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Man is facing federal charges that would carry the death penalty. so it may be that his lawyer advised him dont say anything else because they want to keep that card in their back pocket should something come up in the future. >> is there a legal risk declaring him enemy combatant and holding him indefinitely? >> absolutely. an enemy combatant, this is something the bush administration used a lot, then the obama administration said we are backing off that classification and only going to classif...

I would assume that prosecutorse intel. that cant be used in court. the prosecutor wants to put the guy away. the kid was admitting all this stuff, but theyi couldnt use it int court. theyre probably thinking,e mirandized the guy. >> hes going away forever or death. it doesnt matter. we had the opportunity to get more information. >> the intelligence isun what matters. >> there is no way he was going to walk. he was goingmo to -- he was gon. hes gone anyway. so they might as well waited. they di...

To know where you guys were. we dont want any trouble. what can we do. lets sit down with families. lets talk about them. let them monitor them. let their friends because thats where they come from. let their families monitor what they are doing and thats pretty much the most effective control. you need police work and good intelligence but that certainly a much better approach. but, you know, the approach we have is sort of crazy. here lindsey graham is calling this guy an enemy combatant. they...

And the f.b.i. agents were told, the f.b.i. agents want intel. it can be used in court. the prosecutor wantbes to put the guy away. the kid was admitting all of this stuff but they couldnt use it in court. they are thinking mirandize the guy to get him on the record. >> eric: he is going away forever. it doesnt matter. we had the opportunity to get more -- more -- >> kimberly: intelligence matters. >> eric: he is gone anyway. they might have waited. they didnt need extra information. they need t...

Fellow. that is not the point of interrogation. we want intelligence to prevent future attacks. to make sure we can break up any current terror networks. >> they invoked the public safety exception, but the more important point, he should have been treated as a potential enemy combatant. we want to know not only what they were trying to do but who his brother and he was in touch with. how was he radicalized helping them or giving any know how. >> and that combatant designation could be withdrawn...

Ethnically chechen brothers acted alone without direction or assistance from any foreign terror group. >> government officials reported that he learned to make the bombs from al qaedas online "inspire" magazine. >> reporter: 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 ...

Attorney youve got an arrest, hes in custody, hes not free to go, so we either have to charge him or do something, were going to have to arraign him on that charge. they charged him on monday and they came into the arraignment. i think if you go to the interrogators, they would say we would love to interrogate him for another month but there is the constitution, there are laws. >> right. you have to remember this guy, dzhokhar tsarnaev, unlike his older brother, whos dead, hes an american citize...

Business day of your arrest, you are supposed to be brought before a magistrate and arraigned, and at that point, the court is saying to the u.s. attorney youve got an arrest, hes in custody, hes not free to go, so we either have to charge him or do something, were going to have to arraign him on that charge. they charged him on monday and they came into the arraignment. i think if you go to the interrogators, they would say we would love to interrogate him for another month but there is the con...

They needed more time. they were finding inconsistencies in his statement. that is the time you start bill go rapport to build in. it was all done. that is very unfortunate. it challenges this policy notion you can have a intelligence for public safety and criminal court going on at the same time. >> megyn: you have the decision to treat him as a criminal defendant in the criminal justice system which was criticized. clare him an enemy combatant or wait a few days and give yourself the time you ...

That was about to be blown up over niagara falls between new york and toronto. there is a lot of serious matters at hand and we need to think about the safety of the american people. >> greta: just to is summarize and make sure the u.s. attorney did the right thing by charging having no directions by him or her are to do anything to the contrare. >> that is, correct. >> greta: you dont have any beef with the u.s. attorney or the magistrate the beef is with whoever made the decision not to make h...