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<v ->We really had the potential to have done this right</v>

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from the start had the administration.

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If these are going to be military commissions.

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They should have turned it over to the military

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as a mission, assign it to Southern Commander who, you know

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who runs is responsible for Guantanamo.

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Turn it over to the military, make it a military mission

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and let's get it done and get it done right.

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But you had it too many.

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We used to joke about refer to him as the big brains.

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You know, the John Hughes and the David Addingtons, who

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you know, and the Jim Haynes that didn't know anything

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about litigation, didn't know anything about the military

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but they were the, you know, the Svengalis.

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that we're gonna run this process.

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And we're sitting here in June of 2010 and

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nothing much has happened.

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So it's unfortunate

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that the things have ended up this way.

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And to me, extraordinarily disappointing

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that the current administration who campaigned

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on their respect for the rule of law and justice

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and what a travesty military commissions in Guantanamo had

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been have suddenly flip-flopped and have become

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the third term of the Bush Administration, at least

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with respect to national security and detainees and Gitmo.