Mr. Harrington's submission was that al-Qaeda would be a recognized state, and Mr. Richmond and Ms. Crummey's presentation said that al-Qaeda would not be recognized as a state. So even in your own submissions....This has little to do with whether the process goes here or there. In your own submissions there is a high level of ambiguity in how we would deal with him once he got here.
On May 26th, 2008. See this statement in context.