. >> i am jamie diamond from cumberland, rhode island. >> why are you here? >> i applied for a fellowship to come. i was interested to see how washington has changed, how the institutions have changed, because people that were elected the aware of the continuity or the dynamics. >> what have you learned? >> it is quite a different place. i think the media has changed things, yet it also gave me a chance to reflect on events that are really informative, where the american political consciousness is now. i think the september 11 really resonated. even in the speakers and exhibits. in what has made the biggest impression on you? >> two pieces in particular. the first was a presentation by a professor from the university of texas law school. she talked at length about the habeas corpus process, for detainees at guantanamo. it really showed that -- these are people that are not like the american population. they are not typical criminals. they are not -- they are people but they are still given in most cases the right to habeas corpus, and it shows their commitmen