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Frankly, the whole status of enemy combatant remains ambiguous in the legal system. the prisoners in guantanamo bay remain in legal limbo. by treating them as criminal suspects, the obama administration is avoiding all kinds of risks and simply acting as the bush administration has in the past and as they have acted in other terrorist cases by using the normal criminal procedures. >> because lindsey graham and others say, yes, he should be tried as a u.s. citizen, should be tried in a u.s. civil...

Out? and vetted again. >> reporter: the russians asked the u.s. to check out tamerlan because, quote, his lifestyle had changed. after coming home from russia, his youtube channel carried radical videos, as well as names of militant leaders. as for his younger brother, the wounded dzhokhar tsarnaev, controversy in washington over what to do with him. >> he will not be treated as an enemy combatant. we will prosecute this terrorist through our civilian system of justice. >> i strongly disagree wi...

Went back to russia or chechnya? those are questions -- >> tell me one thing they could have done -- they could have done if they designated an enemy combatant that they cant do now? one thing? the only difference is miranda. >> wait a minute. of the only difference -- thats a big difference. >> you know thats not correct. >> you tell me what they could have done. tell me what they could have done. >> as soon as he gets any lawyer hes not going to talk. >> he will stop speaking. >> hold it. >> h...

Prosecute, mr. goldman is with us. there is enough evidence. this is not about prosecuting this guy at this point. this is about what does he know, who is financing, who is connecting, who else may be involved. is this an ongoing terror plot? are there other cells that are out there and are there any foreign links? this guy ought to be right now be interrogated in a very intense way. >> right. and the problem that weve got here is there is this confusion out there that somehow he is declared, wh...

Phone that was held at approximately waist level and may be manipulating the phone. approximately 30 seconds before the first explosion he lifts it to the ear as if hes listening on the cell phones and keeps it there approximately 18 seconds. a few seconds after he finishes the call the large crowd of people around him can be seen reacting to the first explosion. he glances to the east and then calmly but rapidly begins moving to the west, away from the direction of the finish line. he walks awa...

Phone call they made, to make sure nobody was involved or even unwittingly involved in aiding these kids. >> jeff, in terms of the legal case, i want to read a portion from the transcript of the hearing in the hospital room today, the subjects hospital room. the judge said quote, at this time, the conclusion of the initial appearance, i find that the defendant is alert, mentally competent and lucid, he is aware of the nature of the proceedings. whats your assessment, jeff, of the initial hearing...

Martyr. if we kill him, we create a martyr. his picture will be on recruiting posters. i think everybody wins if this guy exchanges information for life sentence and then is put in an obscure prison where nobody will remember him and he doesnt become a hero to other jihadists. >> so, sunny, just sporespond t the idea, a lot of people when they watch the situations, they say, dont treat him like a regular criminal, he isnt. this was a terrorist action. do the harshest things, thats how you get th...

[bleep] face an enemy combatant. >> under the law of war there is no right to legal council when you are being questioned for national security purposes. i hope the obama administration will allow us that option that exists in our law. they have a very bad track record here. >> cane see mike tobin again? >> 10 seconds later the second explosion goes off according to the fbi at the location where he dropped his -- please dont do that, where he dropped his knapsack. shepherd? >> the only bright sp...

Presumption of innocence even though they were traitors to the country. thats the fact. it doesnt mean the president can act with unlimited authority. he has to act in the constraints of his commander-in-chief authority. >> what do you make of this? he has to be convicted no matter what. why not treat him like an enemy combatant and get the information. >> i guess i have a romantic view of america. i worked hard to get my green card. fdr, the only thing to fear is fear itself. let the fear take ...

Unbelievable heroism on the part of the boston police department, on the part of the first responders to catch this guy and bring him in alive. the purpose of having him alive is so you can ask him questions, so you can understand, for example, where was it that they learned to make what appeared to be very complicated detonator devices for the bombs? whereabouts it they received the financing for the bombs? what was the older brother doing in russia? what were their ties to radical islamic jiha...