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You do it. i think the miranda rights thing for an enemy combatant im not so sure we should have to do that. the trouble is whether the courts would uphold that. if theyre on our soil theyre entitled to rights. i think theres something important about getting this information in the case of detroit, this guys family now is over, this guys talking like a bird. i mean, you know, there are ways to get this guy moving. >> okay, all right, boys. >> peter, youre coming around! >> oh, please. hardly. b...

Idea. >> impanel a bunch of new yorkers, few who are islamic people. maybe one. bruce, do you think the rest of the world is going to say thats a fair trial? your thoughts? >> if its -- >> or is it vengeance. >> if its an opportunity for defense, the answer is yes. but the catch-22, even if theres an acquittal hell be in guantanamo for life because hes a combatant. tokyo rose was convicted and sentenced for treason and then she was pardoned because they got it wrong there. we need to ask ourselv...

The justice department -- the justice department says that. im saying that the reporting of "the washington post", which interviewed every official in the white house on this, the white house has not ruled out overruling the justice department. >> i think the complication is, there are really two questions. one is, from a policy perspective, where should people like abdulmutallab be handled? should they be declared criminals or should they be declared enemy combatants? and thats coloring part of...

Talk, if hes declared an enemy combatant, even if he has a lawyer, interrogators would be able to go back and say, hey, look, it doesnt look too good for you, we may have to send you back to nigh yeernigeria. >> could they have delayed mirandizing a couple of days and still been under that whole rule of its a national security threat? >> there is an exception to the miranda rule, which the courts have recognized, is that theres some imminent public safety danger. that you can question someone an...

He gets charged with capital punishment, goes there all the appeals. month and month and month, years and years, he finally gets off. then you put him in a stockade, right? >> hes an enemy combatant. he will be there for life no matter what happens with the particular trial. >> bottom line, you guys, both of you, first, you were in the agency, youre an expert on this, are you afraid he might use this, khalid shaikh mohammed, to give sort of a john browns body sort of speech in new york that rall...

Kit bond, not as angrily, not as, some would say, with as much of an edge that he gave to you guys, but theyre joining with -- and their point is, and i would really like to hear pete on this, if you have a second. their point is, you dont have to mirandize them. if you dont care about the interrogation in terms of a trial. if all youre looking for is information -- >> and pete will know this -- >> who other bombers might be out there, whom else might be launched and trained, just go for it, int...

I mean, its the old not in my back yard syndrome and its understandable, however, we have prosecuted over 300 terrorist necessary this country in federal courts, we have prosecuted and convicted every one of them, there have been a mere handful of military tribunals. this has been the tradition and including under the bush administration, to try these people in federal courts, and theres no reason not to continue that. jon: isnt it true, bob, that some of that -- some of those prosecutions like ...

Bush. ari, you know how presidents work when it comes to polls, when the president sees this one, 59-35, against military -- im sorry, against civilian courts, for the terror suspects, should he listen? >> well, ive long thought that when it comes to national security, presidents should not be guided by the polls, they should do what they think is in the national interest. im heartened in this case the national polls do support creating military tribunals and having terrorists tried there. its j...

Criminal 76% enemy combatant. away from administration policy right now. >> it helps explain why the administration is so defensive and gone on the attack on this issue. its on the wrong side of public opinion. its on the wrong side of logic and reason on this issue. but, i think its okay to have, as mort would characterize it, ideological war over this. there is no more important issue than terrorism. and there is no more important political debate than how do you interrogate? how do you detain...

I dont care what happens to the peta people, thats who bob is talking about, were talking about the worst of the terrorists and we need military tribunals for them. >> let me quickly respond to that. the fact is there are a lot of questions about the intelligence weve gathered from these people, being introduced in military tribunals and being thrown out because it was -- that would not happen in federal court. its more likely, the bottom line is, these people will spend the rest of their lives ...