With All Do Respect, Senator, I Don't

I Think They Clearly Do Not Fit Within The Prescriptions Of The Geneva Convention. It's Hard For Me To See How Members Of Al Qaeda Could Be Considered Prisoners Of War.

It Is Possible, I Supposed, To Imagine An Extraordinary Circumstance In Which It Would Be Necessary And Appropriate Under The Constitution And Applicable Laws Of The United States For The President To Authorize The Military To Use Lethal Force Within The Territory Of The United States.

I Think That People, Despite My Law Enforcement Background, View Me As Taking These Consistently Progressive Stands, And I Think That, Philosophically, There Is A Desire To Get At That Person. But I Think The Stands I Have Taken Are Totally Consistent With A Person Who Is Looking At Things Realistically, Factually.

Whether It Is An Attempt To Bomb The New York City Subway System, An Attempt To Bring Down An Airplane Over Detroit, An Attempt To Set Off A Bomb In Times Square ... I Think That Gives Us A Sense Of The Breadth Of The Challenges That We Face, And The Kinds Of Things That Our Enemy Is Trying To Do.

If You Want To Call Me An Activist Attorney General, I Will Proudly Accept That Label.