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>> you know, i think thats also a great question because i do have is to weigh those things. on criminal justice in our opposite sides, many civil libertarian issues, opposite sides. whether or not an american citizen could be detained that is declared some sort of enemy combatant by the state or the executive branch, were on different sides. these are issues that are very important to me. but i think its also the understanding i didnt win i dont get to pick. it wornt be my first choice. i belie...

Would be. that we work with the congress to come up with a legal regime that recognizes that gathering intelligence is the most important activity in the law against radical islam. the goal is to find out what they know. do you agree with that? >> that is a critical goal. >> and i have found that under military law and military intelligence gathering, no manual ive ever read suggested that reading miranda rights is the best way to gather information. as a matter of fact, ive been involved in thi...

So, lets talk about the law of war. i think you were asked about senator feinstein about the indefinite detention. homdy versus rumsfeld, this is sandra day oconnors quote. there is no bar to this nations holding one of its own citizens as an enemy combatant. that case involved a u.s. citizen that was captured in afghanistan and was held as an enemy combatant. are you familiar with that case? >> generally yes. not as familiar as you, but i know you studied it in great depth. >> this has been a m...

Suspected of being an enemy combatant within a certain period of time, 60 days, i think, the government has to present you to a federal judge and prove by a preponderance of the evidence that you are a member of the organization they claim you to be a member of. are you familiar with that? your habeas rights? >> correct, yes. >> so, as to how long an enemy combatant can be held, traditionally under the law of war, people are taken off the battle field until the war is over, they are no longer a ...

About the waterboarding of other individuals, including enemy combatant abu zub zubaida and he testified about what worked better in 2009. >> from my experience, i to use what has become known as enhanced interrogation these techniques from an operational perspective are and harmful to our efforts to defeat al qaeda. >> thats the view from someone who knows. another experiencedahead. we studied medieval times. not since medieval times have people seen whats going on. its the phillips lady!

Counterproductive. here is former fbi interrogator alley soufani, who used interrogation and then spoke about the waterboarding of other individuals, including enemy combatant abu zub zubaida and he testified about what worked better in 2009. >> from my experience, i strongly believe it is a mistake to use what has become known as enhanced interrogation techniques. these techniques from an operational perspective are slow, ineffective, unreliable, and harmful to our efforts to defeat al qaeda. >...

"washington post" saying "hawks now flying freely in gop nomination fight." lets hear some of the more hawkish candidates and how they sounded at the debate tuesday night. this is a change for the republican party. >> if youre an american citizen and you decide to joint up with isis, were not going to read you your miranda rights. youre going to be treated as an enemy combatant. >> we have to go massively like we did in the first gulf war where were destroyed saddams ability to take kuwait. we n...

She did so much work as secretary of state. >> i think that is important for her to do. she gave a speech yesterday in homeland security. it got less attention than the debate last night. if you watch that speech, its the difference between an adult in the room and people who are throwing around sound bites who dont know what theyre talking about. i think that the work that shes done as secretary to follow the work as a senator, to follow the work as first lady gives her a on this foreign policy...

Like to be on the floor of the united states senate. endless debates about how many angels on the head of a pin from people who have never had to make a consequential decision. >> i told voters in texas i would oppose the federal government having the authority to detain u.s. citizens permanently with no due process. one of the problems with marcos foreign policy is he is far too often supported hillary clinton and barack obama undermining governments in the middle east that have helped radical ...

True. yes, it is true i voted against the national defense authorization act because when i campaigned in texas i told voters in texas that i would oppose the federal government having the authority to detain u.s. citizens permanently with no due process, the notion that marco is suggesting that somehow he also has tossed more than a few insults in this direction. lets be absolutely career, isis and radical islamic terrorism will face no more determined foe than i will be. >> if you are an ameri...