Russell Feingold
United States Senator, Wisconsin, Democrat
Russell Feingold was first elected to the U.S. Senate from the state of Wisconsin in November 1992. He currently serves on the Senate Judiciary, Foreign Relations, Budget, and Intelligence committees. The following is excerpted from a June 15, 2005, statement by Senator Feingold before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.I believe that the long-term detention of so-called "enemy combatants" at Guantánamo Bay is among the most important national security and civil liberties issues facing us today. I have been concerned for a long time that Congress has not done as much oversight as it should about how the facility at Guantánamo…
