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Vegas. nearly 500 people were shot all together. he did say in response to a question -- lindsey graham is bringing up the notion that this suspect, sayfullo saipov, should maybe be tried as an enemy combatant. the president said he was open to sending the suspect to guantanamo bay to the u.s. naval facility there, prison at allegheny b guantanamo bay. tell us what he said. >> they believe the terror suspect should be transferred to guantanamo and treated as an enemy combatant. the president sou...

Classified as an enemy combat t combatant? >> i would consider that, yes. >> would the president instruct the justice department not to charge him in federal court and to therefore use these powers of enemy combatants and that status to treat him different not only in terms of interrogation but prosecution? >> i dont believe that determination has been made. thats something that we will wait till we get further in the process. >> and as opposed to having him charged in federal court. >> i wont s...

Enemy combatant as well. never sent to guantanamo bay. he was sent to the brigg in south carolina and made it into the civilian court system and know behind bars for 17 years. to declare him an enemy combatant would open the door to transfer him to a military prison at least for a time if not permanently. i dont know if the mechanism is there for him to go to guantanamo bay or not though. nobody who has ever been arrested on u.s. soil for committing a crime has gone to guantanamo bay. certainly ...

Combata combatant. is it possible he would be sent to guantánamo? >> as i understand the process of someone being declared an enemy combatant is sway above my pay grade. this is an office of federal prosecutors. there was a number of federal crimes committed as set forth in the complaint that we were able to prove and we brought the charges and we intend to proceed with them. whether or not someone will be designated as an enemy combatant or not, thats a determination that would be made elsewhe...

Guantanamo bay question, does the president think he should be classified as enemy combatant? >> i would think that, yes. >> would say not to charge him in federal court and therefore use the powers of enemy combatant and that status to treat him differently not only in terms of interrogation but prosecution? >> i dont believe that term nas has been made. i think thats something well wait until we get further into the process. >> not having him charged at all in federal court? >> again, i said w...

Presidents druthers that he would send the person responsible for the attack down to the facility in guantanamo bay cuba where he can be interrogated without the presence of an attorney. this was suggested by lindsey graham of south carolina that believed that we could gain valuable information from talking to this person about what the connections were to terrorism, how this person became radicalized and without the benefit of having an attorney there. we can likely get more information than be...

Now we know the attacker had been planning this for weeks, the exact ties to terror unknown. we do know that a handwritten note was found in the truck that he used connecting him to isis. on capitol hill senators john mccain and lindsey graham called on the president to make the alleged attacker, sayfullo saipov, an energy combatant? >> why should this guy be treated as an enemy combatant? >> declaring this man as an enemy combatant would allow us to hold him, and it doesnt have to be in gitmo. ...

To gitmo. if this was your city and you were the chief, in new york, you have a death penalty involved with federal charges there, does this enemy combatant issue factor into thinking or you want to try this guy where this happened so everyone gets to see him? >> it wouldnt factor into my particular thinking. i would want him prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. there are certainly people that would make that determination beyond me. i would want to see to it that he was -- however way w...

That, yes. i would certainly consider that. send him to gitmo? i would consider that, yes. >> shepard: certainly an option that the president has. the system is in place for that. president obama never did away with the prison at guantanamo bay or any of those other things. critics would say that this violates rights. those that are proponents say look, you can gather more intelligence this way. lets remember facts involved. its important to do that. khalid sheikh mohammed is in guantanamo bay. ...

New york authorities have talked about this. apparently theyve agreed its going to be a federal case. charges could be filed as early as today but probably tomorrow. but the real question whether there would be even legal authority to send him to gitmo but that doesnt seem its going to happen. >> this might be out of your purview, why would the president throw that out there? >> he said before that perhaps terrorists should not be treated in the civilian courts. this is something that has been b...