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War against the united states. is it an enemy combaitant. and to have that power resides solely with the executive, that is the danger. once there is appropriate determination that the enemy is a combatant. the president can take them out. but as an american citizen you are entitled to certain dew process rights. >> and is there an application where a person who said they are against the united states, even though they are an american citizen they dont give up the rights? >> no, you are allowed ...

Have to take into account. walking into the oval office, i would have advised president obama that a lacky is an enemy combatant. i would also caution, given supreme court decisions, im not sure the court would agree with that assessment. >> the first obvious question, does it matter if its a drone or if its a weapon in the hand of a u.s. troop member? does it matter in the analysis? probably not, right? >> again, there are two decision points. are you an enemy combatant, and second, are we goin...

Sniper should be down on innocent crowds. i mean he at least recognizes the urgency of it. >> yeah. it would seem that this guy, if again, you can believe the leaked information, so that that is what we have to work with this guy fits into the second category. this is somebody who is on foreign soil. he happens to be in a country that isnt going to allow us access to him or its going to be hard to get access to him. meaning you cant capture him. he would facility into the category the president ...

I think were going to see a continued use of drones because they are so effective. as we talk -- consider the war on terror moving forward, its very likely that were going to confront more terrorists here in this country. its very likely theyre going to be american citizens. why wouldnt you use this technology to eliminate this threat? it is something i would be worried about and i suspect the obama administration also is worried about. >> how can american citizens not get the benefit of the cou...

That person a jury trial with such specificity as to say he cant be convicted unless there were two witnesses to the same overt act. so the presidents efforts to bypass the constitution yet again -- weve been talking about this for months now -- in foreign affairs is just as unconstitutional as its efforts to bypass the constitution in domestic matters. >> rudy guiliani disagrees. he was on greta last night and he had this to say about the presidents authority. listen. >> this is somebody who is...

Commander in chief should be able to execute on that order at the moment of his choosing. you may only have minutes or hours. that authority cannot be constrained. when the obama administration has reported, it takes months to designate someone as an enemy combatant. if you have months, why isnt there more due process given to the individual. >> those who want to do the research can see that you are one of the early litigants on this issue as attorney general. so this is a debated area between g...

Not the president of the united states on his own authority can designate an american citizen sin overseas as an enemy combatant. the two decision points are whether to put him on the kill list and the second whether or not to execute on the kill order. i think the president has the authority as commander and chief once you identify where a combatant is, to take action, to take him out like you would any other enemy. the reports are the obama administration takes months to find out if he is an e...

Play that sound for you and then well talk about the response we got. >> obama, hes not president as far as im concerned, he should be executed as an enemy combatant, really. but the muslims that he is shipping into our country through pilots and commercial jets, i cant tell you -- i cant say because were in a public place -- this guy is a criminal. nobodys stopping him. the and the other thing is, too, you know, with congress doing nothing, that legal allows this moron to make decisions. he has...

Irresponsible parties would attribute another persons reckless remarks to me. yes, we agree that it is grossly inappropriate language, and i applaud the congressman for saying so. even if it took a while. but lets be clear about something else. no one attributed the remarks themselves to congressman bridenstine, not once. and on the other point, how it is obvious that he did not condone these remarks? after hearing the voter say that, quote, the president should be executed as an enemy combatant...

>> right. >> ive had in my own career to get to the point where you would have to say no, im going to condemn it on the spot, even the callers on radio shows. these are members of congress that vote on laws that are talking to their constituents where constituent can say we should execute the president as an enemy combatant, and you just go on and talk about how lawless he is and never respond? >> right. the elected officials are supposed to be leaders, theyre not followers. and all too often, r...