the united states military. this power is at its height making dispositions of soldiers, strategy and tactics, assigning equipment. it s at its height in wartime. we are at war with al qaeda and al qaeda affiliates. the president right now is a wartime commander in chief and we believe in the core exercise of his power he has the ability to take a detainee from one facility and if he believes it is in the interest of the nation and advances the war strategy he can move the detainee to another mille tear facility. we think he has the power to do it unilaterally. that s the first part of the argument. the second part is when the congress comes in and says, mr. president, not only are we going to tell you you can t make a decision as to where detanes should go, we ll tell you where to put them and keep them there.
we are at war with al qaeda and al qaeda affiliates. the president right now is a wartime commander in chief and we believe in the core exercise of his power he has the ability to take a detainee from one facility and if he believes it is in the interest of the nation and advances the war strategy he can move the detainee to another mille tear facility. we think he has the power to do it unilaterally. that s the first part of the argument. the second part is when the congress comes in and says, mr. president, not only are we going to tell you you can t make a decision as to where detanes should go, we ll tell you where to put them and keep them there. we think that s an unconstitutional restriction on the powers of the president as commander in chiefs and most courts, all courts would find it such. do you believe this matter is something the administration should take to court or