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It is your view that absence enhanced interrogation techniques that the intelligence community provides no value in the interrogation of a terrorist? >> no, i dont believe that. >> bret: jennifer, does that show anything about where the defense secretary was in this meeting on january 5th? maybe he just didnt weigh in? >> im not sure it does seem a little mysterious, doesnt it? i will say this, we are having this debate here and on the hill and at the white house about whether he should have bee...

Responsible for deciding him to mirandize him. i had a meeting on january 5th to say who wants to step up and decide if anybody has a view on whether he should get his miranda rights and tried as a criminal and not as an enemy combatant, nobody put up their hand. "time" magazine did an interview with the intelligence director dennis blair at which time blair said i was never called and tell. they have this thing called a high value interrogation unit that is supposed to be mobile and ready to go...

Influence. in the middle box the pretrial hear anything the drew peterson case continues today. hes the former illinois police sergeant charged with killing his third wife after his forty wife disappear -- fourth wife disappeared. prosecutors have call canned about 40 of its 60 witnesses. in the bottom box, pandas born in the u.s. heading back to china. you can track them streaming live on fox the news.com. jane: the white house is now fighting back against are a wave of criticism following the ...

Wouldnt have had. lets bring in scott weber, good to see you, and they say hes doing this because what they have done, the white house has released this information, they brought some of his family members. our viewers may remember his father tried to alert authorities that my son may be getting in some trouble here. >> correct. jane: lets talk about the value of what he may or may not be providing at this point. can we theres what hes saying? >> hes not an enemy combatant, hes a criminal defend...

Citizens, this foreign terrorist lawyered up and stopped talking. >> yeah. you know, thats just totally wrong. that was republican senator susan collins of maine, top republican on the homeland security committee, delivering the republican partys weekly address on saturday. and shes really, really factually wrong, a lot, just in that clip. for starters, the right to have a lawyer does not just apply to american citizens. it applies to anyone being tried in america. thats why we call it the ameri...

Directive, attorney general eric holder also reminded mr. mcconnell just how many terrorists captured on u.s. soil the bush administration tried in civilian court -- all of them! which is not so they that bush/cheney never tried to circumvent the constitution, even on american soil. and on this network today, andrea mitchell rattled off numerous fact inconvenient to the republican criticisms, which susan collins refuted with jaw-dropping disingenuous. and her counter-example, jose padil padilla....

Civilian courts has the same rights as an american citizen. that is why the initial threshold decision is so important. is it ironic because in the case of the ft. hood mass carry, major ha san is going to go through the military system, a military court-martial. hes not going to be in the civilian court system because hes a member of the army. it seems to me if that is good enough for major hasan, it ought to be good enough for abdulmutallab. >> how do you decide someone is an agent of a foreig...

Abdulmutallab, the foreign terrorist who tried to blow up a plane on christmas day. once afforded the protection our constitution guarantees american citizens, this foreign terrorist lawyered up and stopped talking. >> yeah. you know, thats just totally wrong. that was republican senator susan collins of maine, top republican on the homeland security committee, delivering the republican partys weekly address on saturday. and shes really, really factually wrong, a lot, just in that clip. for star...

The attorney general in charge of interrogating detainees has a pre-9/11 mind-set? president bush, 2003, homeland security presidential directive five. "the attorney general has lead responsibility for criminal investigations of terrorist acts inside the united states." in his letter to mcconnell today, referencing that directive, attorney general eric holder also reminded mr. mcconnell just how many terrorists captured on u.s. soil the bush administration tried in civilian court -- all of them!...

The bush administration tried in civilian court -- all of them! which is not so they that bush/cheney never tried to circumvent the constitution, even on american soil. and on this network today, andrea mitchell rattled off numerous facts inconvenient to the republican criticisms, which susan collins refuted with jaw-dropping disingenuous. and her counter-example, jose padilla. >> jose padilla was held as an enemy combatant, despite being an american and on american soil, for a period of time. w...