people. >> does that make sense to ...