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But it didnt take long for gilbert to make another request, one to help beat the boredom of prison life, the return of his recently confiscated chess set. >> i sure would like to have my chess pieces back. why cant i have my chess pieces? >> play chess? let me tell you something. get you some paper. draw you a checkerboard. >> i just dont see where it can hurt anybody to let somebody have something semi-constructiveç to do in their cell. >> ask the law library to bring you a copy of the admin r...

Progress while in seg, and prison officials have confiscated his most treasured possession, a chess set. >> right now, your behavior warrants no transfer. okay? anything you would like to talk about? >> you about summed it up. i sure would like to have my chess pieces back. why cant i have my chess pieces? >> this is segregation. what are you going to do with chess pieces? >> play chess! >> let me tell you what you do, get you some paper, draw you out a checkerboard -- >> i aint playing in my he...

You need to be able to say no. >> denied possession of his chess set, gilbert is outraged, claiming his punishment would never happen at other prisons. >> donaldson dont do this crap. st. claire dont do this, anywhere else. i received a lot -- i ordered 10 or 15 books a week at donaldson. i have art supplies at saint claire. only here they strip you of everything but a naked cell. thats rehabilitation at its finest. >> gilbert isnt the only inmate in seg expressing frustration. >> are you going ...

randi kaye we start with a story about eric holder who says that his investigators will get to the bottom of the leak scandal. barack obama says that the white house has zero tolerance for leaks. to syria and new clashes now in the capital of damascus. the city has long been thought to be a government stronghold, but were seeing gunfights in the streets between rebel forces and government troops. there is also fighting elsewhere in the country, opposition forces say the military has ...

egypt with an iron fist for 30 years is now in a maximum security prison where hell spend the rest of his life. earlier today an egyptian court found hosni mubarak guilty of making orders to shoot and kill civilians. the angry mubarak was taken by ambulance to the cairo police academy where the verdict and life sentence was handed down. he was wheeled in on a gurney under heavy guard. six of mubaraks former military men were acquitted. that sparked an uproar inside and outside the cour...

Brainwashing, it was his initial support for the vietnam war. mitt got candid in an interview saying i dont think my fathers comment figures into my thinking at all. its his own mistakes that makes me want to quick myself in the seat of my pants. ive had a few of those in the campaign. so which gaffe did romney site as an example? >> i like being able to fire people who provide services to me. >> i can see why that would be a low light. how did a rubber chicken, chess set, and talk of perfect te...

Prison life, the return of his recently confiscated chess set. >> i sure would like to have my chess pieces back. why cant i have my chess pieces? >> play chess? let me tell you something. get you some paper. draw you a checkerboard. >> i just dont see where it can hurt anybody to let somebody have something semi-constructive to do in their cell. >> ask the law library to bring you a copy of the admin regs. see if it says youre allowed to have chess pieces. >> you the man, you run this place. >>...

>> our cameras followed gilbert back to his cell where he continued to fume over his chess set. >> the only thing i had going for me. youre locked in a cell 24 hours a day. i would play in chess tournaments through the mail. im a member of the u.s. chess federation. thats how i did my time. and the warden walks by one day sees my chess pieces on the table. you cant have those. and that was the end of it. i would like somebody to give me one reason, just semi-intelligent reason, why it would hurt...

But yet every avenue is closed to do anything constructive. we cant read a novel because we cant have none. i cant play chess through the mail like i used to because my chess pieces took away from me. jumping up on the door, sticking my [ bleep ] through the tray every time a female came up here, i guess thats model behavior. >> our cameras followed gilbert back to his cell where he continued to fume over his chess set. >> thats about the only thing i had going for me. youre locked in a cell 24 ...

Beat on the [ bleep ] again. i dont beat no [ bleep ] beat on the [ bleep ] door again. [ bleep ] put his ass out the door. [ bleep ]. >> once the inmates calmed down gilberts hearing got under way. his appeal for a transfer was quickly dismissed. but it didnt take long for gilbert to make another request, one to help beat the boredom of prison life, the return of his recently confiscated chess set. >> i sure would like to have my chess pieces back. why cant i have my chess pieces? >> play chess...