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Suspect in the benghazi terror attack has finally been captured. picked up in libya, some 642 days after four americans were murdered there. including our ambassador. ahmed khatallah is now on his way to the united states for a potential trial in washington, d.c.. just like any common criminal weapon why? wisconsin senator ron johnson is a member of the foreign relations committee, and the homeland security committee, and so, senator, thats the question, why exactly are we bringing this terroris...

And theres language in the defense authorization bill this year, in the house bill, at least, to prevent any transfers from guantanamo. and i think its just going to harden that position among members of congress because clearly this administration cant be trusted. >> its interesting because some people have speculated that maybe the president was in favor of this kind of a deal, this prisoner swap, because ultimately he wants to release all of the prisoners from gitmo and shut it down. could it...

And frankly whether or not the president could do the same sort of thing to empty guantanamo out. before this, it did not seem like the president had the power to everyone ty guantanamo. does what just happened here mean he has more power than we previously understood? exact lay year ago president obama renewed his call to shut down guantanamo. he then appointed two new envoys, one at the state department, one at the pentagon, to start the work or restart the work of trying to close guantanamo. ...

Quite frankly, the president has wanted to shut down guantanamo. we are winding down the operation in afghanistan. were going to keep that prison open indefinitely? some of those folks have to be going back to their own countries. they were taliban leader, not al qaeda leaders. >> one was a governor of a profits -- the taliban ran a monstrous regime and tried to kill americans and succeeded killing lots of americans but they were not al qaeda and were not plotting explosions in manhattan or flyi...

Dont, this war is very unpopular and there is support for the presidents plan to draw down forces significantly and essentially end our presence there by the end of 2016. you know, youve got to find some ways to end elements of this conflict. the afghan security forces arent going to be able to fight this on their own. we have to remember, ronan, that this fits into the broader context of the president wanting to shut down guantanamo. this is in part an effort -- >> you think this is a first ste...

President could do the same sort of thing to empty guantanamo out. before this it did not seem like the president had the power to everyone ty guantanamo. does what just happened here mean he has more power than rewe previously understood? exact lay year ago president obama renewed his call to shut down guantanamo. he then apointed two new envoys, one at the state department, one at the pentagon, to start the work or restart the work of trying to close guantanamo. he literally reopened the offic...

Obama renewed his call to shut down guantanamo. he then apointed two new envoys, one at the state department, one at the pentagon, to start the work or restart the work of trying to close guantanamo. he literally reopened the office of closing guantanamo that had been shut down during his first term because they werent getting anywhere against congressional resistance. since the president renewed his commitment and renewed the effort to close guantanamo, there has been a small trickle of prisone...

To quickly brand him as a full-fledged deserter doesnt do justice to due process, and, quite frankly, the president is wise to shut down guantanamo. were winding down the operation in afghanistan. were not -- going to keep that prison open indefinitely? some of those folks have to be going back to their home countries, and these guys were taliban leaders, not al qaeda leaders. >> thats an important distinction here. one guy was a governor under the taliban. the taliban ran a monstrous regime. >>...

Afforded. we need to find out what really happened here. quite frankly, the president has wanted to shut down guantanamo. we are winding down the operation in afghanistan. were going to keep that prison open indefinitely? some of those folks have to be going back to their own countries. they were taliban leader, not al qaeda leaders. >> one was a governor of a profits -- the taliban ran a monstrous regime and tried to kill americans and succeeded killing lots of americans but they were not al qa...

Foreign service, americans who might be traveling to dangerous parts of the world so i think we need to re-establish this principle and do it quickly. we need to be clear about whats going on. i listened to susan rice on another network, not yours, but another one and when pressed by someone, a reporter about why they released these individuals, she kind of said we want to shut down guantanamo anyway, and if this is how think going to shut down guantanamo, to release folks without going through ...