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Suspected. they told abdulmutallab they had complete trust and believe he would be treated fairly. he started talking and he still is, kiran. >> do we know what he might be handing over, what he might be telling authorities? >> according law enforcement authorities, his training overseas, who he met with and others that were part of the plot. this is extremely valuable information, another says it could be used to disrupt other attacks. it has been shared with the intelligence agencies and every...

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...

Different process than accusing a military of a crime. and the law of armed conflict allows for that it also allows holding an enemy prisoner without trial, 50 guys at gitmo will never go into a military civilian court but they are too dangerous to let go. thats why you want to use the law of armed conflict from the beginning. enemy combatant can be tried by military commission but they dont have to be tried at all. we are not fighting crime, we are fighting a war. you dont have to let the enemy...

Not, he would have a right to a lawyer. the idea that he wasnt going to have a lawyer is sort of fantasyland. the second thing they would argue is whether or not they mirandized, he was clamming up. these guys clam up when they are enemy combatants too. the idea that they would get more intelligence immediately because he was annen believe co -- an enemy combatant, he clammed up for the same reason after the initial sort of first couple of hours of interrogation, he clammed up, the assumption is...

Criminal law all terror suspects who are april helpeded inside the united states. the prior administration adopted policies expressly endorsing this approach. is that true? >> well, first of all, i havent seen that letter. it is very telling that the attorney general responding to a letter that senator joe lieberman and i sent to him. released the reply to the press before i got to see it. but putting that aside, let me make two comments. first of all, jose padilla was held as an enemy combatant...

He got the materials, all of that. then they took him into the hospital -- or into the surgery room, did the surgery. when he came out, the fbi tried to renew the questioning, and he decided then he wouldnt talk. were told now that after he made a commitment that he wouldnt talk anymore, thats when they gave him the miranda warning. and a technical matter here, how were they able to question him before they gave him the miranda warning? the answer is, the courts have said that when you are in an...

An agent of a foreign power or enemy combatant? assassins in this country operating out of loyalty to foreign masters. lee harvey os wald was in love with castro, sir han sir han hated bobby kennedys policy. where do you draw the line saying that person is an agent and that person is not. how do you know? >> thats why you cant have a unilateral decision made by the department of justice which is what you had in this case. clearly the justice department is a critical player, but so is the direct...

State of the art court there at guantanamo. a perfect place to try him. we then amended the mull tier commission law so it would be absolutely accurate and in terms of the supreme court. it has been used time and time again. and ought to be used in this particular instance. the american people are tired of this game. they dont believe you should bring these terrorists to the united states and subject our communities and our citizens to that type of danger when you have a totally capable institut...

Cognizant of the intelligence that were not aware of say its certain, that is pretty chilling. >> in britain theyve raised the terror threat level. should we do it here in the united states? >> its interesting, secretary napolitano commissioned a task force to look at it. i co-chaired that. we made recommendations. this is months ago. and they didnt seem to do anything to it. i think its a dilemma for them now. having not changed or altered the terror alert system and said that the likelihood of...

Action, went this route, went a route of saying military -- we should have military tribunals for anybody declared an enemy combatant because i think whats happened to the white house is that they have run up against -- the contradictions of their two predictions are blowing up in heir face. they want to look tough to voters because its popular to say these guys are righteous murderers. on the other hand, they want to look like theyre just and fair and rule of law to appeal to their civil libert...