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Missed the slow but certain unraveling of an approach to the economy championed by republicans. call it an obsession with the deficit or demand for austerity thats been coming from all quarters of the republican party since 2008. >> we cant continue to spend money we dont have. >> we cant just keep spending money we dont have. >> its time to cut spending. >> unfortunately, the facts do not support their thesis. there is now a chorus of commentators, businessowners and corporate titans, who all a...

That bag down near an 8-year-old child, knowing full well what was in that bag. one of your previous commentators said the defense might argue he didnt know what was in that bag, total nonsense. he went back to his school the day later, partied, at that point he knew what was in the bag. there will be no difficulty proving that he intended to kill as many people as possible, he knew what was in the bag, and the jury will take that into account. so i think if you had to predict the outcome, i wou...

And i think rather than making this a call for more cameras, maybe 100 million more cameras, 200 million more cameras, i think we should look back at two idiots set off a bomb. boston refused to be terrorized. the boston police did a terrific job and found the suspects and arrested them in a few short days before there could be any more attacks. the balance we have struck between privacy and security after 9/11 is effective at finding the culprits of crimes. >> so you believe that we have enough...

All right, eric, chechnya not akrontry that we hear about as it relates to terrorism on our shores. is your take on all of this? >> judge, i have to say chechnya, at the end of the day chechnya is another front in the global jihad. not just a russian separatist movement like i have heard some commentators saying the past few days. chechnya is looked at by chechens and foreign and global terrorists as a front against the global jihad. the other rink super bowl with chechens they are white muslims...

All right, eric, chechnya not akrontry that we hear about as it relates to terrorism on our shores. is your take on all of this? >> judge, i have to say chechnya, at the end of the day chechnya is another front in the global jihad. not just a russian separatist movement like i have heard some commentators saying the past few days. chechnya is looked at by chechens and foreign and global terrorists as a front against the global jihad. the other rink super bowl with chechens they are white muslims...

All right, eric, chechnya not akrontry that we hear about as it relates to terrorism on our shores. is your take on all of this? >> judge, i have to say chechnya, at the end of the day chechnya is another front in the global jihad. not just a russian separatist movement like i have heard some commentators saying the past few days. chechnya is looked at by chechens and foreign and global terrorists as a front against the global jihad. the other rink super bowl with chechens they are white muslims...

Have you in the air, all right? >> immediately after the bomb went off, there were commentators all over this country saying, you know, its the muslims, its the foreigners. >> some group calling it the nation of islam saying it was responsible. that has not been confirmed. but it does look like it could have been the device that we saw outside the american embassy in beirut. >> while rumors and speculation about who was responsible swirled among the media, fbi agents are fortunate to catch a sol...

Regime and rightly bemoan the lack of accountability from george w. bush to dick cheney to david addington and john ewe. the entire culture and society shifted in a dark direction. dick cheney said famously and ominously, we would have to work the dark side. he was giving voice to a voice being articulated in oub papers and cable news channels. i remember the second tower has hardly fallen when i started reading commentators openly contemplating or advocating for torture. the suspension of due p...

Swasive evidence that torture produced vital information that couldnt have been otherwise legally obtained and confirms new torture the cia has not admitted to. it says it damage ed the standi of our nation and potentially increased the danger to u.s. military personnel taken captive. we look back at the torture regime and rightly bemoan the lack of accountability from george w. bush to dick cheney to david addington and john ewe. the entire culture and society shifted in a dark direction. dick ...

Contemplating or advocating for torture. the suspension of due process and all kinds of harsh draconian measures. ultimately, the people responsible for the torture regime are the government officials who made the key decisions, but the fertile soil into which the seeds of torture were planted were provided by the commentators, pundits and law professors who made it seem acceptable in the minds of the public in the wake of 9/11. that is why the after math of an event like boston, we have a duty ...