We are committed to ensuring the protection of our nation’s security in a manner consistent with the Bill of Rights and the rule of law. Although some of us supported the bill you co-sponsored earlier this year with Senator Feinstein (S. 3001), we cannot support passage of your most recent bill, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Oversight and Resource Enhancement Act of 2006 (S. 4051). This issue is too complicated and too important to be part of the horse-trading and lack of regular order that often characterize a lame duck session.

Oppose Any Blanket Ban on Transfers of Guantánamo Detainees to the US, Even for Prosecution … Such highly‐restrictive measures would needlessly tie the President’s hands in resolving the problem of Guantánamo and trying terrorism suspects in a manner that comports with human rights principles and the rule of law. A blanket ban on transfers would restrict the Obama administration’s ability to employ what has been one of the most valuable and effective counterterrorism tools available – criminal prosecutions in regular federal courts.

Brief of Cross-Ideological Groups Dedicated to Ensuring Official Accountability, Restoring the Public’s Trust in Law Enforcement, and Promoting the Rule of Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner (on petition for a writ of certiorari)

Brief of Cross-Ideological Groups Dedicated to Ensuring Official Accountability, Restoring the Public’s Trust in Law Enforcement, and Promoting the Rule of Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner (on petition for a writ of certiorari)

Brief of Cross-Ideological Group Dedicated to Ensuring Official Accountability, Restoring the Public’s Trust in Law Enforcement, and Promoting the Rule of Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner (on petition for a writ of certiorari), including Cato, NACDL, and numerous others listed in the appendix.