so i'm a huge fan of meja. and i think as we grow into meja, the implementation process will become more mature and more regular, and that's a very positive thing. but i think if she ya's enacted -- ceja's enacted, that's an issue that's going to have to be addressed because now it's going to create bifurcated interests between state and justice or department of energy and justice. so there really has to be unity of effort from the beginning to the end of the criminal investigation and prosecution process. and if there is one great strength of the ucmj approach, that's it. the military initiates the investigation, assigns the prosecutor, prosecutes the case, etc., etc. i think it can be done under meja or ceja, but it just takes a little bit of, um, of coordination. >> for that unity of purpose, shouldn't there be a central prosecuting authority? in other words, perhaps these decisions ought to be elevated to the level of the attorney general rather than have united states attorneys responsible for them. >> wel

ceja is therefore necessary to complement meja. it will ensure they are all subject to federal civilian criminal jurisdiction. i believe the ability to exercise such jurisdiction would be beneficial to the united states, because it would give us the opportunity to leverage the host nation to forego criminal prosecution of american citizens who commit serious misconduct and give us the opportunity to prosecute them in the united states, which i believe is often in the best interests to have nation and the criminal defendant. ultimately i can see no good reason not to enact ceja. i believe in enhancing the scope of jurisdiction over civilians abroad and limit military jurisdictions only to those of general win necessity. meja was the first step to achieve this goal. ceja will be the next step. pressure to resorts to the broad grant of military jurisdiction in the 2006 amendment is almost inevitable. it is therefore in the interest of the nation, the military and potential civilian defendants to enact meja. thank you. >> i appreciate

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