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He is not saying as much. he closed off but initially they were able to speak to him over two sessions over three days. do they believe there was a mistake there in reading miranda rights so early? >> we talked to him and democratic senator joe manchin and they expressed considerable distress. its not the judge, once he had been formally charged on a criminal charge in federal court the judge that went over the next day on monday to the hospital had to notify him of his miranda rights. the quest...

They were arrest ared after the bombings because of problems with their student visas. they say they have is no connection to the attacks. we will hear from their lawyer later today, shannon. >> shannon: we look forward to that. thank you. there are are plenty of questions surrounding the investigation and the questioning of the surviving suspect. bring in former massachusetts senator scott brown to talk about his take on the situation. senator, thank you for joining us. you bring a unique persp...

Interrogation. we want intelligence to prevent future attacks and to make sure we can break up any current terror networks? >> they invoked the public safety exception to miranda. more important point he should have been treated as a potential enemy combatant. we want to know what they were trying to do but who his brother or who he was in touch with, how was he radicalized. was anyone overseas giving them help. >> paul: that can be drawn later and then sent to civilian court. when we come back ...

You know thats why there is this public safety exception. and -- i think we all agree on that. >> anna hang on. >> they have not proved he was lined with the taliban, al qaeda or any warring nation or group. if we found that out during the two days of investigation, then yes, he would be enemy dom battant. none of that seems to be true. all the pointing to two renegades. if given that and the one you have is an american citizen you have to treat them as a u.s. citizen. >> l.z. miranda issue and ...

That he learned to make the bombs from al qaedas online "inspire" magazine. >> dzhokhar tsarnaev is charged with multiple federal counts, including the use of a weapon of mass destruction. he became a u.s. citizen in 2012. on capitol hill, some demand he be treated as an enemy combatant but the plan is for him to be tried in a civilian court. >> under u.s. law, united states citizens cannot be tried in military commissions. >> of the two brothers, tamerlan tsarnaev is believed to be the driving ...

For good reason. normally when a u.s. citizen is arrested and this young man is a naturalized u.s. citizen, hes held by law enforcement authorities and he has to be given his miranda warnings and eventually a judge appears or he appears in court to be arraigned in front of a judge. what people are saying now and particularly those critical of the obama administration and the department of justice is that he should have been deemed an enemy combatant, that what we call public safety exception to ...

The reading of his rights hindered the typing of the charges and hindered their questioning. whats your take on it at this point in time? >> this has been hugely controversial. and for good reason. normally when a u.s. citizen is arrested and this it young man is a naturalized u.s. citizen, hes held by law enforcement authorities and he has to be given his miranda warnings and eventually a judge appears and he appears to be arranged. they are saying he should have been deemed an enemy combatant ...

Already committed a terrorist act and then you blow that one, too, and you stop the interrogation. i have no idea why they did this. it makes no sense whatever. youre within the law in that 48 hours of that exception, that public safety exception, why not exercise that and they were getting information. thats the irony. they were getting information and perhaps thats the very reason it was stopped. >> it doesnt seem like there is a real strong legal argument to be made, although there may be one...

Radicalization. so another thing that people will be discussing in washington here. don? >> thank you very much. we appreciate your reporting. so, was it a mistake to have read tsarnaev the rights this monday? ill turn to the director of palombo investigations. good to see you. unfortunately always talking about disturbing stories and its just a reality of it. critics say if tsarnaev was treated as an enemy combatant, investigators would have had more time to question him without mirandizing h...

Establish the fact that he had some support of people that were enemy combatants and making him an enemy combatant, there would be civil rights issues and, you know, a lot of legal wrangling to take place. they have a good success rate in prosecuting individuals such as this gentleman in the criminal court systems. charged him with a complaint. the massachusetts on the 21 z and i think what they did was proper. i dont think they have any issue going forward and another thing, don, i think is imp...