[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 150 (Wednesday, November 28, 2012)] [Senate] [Pages S6995-S7031] NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3254) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. [...] Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Madam President, I thank the distinguished chairman. I am going to offer an amendment--a version of it was introduced as a separate bill last year as S. 2003. The cosponsors of the amendment are Senators Paul, Lee, Coons, Collins, Lautenberg, Gillibrand, and Kirk. I ask unanimous consent to add Senators Tester, Johnson of South Dakota, Sanders, Whitehouse, and Heller as cosponsors to the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Mrs. FEINSTEIN. This amendment is almost identical to the bill I introduced a year ago. That bill has a bipartisan group of 30 cosponsors. It is called the Due Process Guarantee Act, and the co- sponsors include five Republicans: Senators Lee, Paul, Collins, Kirk, and Moran. Thanks to Chairman Leahy, the bill had a hearing earlier this year in the Judiciary Committee, as the Presiding Officer will so note, on February 29, 2012. The amendment I will offer clarifies questions that arose during last year's defense authorization bill about the U.S. Government's power to detain its citizens indefinitely. Last year's bill had detention provisions in it that never had a hearing in the Judiciary Committee, the Intelligence Committee, or the Armed Services Committee. Let me just take a minute to describe why this is such an important issue for me. When I was a very young girl--I remember it was a Sunday because my father worked every other day of the week--my father took me down to a racetrack just south of San Francisco [[Page S7019]] called Tanforan. It was the beginning of World War II. The racetrack was then a staging point for Japanese Americans en route to more permanent detention centers. Here is the edict that was put out: Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration, Presidio of San Francisco, California, April 1, 1942, Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry, Living in the Following Area: Then it describes the area. It says: All Japanese persons, both alien and non-alien, will be evacuated from the above designated area by 12:00 o'clock noon Tuesday, April 7, 1942. No Japanese person will be permitted to enter or leave the above described area after 8:00 a.m., Thursday, April 2, 1942, without obtaining special permission from the Provost Marshal of the Civil Control Station. This was an order which remanded all persons of Japanese ancestry into custody for the duration of World War II. Let me show you a little of what these facilities looked like. Shown in this picture I have in the Chamber is Tanforan Racetrack, and these are the barracks that were put up to house Japanese-American citizens and non-citizens--only because they were of Japanese ancestry. In this next picture, this is what it looked like close up. This is a young person walking out of this small cell in that barrack. In this next picture, these are Japanese Americans standing in line-- and here is the racetrack--either to get food or for some other reason. This stuck in my memory, and I believe it was a stain on the greatness of this country. As I saw the barbed wire, these men, women, and children housed in horse stables, in small buildings, as you can see, it was an experience I will never forget. To ensure that this shameful experience was never repeated, almost 30 years after the 1942 evacuation order was issued, Congress passed and President Nixon signed into law the Non-Detention Act of 1971, which repealed a 1950 statute that explicitly allowed detention of U.S. citizens without charge or trial. The Non-Detention Act of 1971 clearly states: No citizen shall be imprisoned or otherwise detained by the United States except pursuant to an act of Congress. Despite this history, during last year's debate on the Defense authorization bill some in this body advocated for the indefinite detention of American citizens. This is an issue that has been the subject of much legal controversy since 9/11. Proponents of indefinitely detaining citizens apprehended in the U.S. argue that the Authorization for Use of Military Force--what we call the AUMF--that was enacted in the wake of 9/11 is ``an act of Congress,'' in the language of the Non-Detention Act, that authorizes the indefinite detention of American citizens regardless of where they are captured. They further assert that their position is justified by the U.S. Supreme Court's plurality decision in the 2004 case of Hamdi v. Rumsfeld. However, that position is undercut by the 2003 case of Padilla v. Rumsfeld in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. So we have a kind of muddle. But let me discuss the facts of the Hamdi case because it is important to note that Yaser Esam Hamdi was a U.S. citizen who took up arms on behalf of the Taliban and was captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan. The Supreme Court effectively did uphold his military detention, so some of my colleagues seize upon this to say that the military can today indefinitely detain even U.S. citizens who are arrested domestically. However, the Supreme Court's opinion in that case was a decision by a 4-to-4 plurality that recognized the power of the government to detain U.S. citizens captured abroad as ``enemy combatants'' for some period, but otherwise repudiated the government's broad assertions of executive authority to detain citizens without charge or trial. To the extent the Hamdi case permits the government to detain a U.S. citizen ``until the end of hostilities,'' it does so only under a very limited set of circumstances; namely, citizens taking an active part in hostilities who are captured in Afghanistan and who are afforded certain due process protections, at a minimum. Additionally, decisions by the lower courts have contributed to the current state of ambiguity. For example, consider those decisions involving Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen who was arrested in Chicago. He was initially detained pursuant to a material witness warrant based on the 9/11 terrorist acts. In Padilla, the Second Circuit held that AUMF did not authorize his detention, saying: We conclude that clear congressional authorization is required for detentions of American citizens on American soil because . . . the Non-Detention Act . . . prohibits such detentions absent specific congressional authorization. The Second Circuit went on to say that the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force--and I quote--``is not such an authorization, and no exception to [the Non-Detention Act] otherwise exists.'' So here is the problem. We have the Supreme Court that says one thing in a limited way and a federal appeals court that says another thing on an issue not directly addressed by the Supreme Court. When we debated this issue on the Senate floor last year, the Senate ultimately agreed to a compromise amendment which passed by an overwhelming 99-to-1 vote. I worked on that with Senators Lee, Paul, Levin, McCain, Durbin, Leahy, and the amendment provided the following: Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect existing law or authorities relating to the detention of United States citizens, or lawful resident aliens of the United States, or any other persons who are captured or arrested in the United States. Now, that was adopted to say, leave things as they are right now. It preserved the current state of the law, continuing to leave it to the courts to resolve who is right about whether the AUMF authorizes the military detention of anyone apprehended domestically. I believe strongly the time has come now to end this legal ambiguity and to state clearly once and for all that the AUMF or other authorities do not authorize such indefinite detention of Americans apprehended in the United States. To accomplish this, we are offering an amendment which affirms the continuing application of the principles behind the Non-Detention Act of 1971. It amends that act to provide clearly that no military authorization allows indefinite detention of U.S. citizens or green card holders who are apprehended inside the United States. The amendment states, ``An authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States apprehended in the United States unless an Act of Congress expressly authorizes such detention.'' That affirms the Second Circuit's clear statement rule from the Padilla case. Some may ask why this amendment protects green card holders as well as citizens. Others may ask why the amendment does not protect all persons apprehended in the United States from indefinite detention? Let me be clear. I would support providing the protections in this amendment to all persons in the United States whether lawfully or unlawfully present. But the question is, Is there enough support in this body to expand this amendment to cover others besides U.S. citizens and green card holders? I do not believe there is. We got 45 votes last year on a similar amendment protecting U.S. citizens. We have re-worked the amendment and gained more support this year, as reflected in the co- sponsors we have today. So my hope is that at least we can clear up the law with strong protections for citizens and legal permanent residents. Wherever we draw the line on who should be covered by this legislation, I believe it violates fundamental American rights to allow anyone apprehended in the United States to be detained without charge or trial. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have proven time and time again they are up to the challenge of detecting, stopping, arresting, and convicting terrorists found on U.S. soil, having successfully arrested, detained, and convicted hundreds of these heinous people, both before and after 9/11. For example, since January 2009, 98 individuals have been successfully arrested inside the United States by the [[Page S7020]] FBI and other Federal or local law enforcement officers on terrorism- related charges. Last month, the staff of the Senate Intelligence Committee compiled a list of the individuals arrested in the past 4 years as part of more than 50 different terrorism investigations. The list was based on publicly available information from the FBI, the Congressional Research Service, and media reports. I have it here and I ask unanimous consent to have the list printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Terrorist Arrests and Plots Stopped in the United States 2009-2012 (Compiled by Senate Intelligence Committee staff based on publicly available information from the FBI, the Congressional Research Service, and media reports) (1) Ralph Deleon, (2) Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales (Santana), (3) Arifeen David Gojali--Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Terrorism--November 2012. On Friday, November 16, 2012, the FBI arrested Deleon, Santana, and Gojali who were planning to travel to Afghanistan to attend terrorist training and commit violent jihad. Deleon, of Ontario, California, is a lawful permanent resident alien, born in the Philippines. Santana, of Upland, California, is a lawful permanent resident, born in Mexico, and whose application for citizenship is pending in the U.S. Gojali, of Riverside, California, is a United States citizen. According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California, the defendants conspired to provide material support to terrorists knowing or intending that such support was to be used in preparation for or in carrying out: conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim, or injure persons and damage property in a foreign country; killing and attempting to kill officers and employees of the United States; killing nationals of the United States; conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction outside the United States; and bombing places of public use and government facilities. The complaint further alleges that Santana, Deleon, and Gojali conducted preliminary training in southern California at firearms and paintball facilities to prepare for terrorist training overseas. (4) Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis--Plot to Bomb New York Federal Reserve Bank--October 2012. On October 17, 2012, the FBI arrested Ahsan Nafis, a Bangladeshi national, as he attempted to detonate what he believed to be a 1,000-pound bomb at the New York Federal Reserve Bank in lower Manhattan's financial district. The defendant faces charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material support to Al Qaeda. According to an FBI press release, the accused, ``traveled to the United States in January 2012 for the purpose of conducting a terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Nafis, who reported having overseas connections to Al Qaeda, attempted to recruit individuals to form a terrorist cell inside the United States. Nafis also actively sought out Al Qaeda contacts within the United States to assist him in carrying out an attack.'' (5) Adel Daoud--Plot to Bomb Downtown Chicago Bar-- September 2012. On Friday September 14, 2012, Adel Daoud attempted to detonate what he believed to be a car bomb outside a bar in downtown Chicago. Daoud, a U.S. citizen, was arrested as part of an ongoing FBI counterterrorism operation after he was discovered on the Internet seeking information on how to conduct terrorist attacks. According to an FBI press release, ``In about May 2012, two FBI online undercover employees contacted Daoud in response to material Daoud posted online and thereafter exchanged several electronic communications with Daoud. According to the affidavit, during these communications Daoud expressed an interest in engaging in violent jihad, either in the United States or overseas.'' (6) Douglas L. Wright, (7) Brandon L. Baxter, (8) Anthony Hayne, (9) Connor C. Stevens, and (10) Joshua S. Stafford-- Plot to Bomb Brecksville-Northfield High Level Bridge in Ohio--May 2012. These five men were arrested on May 1, 2012 after they attempted to detonate an explosive device set on the Brecksville-Northfield High Level Bridge in Ohio that was given to them by an undercover FBI agent. The accused men are self-proclaimed anarchists who considered carrying out a series of attacks, but ultimately decided to target the bridge in Ohio after an initial plot to use smoke grenades to distract law enforcement in order for co-conspirators to topple financial institution signs atop high rise buildings in downtown Cleveland failed to materialize. ``The defendants conspired to obtain C-4 explosives contained in two improvised explosive devices to be placed and remotely detonated,'' according to the complaint. (11) Bakhtiyor Jumaev and (12) Jamshid Muhtorov--Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU)--March 2012. On March 15, 2012, the FBI arrested Bakhtiyor Jumaev who was charged with one count of conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU). The FBI had been conducting an investigation into the activities of Jumaev and his associate, Jamshid Muhtorov, who was arrested in January 2012 on similar charges. Jumaev and Muhtorov had pledged support for the IJU and Jumaev sent funds to Muhtorov, specifically intended for the IJU. The U.S. Government has designated the IJU as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. (13) Amine El Khalifi--Plot to carry out a Suicide Bomb Attack against the U.S. Capitol--February 2012. Amine El Khalifi, an illegal immigrant from Morocco, was arrested on February 17, 2012 for attempting to detonate a bomb in what was envisioned to be a suicide attack against the U.S. Capitol Building. According to an FBI press release, ``El Khalifi allegedly traveled to a parking garage near the U.S. Capitol building. El Khalifi took possession of a MAC-10 automatic weapon and put on a vest containing what he believed to be a functioning bomb. Unbeknownst to El Khalifi, both the weapon and the bomb had been rendered inoperable by law enforcement. El Khalifi walked alone from the vehicle toward the United States Capitol, where he intended to shoot people and detonate the bomb. El Khalifi was arrested and taken into custody before exiting the parking garage.'' The FBI made initial contact with Khalifi in January 2011. Over the course of the year he cited his anger over the ``war on terrorism'' and the ``war on Muslims'' as his rationale behind planned attacks against a military installation and a restaurant in Washington D.C. After acquiring and testing dummy explosives given to him by FBI affiliates, Khalifi modified his plans to conduct a suicide attack against the U.S. Capitol. (14) Sami Osmakac--Plot to Bomb Locations in Tampa, Florida--January 2012. On January 7, 2012, the FBI arrested Sami Osmakac, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in the former Yugoslavia (Kosovo) on one count of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. The FBI used a sting operation to apprehend Osmakac who was 25 years old at the time of his arrest. According to FBI investigators, in September 2011, an FBI source reported that Osmakac and another person had asked for Al Qaeda flags at the source's business. The source continued to interact with Osmakac and report to the FBI about his activities. Osmakac allegedly expressed interest in obtaining firearms and explosives for attacks he was planning in the Tampa area, and the source introduced him to an FBI undercover employee reputed to have access to such materials. The undercover employee supplied Osmakac with hand grenades, an assault rifle, a pistol, a car bomb, and an explosive belt. Osmakac was unaware that the items actually did not work. In the course of his plotting Osmakac purportedly discussed targets such as ``night clubs in the Ybor City area of Tampa, the Operations Center of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Ybor City, and a business in the South Tampa,'' according to a DOJ press release. Muslims in Tampa reportedly aided the FBI in its investigation. Osmakac purportedly exhibited extremist views prompting at least one local Muslim to tell authorities about him. (15) Jose Pimentel--Plot to Bomb New York City Targets and Troops Returning from Combat Overseas--November 2011. On November 19, 2011, New York City police arrested a convert to Islam named Jose Pimentel on terrorism charges. According to New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, Pimentel purportedly discussed killing U.S. military personnel returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, in conjunction with bombing post offices in and around Washington Heights and police cars in New York City, as well as a police station in Bayonne, N.J. The alleged would-be bomber was building explosive devices when he was arrested after two years of surveillance by the New York City Police Department (NYPD). Pimentel reportedly discussed his plans with an individual he did not know was an NYPD criminal informant. Pimentel sympathized with Al Qaeda and drew inspiration from now-deceased radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. The alleged would-be bomber purportedly tried but failed to correspond with Awlaki via e-mail, and the cleric's death may have sped up Pimentel's plotting. According to the criminal complaint filed in the case, the NYPD tracked Pimentel's internet activity, finding that Pimentel had posted online pro-Al Qaeda material as well as an article detailing how to make a bomb from Inspire Magazine. Working in the apartment of an NYPD criminal informant, Pimentel supposedly followed Inspire's bomb making instructions, scraping match heads, collecting the incendiary material, as well as drilling holes in three pipes, among other steps. (16) Mansour Arbabsiar--Plot to Assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the United States--October 2011. Mansour Arbabsiar was arrested after he approached a DEA informant, who he believed was a member of Los Zetas, to hire the cartel to carry out a terrorist attack against the Saudi ambassador at a restaurant in Washington. Mr. Arbabsiar had many connections to Iran's military and the Qods Force. (17) Rezwan Ferdaus--Plot to Attack U.S. Capitol and Pentagon--September 2011. On September 28, Rezwan Ferdaus, a U.S. citizen from Ashland, MA, was arrested on terrorism charges. He allegedly plotted to attack the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol with explosives-laden remote-controlled airplanes. According to DOJ, he also planned a ground assault in conjunction with his aerial [[Page S7021]] attack, intending to use firearms and to involve six conspirators in this phase of his plot. Ferdaus also purportedly attempted to provide Al Qaeda with modified cell phones he believed would be used as detonators for improvised explosive devices intended to harm U.S. soldiers abroad. As described by DOJ, FBI undercover employees acting as members of Al Qaeda supplied Ferdaus with money, fake explosives for the airplanes, firearms, and hand grenades. In turn, (among other things) Ferdaus provided the cell phone detonators to these phony Al Qaeda recruiters as well as a training video on how to construct them. Ferdaus supposedly began plotting in 2010. In January 2011, he discussed his plans with an FBI informant. In May 2011, he visited the Washington, DC, area to conduct surveillance of his targets and view the site from which he intended to launch his remote-controlled airplanes. According to the FBI, Ferdaus believed that one of his airplanes could collapse the Capitol dome. (18) Agron Hasbajrami--Plot to Fight in Pakistan--September 2011. On September 6, 2011, Agron Hasbajrami was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City as he tried to board a flight to Turkey. Hasbajrami allegedly planned to join a jihadist fighting group in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. He also purportedly sent more than $1,000 to Pakistan to support the efforts of a militant with whom he communicated. (19) Naser Abdo--Plot to Attack Targets Near Fort Hood-- July 2011. On July 27, 2011, U.S. Army Private Naser Abdo was arrested near Fort Hood in Texas for allegedly plotting a shooting spree and bombing in the area--near the same place where Army Major Nidal Hasan reportedly killed 13 individuals in 2009. Abdo, described in the media as a Muslim soldier in the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, KY, was supposedly absent without leave from the Army after applying for conscientious objector status. A November 2011 superseding indictment charged Abdo with one count of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, one count of attempted murder of officers or employees of the United States, two counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a federal crime of violence, and two counts of possession of a destructive device in furtherance of a federal crime of violence. Abdo allegedly purchased gunpowder, shotgun ammunition, and a magazine for a semi-automatic pistol at a gun store near Fort Hood. An employee at the gun store supposedly brought Abdo to the attention of law enforcement officers. Federal officials have noted that Abdo also possessed a .40 caliber handgun, bomb making materials, and an article on how to construct an explosive device, among other items. The article was from Inspire, an English-language magazine produced by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. (20) Ulugbek Kodirov--Plot to Assassinate President Obama-- July 2011. Ulugbek Kodirov, an Uzbek living in Alabama, was arrested when he sought assistance to kill President Obama either by shooting him or using explosives. The affidavit said that the source whom Kodirov contacted for help told authorities that Kodirov supported Islamic extremists and regularly viewed jihadist websites. (21) Emerson Begolly--Plot to Encourage Jihadist Acts in the United States--July 2011. On July 14, 2011, Emerson Begolly, a U.S. citizen from New Bethlehem, PA, was indicted for attempting to encourage jihadists to commit acts of terrorism within the United States and distributing information related to explosives online. In August 2011, he pleaded guilty to ``soliciting others to engage in acts of terrorism within the United States and to using a firearm during and in relation to an assault on FBI agents.'' According to DOJ, Begolly posted ``links to a 101-page document that contain[ed] information on how to set up a laboratory, conduct basic chemistry, and manufacture explosives.'' (22) Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif and (23) Walli Mujahidh--Plot to Attack Seattle Military Processing Center--June 2011 On June 22, 2011, Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif and Walli Mujahidh, were arrested on terrorism and firearms charges for plotting to attack a Seattle military processing center. An FBI sting operation apprehended the two as they took possession of machine guns they had purchased for the plot. The firearms had been rendered inert as part of the sting operation. Assistant Attorney General for National Security Todd Hinnen described the plot as, ``driven by a violent, extreme ideology.'' While the two reportedly had not worked out all of the details of their plot, they allegedly were frustrated by ``American war policies'' and hoped for an attack that would garner wide attention. (24) Yonathan Melaku--Plot to Shoot Targets in Washington, DC, Area--June 2011 On June 23, 2011, DOJ announced that Yonathan Melaku, an Ethiopian native living in Alexandria, VA, was charged with destruction of property and firearm violations. These charges stemmed from five shootings at military installations in Northern Virginia between October and November 2010. No one was harmed in the shootings. It is unclear to what extent Melaku, a Marine Corps reservist, was driven by jihadist motivations; however, investigators linked Melaku to a spiral notebook with numerous Arabic statements referencing the Taliban, Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, ``The Path to Jihad,'' as well as a list of several other individuals associated with foreign terrorist organizations. Law enforcement officials also found a video when they searched Melaku's bedroom. It reportedly depicted ``Melaku in an automobile driving near what appears to be the U.S. Marine Corps Heritage Museum and repeatedly firing a handgun out the passenger-side window.'' In the video, he allegedly states, ``that's my target. That's the military building. It's going to be attacked,'' and then he shouts, ``Allah Akbar.'' (25) Waad Ramadan Alwan and (26) Mohanad Shareef Hammadi-- Material Support to Al Qaeda in Iraq--May 2011 Alwan and Hammadi were arrested on May 25, 2011 in Kentucky on charges to commit conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals abroad and provide material support, including weapons, to Al Qaeda in Iraq among other charges. (27) Ahmed Ferhani and (28) Mohamed Mamdouh--Plot to Attack New York City Targets--May 2011 On May 12, 2011, Ahmed Ferhani (an Algerian native living in Queens, NY) and Mohamed Mamdouh (a naturalized U.S. citizen from Morocco) were arrested for plotting to blow up a synagogue as well as churches in New York City. However, the duo had not chosen a specific target. New York City officials alleged that Ferhani was driven by a hatred of Jews and a belief that Muslims are mistreated the world over. He and Mamdouh allegedly had purchased firearms and a hand grenade from an undercover detective posing as a gun dealer. (29) Joseph Jeffrey Brice--Testing Explosives and Proving Material Support to Terrorists--May 2011 Joseph Jeffrey Brice was arrested on charges of manufacturing an unregistered firearm and later an additional charge of providing material support for terrorism. Police began to take an interest in Mr. Brice after he was seriously injured in April 2010 while testing a homemade bomb. Investigators discovered videos Brice posted that depicted suicide bombings in Pakistan and links to a terrorism magazine with instructions on how to make explosives. He also posted bomb making videos to YouTube under the name ``StrengthofAllah.'' Mr. Brice also plotted with an unidentified man to rob a Zions First National bank in Idaho although the plot was never acted upon. Authorities believe Brice was not a Muslim; rather, he assumed a Muslim identity online in order to sell his bomb-making expertise. (30) Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, (31) Irfan Khan, and (32) Izhar Khan,--Material Support to the Pakistani Taliban-- May 2011 Six individuals located in South Florida and Pakistan were indicted in the Southern District of Florida on charges of providing financing and other material support to the Pakistani Taliban, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Three of them were located abroad. Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, Irfan Khan, and Izhar Khan were arrested in the U.S. (33) Kevin William Harpham--Attempt to Use an Explosive Device--March 2011 On March 9, 2011, Kevin Harpham was arrested for placing an explosive device alongside a planned Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March. Harpham admitted that he was a white supremacist and white separatist. (34) Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari--Plot to Bomb U.S. Targets-- February 2011 On February 23, 2011, FBI agents arrested Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and resident of Lubbock, TX. He was charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. He also allegedly plotted to purchase material to make an improvised explosive device and had researched potential U.S. targets. A chemical supplier provided information to the FBI about a suspicious attempted purchase by Aldawsari. Prosecutors have stated that among the targets Aldawsari researched was the home address for former President George W. Bush. He also researched the names and home addresses of three American soldiers who had previously served at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. (35) Roger Stockham--Plot to Attack Shia Mosque in Michigan--January 2011 Roger Stockham was arrested on January 24, 2011 outside the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan. Mr. Stockham, a Vietnam veteran from Southern California, was caught with explosives in his vehicle outside the Michigan mosque. Authorities found a large but undisclosed quantity of class-C fireworks including M-80s, which are banned in Michigan, in his car. Mr. Stockham had a history of mental health issues and criminal acts ranging from kidnappings to attempted bombings. (36) Antonio Martinez--Plot to Bomb Armed Forces Recruiting Center--December 2010 Antonio Martinez (aka Muhammad Hussain), a U.S. citizen from Baltimore was charged with attempting to detonate a bomb outside of a U.S. Armed Forces recruiting center in Catonsville, Maryland on December 8, 2010. Unbeknownst to him, Mr. Martinez was working with undercover FBI agents the whole time as they had been monitoring him since October 1, 2010 when a confidential source tipped off authorities to the potential danger. Martinez had attempted to recruit up to five other people to his plot, but they all declined to help him. (37) Mohamed Osman Mohamud--Plot to Bomb Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony--November 2010 Mohamed Osman Mohamud a US Citizen from Somalia was charged with attempting to detonate a vehicle bomb at a Christmas [[Page S7022]] tree lighting ceremony in Portland, OR on November 26, 2010. The arrest was the culmination of a months-long investigation and the explosives he was trying to detonate were inert. Mohamud was in touch with contacts in Pakistan and he was trying to travel overseas to engage in a violent jihad, according to the FBI. Mohamud told undercover agents that he had been trying to commit a violent jihad for 4 years, since he was 15. (38) Mohamud Abdi Yusuf and (39) Abdi Mahdi Hussein-- Material Support to Al-Shabaab and Conspiracy to Structure Financial Transactions--November 2010 On November 1, 2010, Mohamud Abdi Yusuf was arrested on charges of providing material support to al Shabaab and one charge of conspiracy to structure financial transactions. Abdi Mahdi Hussein was arrested one day later on a charge of conspiracy to structure financial transactions. The indictment alleged that Yusuf and Hussein sent funds to al Shabaab supporters in Somalia from licensed money remitting businesses operating in the United States, in part by using fictitious names and telephone numbers to conceal the nature of their activities. (40) Farooque Ahmed--Plot to Bomb Washington, DC, Subway Stations--October 2010 Farooque Ahmed was arrested on October 27, 2010, and charged with conspiring with others he believed to be Al Qaeda operatives to bomb subway stations in Washington, DC. His co-conspirators turned out to be undercover law enforcement officers. (41) Abdel Hameed Shehadeh--Travel Abroad to Wage Jihad-- October 2010 Abdel Hameed Shehadeh was arrested on October 22, 2010, in Honolulu, HI. Among the accusations against him were that he tried to join the U.S. military so he could be deployed to Iraq but would desert and fight with anti-American insurgency forces. (42) Sami Samir Hassoun--Plot to Detonate an Explosive Device--September 2010 Sami Samir Hassoun was charged with one count each of (1) attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and (2) attempted use of an explosive device after placing a backpack which he thought contained an explosive device into a curbside trash receptacle near a crowded nightclub. (43) Amina Ali and (44) Hawo Hassan--Material Support to Terrorist Group al Shabaab--August 2010 On August 15, 2010, 2 Americans and 12 others were charged with terrorism-related crimes linked to the Somali-based organization known as al Shabaab. There were only two arrests of Amina Ali and Hawo Hassan women charged with raising money to support al Shabaab through door-to-door solicitations and teleconferences in Somali communities in Minnesota. Indictments were also unsealed in Minnesota, Alabama, and California charging the other 12 individuals who were believed to be fugitives in Somalia. (45) Shaker Masri--Attempted Travel to Somalia or Afghanistan to Fight--August 2010 Shaker Masri was arrested by the FBI on August 3, 2010, just before he was allegedly planning to travel to Somalia or Afghanistan to join either al-Shabaab or Al Qaeda. The FBI used a cooperating source who met Masri in November 2008 and subsequently consensually recorded conversations with him for the investigation. According to court documents, Masri encouraged the cooperating source to ``review speeches'' by Anwar al-Awlaki. (46) Paul Gene Rockwood and (47) Nadia Rockwood--Charged with Perjury in a Terrorism Investigation--July 2010 Both Paul Rockwood and his wife pleaded guilty to one count of willfully making false statements to the FBI involving terrorism. According to the plea agreements and other documents filed with the court, Paul Rockwood converted to Islam, and later became a strict adherent to the violent jihad-promoting ideology of cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki. According to the filed court documents, after he moved to King Salmon, Alaska in 2006, Paul Rockwood continued his adherence to Al- Awlaki's ideology and by early 2010, he formalized a target list to include 15 specific locations all outside the state of Alaska. In April 2010, Paul Rockwood gave his written target list to his wife, Nadia, who, knowing of its purpose, carried the list with her on a trip to Anchorage. The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) subsequently obtained the target list. On May 19, 2010, JTTF agents questioned Paul Rockwood and provided him a copy of the target list. In response to agents' questions, Rockwood made false statements, denying he had created such a list, denying the purpose of the list and denying ever having such a list. JTTF agents also questioned Nadia Rockwood on May 19, 2010, about transporting the target list authored by her husband to another person. In response, Nadia Rockwood also made false statements to FBI agents. (48) Zachary Adam Chesser and (49) Proscovia Kampire Nzabanita--Conspiracy to Murder ``South Park'' Creators--July 2010 On July 21, 2010, Zachary Adam Chesser, of Fairfax County, Va., was arrested on charges that he provided material support to al-Shabaab, a designated foreign terrorist organization. According to court documents, Chesser maintained several online profiles dedicated to extremist jihad propaganda. Chesser eventually admitted to encouraging violent jihadists to attack the writers of South Park, including highlighting their residence and urging online readers to ``pay them a visit.'' Chesser's wife, Proscovia Kampire Nzabanita, eventually pleaded guilty to making a false statement to an FBI agent during the course of the FBI's investigation of her husband. (50) Mohamed Alessa and (51) Carlos Almonte--Attempting Material Support to Terrorism--June 2010 On June 5, 2010, two New Jersey residents, Mohamed Alessa and Carlos Almonte, were arrested at JFK in New York prior to boarding separate flights to Egypt. Authorities alleged the two had hoped to eventually link up with al-Shabaab in Somalia. The following day, they were charged with conspiracy to kill Americans abroad. They are alleged to have vowed to ``slice up'' troops in ``a thousand pieces,'' according to the criminal complaint which cites conversations secretly recorded by a NYPD undercover officer. (52) Tarek Mehanna--Providing Material Support to Al Qaeda--June 2010 Tarek Mehanna (of Sudbury, Massachusetts) and Ahmad Aboursamra (a fugitive in Syria) were charged with conspiring to aid Al Qaeda, as well as attempting to commit murder in a foreign country, conspiracy to commit provide false information to law enforcement, as well as a number of other counts of false statements to law enforcement. Only Mehanna was arrested. (53) Barry Walter Bujol, Jr.--Attempting to Provide Material Support to Al Qaeda--June 2010 Barry Walter Bujol, Jr. was charged with attempting to provide material support to AQAP and aggravated identity theft. (54) Faisal Shahzad--Attempted Car Bombing in Times Square--May 2010 Fasial Shahzad was arrested on May 3, 2010 and eventually pleaded guilty to 10 crimes stemming from attempting to detonate a car bomb in Times Square on May 1, 2010. Shahzad was apprehended after being identified at JFK Airport after U.S. Customs agents recognized him from video taken at Times Square. Two other individuals were indicted in connection with this terrorist plot: (55) Mohammad Younis was arrested in September 2010 and accused of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business which provided funds to Faisal Shahzad. There are no allegations, however, that Younis was aware of the intended use of the money. In the indictment, he was charged with operating an unlicensed money transfer business between the United States and Pakistan and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transfer business. In August 2011, he pleaded guilty to the former charge. (56) Aftab Ali was charged in a criminal complaint in November 2010 with immigration fraud and making false statements. The complaint alleges that Ali provided $4,900 to Shahzad in February 2010 as part of a hawala transaction. The complaint does not allege that Ali was aware of the intended use of the money by Shahzad, but in April 2011, Ali pleaded guilty to charges of unlicensed money transmitting and immigration document fraud. He was sentenced to time served and ordered to be deported. (57) Khalid Ouazzani--Providing Material Support to Al Qaeda--May 2010 Ouazzani swore an oath of allegiance to Al Qaeda in June 2008. Ouazzani admitted that, from August 2007 to February 2010, he participated in a conspiracy to provide material support or resources to Al Qaeda. Ouazzani admitted that he personally provided more than $23,000 to Al Qaeda and performed other tasks at the request of and for the benefit of Al Qaeda. Ouazzani also had conversations with others about various ways to support Al Qaeda, including plans for them to fight in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Somalia. (58) Wesam el-Hanafi and (59) Sabirhan Hasanoff--Providing Material Support to Al Qaeda--April 2010 Wesam el-Hanafi and Sabirhan Hasanoff were indicted for conspiring to provide material support, including computer advice and assistance, to Al Qaeda. (60) Colleen R. LaRose, (61) Jamie Paulin Ramirez, and (62) Mohammad Hassan Khalid--Material Support to Terrorists--March 2010 On March 9, 2010 Colleen LaRose was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official, and attempted identity theft. The indictment charged that LaRose, an American citizen who went by the alias ``Jihad Jane'', was part of a group who recruited men on the Internet to wage violent jihad in South Asia and Europe, and recruited women on the Internet who had passports and the ability to travel to and around Europe in support of violent jihad. Additionally, LaRose was accused of directly plotting to kill a citizen of Sweden. LaRose, aka ``Jihad Jane,'' pleaded guilty in February 2011 in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Ramirez pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in March 2011. On April 2, 2010, Jamie Paulin Ramirez, a U.S. citizen and former resident of Colorado, was also charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, and linked to the same group as LaRose. The superseding indictment charged that LaRose and Ramirez traveled to and around Europe to participate in and in support of violent jihad. Finally, on October 20, 2011, Mohammad Hassan Khalid was also charged with providing material support to terrorists linking back to the same case as LaRose and Ramirez. The indictment alleged that, from about 2008 through July 2011, Khalid conspired with LaRose, Ramirez, and others to provide material support and resources, including [[Page S7023]] logistical support, recruitment services, financial support, identification documents and personnel, to a conspiracy to kill overseas. (63 through 71) Nine Members of Militia Group ``The Hutaree'' Charged with Attempted Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction--March 2010 Six Michigan residents, two Ohio residents, and a resident of Indiana were charged with attempted use of weapons of mass destruction among other charges. The indictment alleged that nine individuals who were part of the Lenawee County Michigan militia group called the Hutaree, conspired to oppose by force the authority of the U.S. government. The indictment further alleged that the Hutaree planned to kill an unidentified member of local law enforcement and then attack the law enforcement officers who gathered for the funeral. According to the plan, the Hutaree would attack law enforcement vehicles during the funeral procession with improvised explosive devices, which, according to the indictment, constitute weapons of mass destruction. (72) Raja Ladrasib Khan--Provided Material Support to Al Qaeda--March 2010 Khan was arrested and charged with sending money orders to Ilyas Kashimiri, a Pakistani Al Qaeda Leader on multiple occasions knowing that the money was going to a terrorist organization. (73) Hosam Maher Husein Smadi--Attempting to use a Weapon of Mass Destruction--March 2010 On September 24, 2009, Hosam Maher Husein Smadi was arrested and charged in a federal criminal complaint with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction after he placed an inert/inactive car bomb near Fountain Place, a 60- story glass office tower in downtown Dallas. Smadi repeatedly espoused his desire to commit violent jihad and had been the focus of an undercover FBI investigation. (74) Omer Abdi Mohamed--Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Murder, Kidnap, and Maim Abroad--November 2009 The indictment alleged that Omer Abdi Mohamed conspired to provide material support to kill, kidnap, maim, or injure persons in a foreign country. Among the activities alleged against Mohamed were that he recruited young men to send to Somalia to fight for al-Shabaab. In July 2011, Mohamed pleaded guilty to the charges filed against him. (75) Abdow Munye Abdow--False Statements in a Terrorism Investigation--October 2009 On October 13, 2009, a federal grand jury returned a two- count indictment charging Abdow Munye Abdow with making false statements to the FBI after being stopped during a road trip from Minneapolis to Las Vegas with young men, allegedly facilitating their travel to Somalia to fight for al-Shabaab. (76) David Coleman Headley and (77) Tahawwur Hussain Rana-- Terrorism Conspiracy--October 2009 On October 29, 2009, David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana were arrested for their alleged roles in conspiracies to provide material support and/or to commit terrorist acts against overseas targets, including facilities and employees of a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005. Eventually Headley pleaded guilty to a dozen charges of terrorism stemming from the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. Headley also admitted to attending training camps in Pakistan to prepare for terrorist attacks and to traveling to Mumbai to conduct surveillance in 2005. (78) Najibullah Zazi, (79) Adis Medunjanin, and (80) Zarein Ahmedzay--Conspiracy to Use Weapons of Mass Destruction-- September 2009 On Sept. 8, 2009, Zazi drove from Denver to New York, carrying explosives and other materials necessary to build bombs and carry out attacks in New York City, including a plan to bomb the New York subway system. However, shortly after arriving in New York, Zazi learned that law enforcement was investigating his activities, so he traveled back to Denver, where he was arrested on Sept. 19, 2009. Medunjanin and Ahmedzay were later arrested in connection with Zazi's bombing plot. All three men had traveled to Pakistan for terrorist training and along with others, planned the New York terrorist attacks. Three other individuals were indicted in connection with this terrorist plot: (81) Mohammed Wali Zazi, Najibullah Zazi's father was arrested in the fall of 2009 for lying to investigators. On February 1, 2010, he was indicted for conspiring to dispose of his son's bomb-making materials and chemicals. In July 2011, the elder Zazi was found guilty in federal court on one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice and one count of obstruction of justice. (82) Ahmad Wais Afzali, a Queens Imam, was arrested for tipping off Zazi to the FBI investigation. Afzali had been a source of information for federal and New York City investigators in the past. On March 4, 2010, Afzali pleaded guilty to lying to federal officials. He stated in court that he lied about a conversation he had with Zazi tipping him off to the FBI's investigation. (83) Naqib Jaji, Zazi's uncle, eventually pleaded guilty to obstructing justice. (84) Michael Finton--Plot to Bomb the Springfield, Illinois, Federal Building--September 2009 On September 23, 2009, Michael C. Finton, who had converted to Islam was arrested after he drove a van he thought was loaded with explosives--but was actually full of inert materials provided to him by the FBI--to the Paul Findley Federal Building in Springfield, IL. Prosecutors say he parked and locked the vehicle, then moved a few blocks away before twice making cell phone calls he believed would trigger a blast that would kill or injure people inside the building. In May 2011, he pleaded guilty to attempting to bomb the building and was sentenced to 28 years in prison. (85) Daniel Patrick Boyd, (86) Hysen Sherifi, (87) Anes Subasic, (88) Zakariya Boyd, (89) Dylan Boyd, (90) Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, and (91) Ziyad Yaghi--Terrorism Violations-- July 2009 On July 27, 2009, seven individuals in North Carolina were charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim, and injure persons abroad. The indictment alleged that Daniel Boyd and the other defendants conspired to provide material support and resources to terrorists, including currency, training, transportation, and personnel. The defendants also conspired to murder, kidnap, maim, and injure persons abroad during this period. The object of the conspiracy, according to the indictment, was to advance violent jihad. (92) James Cromitie, (93) David Williams, (94) Onta Williams, and (95) Laguerre Payen--Plot to Blow up Synagogues and Shoot down U.S. Military Planes--May 2009 These four men were arrested for plotting to bomb synagogues in the Bronx, New York. Additionally, they planned to use Stinger, surface to air missiles, to shoot down military planes at New York Air National Guard Base. The men were contacted by FBI informants and given inert weapons, which they proceeded to try and use, which is when they were apprehended. (96) Salah Osman Ahmed--Providing Material Support to al- Shabaab--July 2009 On February 19, 2009, Salah Osman Ahmed pleaded guilty to providing material support to al-Shabaab. (97) Abdifatah Yusuf Isse--Providing Material Support to al-Shabaab--April 2009 On February 19, 2009, Abdifatah Yusuf Isse guilty to providing material support to al-Shabaab. (98) Kamal Said Hassan--Providing Material Support to al- Shabaab--February 2009 On February 19, 2009, Kamal Said Hassan pleaded guilty to providing material support to al-Shabaab and making false statements to the FBI. Mrs. FEINSTEIN. It is also important to understand that suspected terrorists who may be in the United States illegally can be detained within the criminal justice system using at least the following four options: One, they can be charged with a Federal or State crime and held; two, they can be held for violating immigration laws; three, they can be held as material witnesses as part of Federal grand jury proceedings; and, four, they can be held under section 412 of the PATRIOT Act for up to 6 months. I wish to be very clear about what this amendment is and what it is not about. It is not about whether citizens such as Hamdi and Padilla or others who would do us harm should be captured, interrogated, incarcerated, and severely punished. They should be. But what about an innocent American? What about someone in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong skin color? The beauty of our Constitution is that it gives everyone in the United States basic due process rights to a trial by a jury of their peers. That is what makes this Nation great. As Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote for the plurality in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld: As critical as the Government's interests may be in detaining those who actually pose an immediate threat to the national security of the United States during ongoing international conflict, history and common sense teach us that an unchecked system of detention carries the potential to become a means for oppression and abuse of others who do not present that sort of threat. Just think of it. If someone is of the wrong race and they are in a place where there is a terrorist attack, they could be picked up, they could be held without charge or trial for month after month, year after year. That is wrong. Experiences over the last decade prove the U.S. is safer now than before the 9/11 attacks. Terrorists are behind bars, dangerous plots have been thwarted. The system is working and hopefully improving each day. So I think now is the time to clarify U.S. law to state unequivocally that the government cannot without trial or charge indefinitely detain Americans and green card holders captured inside this country. The Federal Government experimented with indefinite detention of U.S. citizens during World War II, a mistake we now recognize as a betrayal of our core values. Let's not repeat it. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. [[Page S7024]] I yield the floor for Senator Paul. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Whitehouse). The Senator from Kentucky. Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, I rise to support Senator Feinstein's amendment. I compliment her on her work. I also echo the importance of the right to trial by jury. In fact, I am appalled that anyone would think we could arrest anyone in our country without charging them and giving them a right to a trial. It seems so fundamentally un-American. I agree with her also that I think the Supreme Court would apply this to anyone. Our amendment will say citizens and permanent residents. But I think the Supreme Court, if challenged, will uphold the right to trial by jury of anyone within the United States. Today, we will either affirm the right to trial by jury or restrict it. Today, we will vote to affirm the sixth amendment to the Constitution or we will spurn it. Today, we will vote to affirm 800 years of history, beginning with the Magna Carta, or we will relinquish or, at the very least, diminish a right that Jefferson referred to as ``the only anchor yet imagined by man, which a government can be held to the principles of its Constitution.'' The right to trial by jury was a check on oppressive government. Opponents of the right to trial by jury will come and they will argue that the American homeland is now a battlefield and that we must circumscribe our right to trial by jury to be safe from terrorists. But if we give up our rights, have not the terrorist won? If we let fear relinquish our rights--if we relinquish our rights because of fear, what is it exactly then we are fighting for? We are asked to relinquish our rights because the battlefield is limitless. It is, though, not a temporary suspension they are asking for, and they request this because they also say the battle is also without limit. This is not a war that is going to end, nor is it a right they will suspend temporarily. They are asking people to relinquish their right to trial by jury for the rest of this limitless war. Those Senators who would propose limiting the right to trial by jury, they deflect and demur that everyone will still have a habeas hearing. A habeas hearing is important. They must present the body and a judge might say: Why are you holding this person? But it is not the end of due process; it is the beginning of due process. A habeas hearing is not due process. It is the beginning. We must still have a trial by jury or we do not have the due process our Founding Fathers fought for. Those Senators who would abridge this and say a habeas hearing is enough should remember Blackstone's admonition, ``Every new tribunal, erected for the decision of facts without the intervention of a jury . . . is a step towards establishing aristocracy, the most oppressive of absolute governments.'' We are told we cannot do this. We have to put these people outside the constitutional court, that somehow we need something beyond the Constitution, that the Constitution is not enough to convict terrorists. Yet hundreds of terrorists have been convicted. In fact, two terrorists in my little small town, Bowling Green, KY, were apprehended and were tried and were convicted to life for terrorism. We can do it. We are told that only terrorists associated with al-Qaida will this be applied to. We will only take away the right to trial by jury if they are part of al-Qaida. But part of the security apparatus also tells us to know your neighbor. Know your neighbor so you can report your neighbor. In fact, we are told by the government some of the characteristics that might make you a terrorist. We are told by the Department of Justice that if you have stains on your clothing, that if you are missing fingers, if you have changed the color of your hair recently, that if you prefer to pay in cash, that if you own weatherized ammunition, if you own multiple guns, you might be a terrorist; that your neighbor should report you. Do we want to relinquish our right to trial by jury if the characteristics of terrorism are wanting to pay by cash? In Missouri, they had fusion centers. They are supposed to accumulate information about terrorists and sort of assimilate Federal and local and have better communications. Sounds good. I am all for better communications. Before 9/11 we did mess up. We did not communicate well. But from this fusion center comes a document that says: Beware of people who have bumper stickers supporting third-party candidates, beware of people who believe in stricter immigration laws, beware of people who support the right to life; they might be terrorists. This is an official document. Do we want to give up the right to trial by jury when we are being told someone who keeps food in their basement might be a terrorist? Am I the only one who fears the relinquishing of a right we have had for 800 years? Am I the only one who fears that a terrorist might be someone whom we might describe as someone who is a constitutionalist? This is an ancient right to trial by jury we have had since virtually the beginning of our historic times. The Greeks and the Romans had a form of right to trial by jury. In 725 A.D., Morgan of Glamorgan, the Prince of Wales, said, ``For as Christ and his Twelve Apostles were finally to judge the world, so human tribunals should be composed of twelve wise men.'' We have been doing this for hundreds upon hundreds of years. We saw it as a way to check the oppression of the King but also to check the potential oppression of government. England and America have for centuries prized this right to trial by jury. It seems a shame to scrap it now. Our Founders believed so firmly in the right to trial by jury that they enshrined it in the body of the Constitution, again in this sixth amendment and again every State of the Union has within the body of its constitution the right to trial by jury. It seems a shame to scrap it now. Churchill proudly remembers our joint devotion to trial by jury. He writes, ``We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights of man which are the joint inheritance of the English-speaking world and which through the Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, habeas corpus, trial by jury and the English common law find their most famous expression in the Declaration of Independence.'' Senator Lafollette, a famous Senator from Wisconsin, put it well. He said: Let no man think that we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves. When zealot agents of the government arrest suspected radicals without warrant, hold them without prompt trial, deny them access to counsel and admission of bail . . . we have shorn the Bill of Rights of its sanctity . . . Today we have a chance to reaffirm our belief in the right to trial by jury. We have a chance to replace fear with confidence, confidence that no terrorist and no country will ever conquer us if we remain steadfast, steadfast to the principles of our founding documents. We have nothing to fear except our own unwillingness to defend what is naturally ours, our God-given rights. We have nothing to fear that should cause us to relinquish our rights as free men and women. I urge my colleagues to reject fear, to reject the siren call for an ever more powerful government. Justice White put it well when he said: A right to jury trial is granted criminal defendants in order to prevent the oppression by the government. It is not just about a fair trial, it is about checking your government. This vote today is about more than just combating terrorism or a fair trial, it is about relinquishing the right to the checks and balances, to the checks that cause and help us to check the relentless growth of government. It is about whether a free people are willing to remain steadfast in our defense of an 800-year-old right that finds justice for the accused and provides restraint and limits on despotism. I hope my colleagues will today vote against limitations on the trial by jury, recognize its sanctity, and recognize the importance of something that brings Members from the right side of the aisle together with Members of the left side of the aisle who believe strongly in the defense of the Bill of Rights. Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah. [[Page S7025]] Mr. LEE. Mr. President, I rise today to speak in favor of the Feinstein-Lee amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. At the outset, I wish to note this amendment is the product of bipartisan discussion and collaboration on an issue that is important to all Americans. I am pleased to have been a part of that process. Senator Feinstein and I have worked closely together over the course of the past year to craft what we believe represents a very prudent course in protecting both our Nation and our liberties at the same time. Security is important. And precisely because it is important it must not be acquired at the expense of our individual liberty. It may well be said that government's most important basic responsibility is to protect the liberties of its citizens. Our Nation has fought wars on American soil and around the world in defense of individual liberty, and we must not sacrifice this most fundamental right in pursuit of greater security, especially when we can achieve security without compromising liberty. The Feinstein-Lee amendment does precisely that. It protects liberty by ensuring that no American will be deprived of due process. The fifth amendment states: No person . . . shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law. The sixth amendment, likewise, guarantees that individuals accused of a crime will have access to an attorney and access to a trial by a jury consisting of that person's peers. Our amendment protects those rights and it provides the following: An authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States apprehended in the United States. It is important to note the Supreme Court has never specifically held that an authorization for the use of military force somehow authorizes the indefinite detention of a U.S. citizen or a U.S. person apprehended within the United States, and I don't think we should break new ground here. I don't think we should start opening that precedent and suggest that is somehow acceptable. The Constitution does, in fact, require nothing less than traditional due process for all Americans apprehended within the United States. As Supreme Court Justice Anthony Scalia has written: The gist of the Due Process Clause, as understood at the founding and since, was to force the government to follow . . . common-law procedures traditionally deemed necessary before depriving a person of life, liberty, or property. When a citizen was deprived of liberty because of alleged criminal conduct, those procedures typically required committal by a magistrate followed by indictment and trial. I understand and respect, of course, the fact that we live in perilous times. We, unfortunately, as Americans have enemies not only around the world but even within our own borders. This is unfortunate. This creates challenging times for us. I hope and pray every day we will be successful in fending off those who would harm us, those who hate our way of life and everything about us and will do everything in their power to destroy us and our liberty. But that does not--it cannot, it will not--mean we, as Americans, should surrender our basic instinct to be free. We must stand behind our 225-year-old founding document as it has been amended to ensure that our liberty isn't taken away from us to give us a path toward providing for our security without jeopardizing the freedom our American citizens cherish so much and have fought so hard and for so long to protect. Granting the U.S. Government the power to deprive its own citizens of life, liberty, or property without full due process of law goes against the very nature of our Nation's great constitutional values. This amendment--the Feinstein-Lee amendment--protects those values. I urge my colleagues to support it. Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan. Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, somewhere on this desk I have a unanimous consent request. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Baucus be added as a cosponsor to my amendment No. 3018. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. [...] Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator DeMint be added as a cosponsor of the amendment entitled ``Feinstein- Collins amendment No. 3018.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I rise to speak in support of the amendment offered by Senator Feinstein. The purpose of our amendment is to make clear that a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident arrested in this country cannot be detained indefinitely without charge or trial. This amendment is necessary because current law with respect to the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens within the United States remains unclear after more than 11 years of a persistent conflict in which the enemy often does not distinguish itself from civilians. Without this amendment, it is conceivable that an American citizen could be arrested, detained, and held without charge or trial in order to address the gap in the law. Our amendment is necessary. Last year the fiscal year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act defined the scope of the detention authority provided under the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force for detainees captured outside the United States. But the scope of detention authority, as it relates to U.S. citizens and lawful residents captured or arrested inside the United States, was left nebulous. Because of this legal ambiguity, despite the guarantees enshrined in our Constitution, an American citizen could be indefinitely detained without charge or trial, even if they are detained in the United States. I do not believe that many of us intended to authorize such a sweeping detention authority within the United States when we voted to allow our military to pursue al-Qaida following the 9/11 attacks. Because Congress was responsible for authorizing the use of military force in the first place, it is our duty, our obligation, to define carefully the scope of the detention authority we intended in the AUMF. If we do not clarify this important issue, the Federal courts and the executive branch will be left to substitute their judgment for ours. This amendment specifically addresses the issue of American citizens and lawful permanent residents detained in the United States, and it would clarify that it is not the intention of the Congress to allow for their indefinite detention. Let me briefly mention what the Feinstein-Collins amendment does not do. First, it does not change the ruling in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that an American citizen who wages war against U.S. troops in an active combat zone can be taken into preventive detention in order to keep that person from continuing to wage war overseas against American military forces. When an American citizen leaves this country to wage war against his fellow citizens, he relinquishes certain rights, otherwise supported by the Constitution, and I agree with the Court's decision in this case. Next, this amendment does not preclude intelligence gathering subsequent to a suspected terrorist being taken into detention. The intelligence gathered from a suspect in the hours or days after his arrest can be vital to preventing further acts of violence or in uncovering terrorist networks at home or abroad. This amendment balances the ability to gather this important information with the suspect's rights by providing some flexibility within the Constitution's bounds. For example, it does not circumscribe the existing public safety exception to Miranda. This exception permits law enforcement, in certain circumstances, to engage in a limited and focused unwarned interrogation and allows the government to introduce the statement as direct evidence in a judicial proceeding. Law enforcement officials, confronted with an emergency, may question a suspect held in custody about an imminent threat to public safety without providing Miranda warnings first. In addition, nothing precludes other Federal agents from gathering intelligence without providing Miranda rights. Under current law, a U.S. citizen cannot be tried in a military tribunal, and that does not change under our amendment. Finally, this amendment does not change the treatment of those who are here on temporary visas, such as students or travelers--the kind of visas that were used by the 9/11 terrorists. In closing, let me talk about how this amendment would have changed the treatment of some U.S. citizens detained under the authorization for use of military courts during the last 11 years had it become law. First, because this amendment only covers American citizens captured in [[Page S7027]] the United States, it would not have affected the detention of John Walker Lindh, for example. So the only U.S. citizen affected by this amendment would have been Jose Padilla. If this amendment were the law, Jose Padilla's detention would have ended as it did under the Bush administration--in a Federal courtroom, where he was charged with aiding terrorists in a terrorist organization. Since 2001 terrorism has claimed far too many victims, both abroad and here in our country. But it is crucially important that in pursuing the war on terrorism, we must assure our fellow citizens their constitutional rights--the very foundation of what makes us Americans. For this reason, I am proud to be a cosponsor of Senator Feinstein's amendment, and I strongly urge its adoption. [...]