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That hes an enemy combatant, then he might be adjudicated as a war criminal who violated the law of war, and he could be -- that matter could be tried by a military commission. >> lastly, attorney general ashcroft, based on what we know, do you think the fbi should have sought a fisa warrant so they could have electronically monitored tamerlan tsarnaev, and do you think this was in any way a failure by the fbi given they had been warned about him? >> anytime we have a situation like this we shou...

About the boston explosion? i did that. wolf? >> pretty chilling material, joe. thanks very much. the white house says the decision to charge dzhokhar tsarnaev in criminal court, not as an enemy combatant was the right way to go. lets talk about the case with our analyst jeffrey toobin and fran townsend. fran, they did that first appearance of the tsarnaev at bedside today, gave him an attorney, a public defender. what does that tell you specifically? >> well, first and foremost, wolf, it tells ...

Conspiracy. thats where our focus is right now. >> i want to play for you what republican senator lindsey graham said after the white house announced earlier in the day that the survivining suspec the 19-year-old, would not be questioned as an enemy combat t combatant. listen to this. >> im asking this administration to leave on the table the option, if the evidence warrants, to designate this individual as an enemy combatant. what do we know? we know that these two individuals embrace radical i...

Exist. >> reporter: enemy combatant circumstances could allow investigators to question him without a lawyer. diane feinstein argues that questioning can happen for a limited amount of time without calling him an enemy combatant, under what is called a public safety exception. >> im not really worried about whether they can be convicted. the question is what else would they have been up to? who are their associates? how did he become radicalized? is there a chechnya connection? thats what happen...

To dagestan a devout muslim. he said he didnt take up drugs or drinking but he came back proclaiming islam is the sender of his life and very clear about his religion. >> thank you very much. crucial details coming to light and could be at the center of this. today while recovering in his hospital bed, the youngest of the two brothers dzhokhar was charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. and the white house also announced he will not be tried as an enemy combatant. now is intensified a d...

And charge him with more crimes. >> shepard: we could have anticipated these questions of whether he some shoo be held as an enemy cot want tenant. >> theres two two suspects to enemy combatant. one is trying a person in guantanamo bay. this is not legally possible because he is an american citizen and was an american citizen at the time these events took place. the other enemy combatant edition -- designation would put him in the custody of the military for 30 do is, and he could not communicat...

We know that federal agents have contacted her, trying to find out what she knew. she has been speaking with them but through her attorney. basically, her mom and dad hired an attorney to work with the family to sort of facilitate their contact with the federal agents. and thats what theyre doing at this point. >> all right. chris lawrence, excellent reporting. stay on it and let us know if you find out anything more about her and what she may or may not say to investigators. i just want to get ...

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Younger suspect ought to be handled by authorities. heres senator graham. >> two things should happen. when the public safety exception expires, and it will here soon, this man, in my view, should be designated as a potential enemy combatant, and we should be allowed to question him for intelligence-gathering purposes to find out about future attacks and terrorist organizations that may exist. >> mike: theres a part of me that really wants to agree with the senator. hes my friend, and i like him...

Blast the younger brother started fidgeting with his phone presumably the method of at the time donation. everyone turned around except 19-year-old suggesting foreknowledge of the attack? indictment. they havent been indicted. in that complaint we learn more about this other suspect. the one who died in the shootout with police. >> earlier today republican senator lindsey graham urging the administration to hold off on any-mile-an-hour ga da warning and also to consider declaring the 19-year-old...