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Segued into a policy debate about guns and gun safety. were already seeing it in the aftermath of boston. well talk about enemy combatants and whether the marathon bombing should delay immigration reform since both suspects were foreign-born. but west, texas, has not yet captured our political attention the same way. part of this has to do with the specific intense focus we give terrorism since 9/11. and there is something about accidents that seem more random and somehow less menacing than the ...

He will not be treated as an enemy combatant. we will prostitute this terrorist through our civilian system of justice. under u.s. law, united states citizens cannot be tried in military commissions. and it is important to remember that since 9/11, we have used the federal court system to convict and incarcerate hundreds of terrorists. >> joining me now, roger cressey, terrorism analyst. roger, want you to listen to something the boston police chief said yesterday on cbs, listen do what ed davis...

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...

Boston were made with. and these articles in "inspire" have offered a design that turns out very similar to the way their bombs were built. >> pete, its katty here, does the fact he was saying no outside organization, they werent linked up with a terror plot to do the boston bombings, does that now squash the whole argument of him being tried as an enemy combatant? i know the white house has said hes going to be tried in a federal court anyway, would that nullify that argument? >> well, i unders...

People. >> i am not somebody who believes that the president has the authority to do whatever he wants or whatever she wants whenever they want, just under the guise of counterterrorism. >> todays hearings will address proposals to increase their transparency. for a president who voted against the wars in iraq and won the nobel peace prize, his policy on drones have come as a surprise to many. the presidents hawkishness has not been universal. that was apparent this week when the president ignor...

Commitment to justice with all that word entails, or whether we will succumb to the cause of demagogues who will have us react with suspicion and lawlessness and overreaction. when dzhokhar tsarnaev was charged with this criminal complaint today at his hospital bedside and read his miranda rights, that was an important moment in this test. because while there is more to this test than this moment, we did learn in this moment they are going to try this guy according to our laws and values, as a s...

These are not mutually exclusive concepts. i believe our nation is at war. the enemy is radical islam defined as the taliban, al qaeda, and affiliated groups. the question i have regarding this case, is there any association between these two individuals and the groups i just named, to allow enemy combatant status to be conferred upon the suspect in boston? >> lets drill down on the legal status of the boston bombing suspect. kendall coffey. the great jonathan turley, here in washington. thank y...

Resilience and thoughtfulness and compassion and a resolute commitment to justice with all that word entails, or whether we will succumb to the cause of demagogues who will have us react with suspicion and lawlessness and overreaction. when dzhokhar tsarnaev was charged with this criminal complaint today at his hospital bedside and read his miranda rights, that was an important moment in this test. because while there is more to this test than this moment, we did learn in this moment they are go...

An enemy combatant. when we come back here, well check on sports and huddle around the good old water cooler with louis. and anthony weiner is back on twitter, please, no more pictures. he is tracking his tweets with incredible fervor. maybe theyll have pictures? i dont know. [ music playing ] one...

Way than it ended up going. there was a lot of discussion around miranda, a lot of discussion about enemy combatants. and i think given the heinous crime that happened in boston, that folks like lindsey graham, and frankly the political sideshow that developed around the calls for this and calls for that really did not do justice to the people that are suffering in boston right now. the best solution is the constitution. the constitution is not the enemy. its the people that commit these crimes....