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This, whatever you have to do to get to the truth, start with you, professor, what you to believe is an acceptable set of parameters for how you treat a suspect in these situations? >> lets remember, we have precedent here. we had much, much worse terrorists in this country called the weather men. they were bred at home, they were all american kids, they were wealthy. they were well educated. they made anti-personnel bombs. they planned to kill many, many american soldiers at ft. dix, columbia u...

The boston bombing set off a heated debate about trying terror suspects as an enemy combatant. my next guess is former attorney general under george w. bush. there is question as it whether he should be tried as an enemy combat. what would you have recommended. >> it shouldnt be a debate. the statute setting uch the military commissions that we have now makes it unlawful to try an american citizen before them. end of discussion. >> when you heard the state senate demanding the right to torture...

Say to turn his trial into a pry vent. jay okay. >> you dont seem impressed. >> i am not sure the ambassador is right. i think they did preclude us from treating u.s. citizens as enemy combatants. >> lyndsay graham was the author of that provision. of course the past few days he has been expressly saying he wants tsarnaev treated as an enemy combat -- combatant. >> he is not impressed with lyndsay graham. >> do i get another try here? >> immogen you said the criminal court system has an excellen...

One response isnt national security. and the reality is that we are in a state of war. the authorization for use with military force authorizes this country to go to war. its perfectly lawful to target enemy combat at that particular times in yemen or anywhere we find them. the president found that balance is going to shift to some degree towards increased security. so i think he was rather naive in the besgginning to stop military commissions. when youre commander-in-chief, its a different stor...

Using that jail, so im willing to find another jail only if you understand were at war. im not willing to let khalid sheikh mohammed be tried in civilian court. we need a rule that allows enemy combat about thes to be held indefinitely without trial, and we need a statute that says you cant come to the united states. so we could close gitmo safely, but they have no plan. they have no plan for future captures, and this idea of ksm being tried in civilian court blew up in their face. jon: lets tak...