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Argument is silly. youve got a whole team of monday morning quarterbacks there in the house of representatives. but, in the big picture, everybody knew this guy wasnt going to be tried as an enemy combatant. he wasnt going to be isnt down to gitmo. it was very easy to convict him in the federal court. and it was also becoming very clear that he wasnt part of some larger network. so they just got it over with. the more they can get away from that whole military tribunal system and the quicker the...

Constitutional rights but we have war on terror and we worry about the national security. was national security compromised here because we were so worried about criminal procedure? >> i dont think it was actually compromised. i dont think its potential. if you have somebody who is a terrorist operative who carried out an attack who appears to have sophisticated weapons and multiple cities that were targets and you have hism here to speak to, and you stop speaking to him before he told you every...

Didnt hesitate to act andto protect the country. the situation that is presen presented by the brother they capture, is a littl bit unchartered water. the fact is you cant hold somebody in custody except for under the law of the united states. es not clear that we could have held them in operation of military force because its not clear he was affiliated with foreign administration at war with the united states. >> megyn: that would have allowed us to clay fir us as -- clarify him as enemy comba...

Close to the elder brother. i really dont know but i can attorney, laurie basham, and she tell you this. said no one called her about the reason ive been wanting a this search for dusk yifl. and when she found out that national security interrogation and not a criminal law authorities had difficulty interrogation is to have time finding him, she called the fbi, with this second suspect to ask and told them exactly where he him questions about what they is. wolf? >> victor blackwell, thanks very ...

Because i know you have been upset about the way in which that happened and whether or not he should have been an enemy combatant. the public safety clause where you can question somebody without reading their miranda rights or charging them with anything if it has to do with the safety of the public. more and more information now coming out about how this is all handled. in the meantime there is a congressman who says we dont need to know the classified information, but we can judge by the resu...

Issue miranda rights. they didnt have to. what they needed to do make sure that the citizens were safe. there wasnt another terror plot afoot like apparently there was to come into new york city into times square. a public safety exception they could have used before they even got to the miranda rights if they wanted to do that another alternative being enemy combatant. >> judge does not say going to give miranda rights. >> who does the judge work for. >> i have no idea. you have to assume there...

Mukasey. he is coming to us from the bush library which just opened and he attended the several this morning. good to see you again, sir. now we are getting report is about the f.b.i. saying their interrogation was shut off 16 hours in to it. they felt they had more time. they wanted more time. they said he was giving up valuable information. and it was shut down. they described themselves as very surprised to see the magistrate judge walk in there with the two lawyers. and now andrew mccarthy s...

Headquarters and say really, really were going to stop this now? >> right. eric holder decided to file the criminal complaint almost immediately on monday which he likely did to put a stop to all the discussion whether this guy would be treated as an enemy combatant or criminal defendant. as soon as we filed the criminal complaint on monday we knew to the answer to that he was going to be treated as a criminal defendant. there is no coordination? you dont call the fbi? the ones who were on scene...

Of. >> do you agree with chairman rogers there? that the judge was out of line? >> i wouldnt agree that the judge was out of line. once the person is arraigned, athletic get their miranda warning. the decision was made to charge him and to actually arraign him. where i would agree with chairman rogers, we have not gotten a consistent policy from this administration about what they do and how they handle a terrorist suspect. whether it is on american soil or whether it is otherwise. this should b...

Gather more information. now, i say hopefully more information. it is possible that even in the criminal justice system that this individual is cooperating and providing information. and also through the criminal process, you often have a situation where the suspect, in exchange for a more lenient sentence may be more cooperative in sharing information. so the information that we desperately seek in this particular case may be obtainable through the criminal justice system. so i think the presum...