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Cross the line and say he should be an enemy combatant which could be challenged in court. one circuit is ruled one way, one circuit has ruled another way. >> senator, the death penalty. >> candy, could i comment on that? >> of course, go ahead. >> this is important. right now its too early to determine if he has al qaeda connections or falls in enemy combatant definition under our laws. we wont know that by monday or tuesday. what im suggesting theres ample evidence suggests this man was a radi...

The parties on the use of the enemy combatant law, on the use of military commission, but i would hate to see that injected right after a national tragedy. we ought to look at this on the facts, follow the facts where they lead us. right now i dont see the facts leading us in the direction of enemy combatant status and i think the administration is right to resist those haiti calls. >> all right, representative adam schiff, thank you very much, representative. coming up -- well have much, much...

Assigned to him should vigorously defend this young man because he or she will be helping america. thats what we do in america. hell get all the rights associated with a federal court trial. hes an american citizen. im all for that, but most americans want to find out what he knew, who he associated with, does he know about terrorist organizations within or without the country or trying to hurt us? does he know anything about a future attack? that comes from the law of war questioning. two thing...

Is part of any organized group let alone al qaeda, the taliban or within of their affiliates. to hold the suspect as an enemy combatant under these circumstances would be contrary to our laws and may even jeopardize our efforts to prosecute him for his crimes. where do you stand on this, senator schumer? >> well, i think that the good news is is we dont need enemy combatant to get all the information we need out of him. number one, the one court that has ruled has allowed a lot of flexibility in...

Lawyer for 30 years, to gather intelligence from enemy combatants. and a citizen can be an enemy combatant. he is not eligible for military commission trial. i wrote the military commission in 2009. he cannot go to military commission. >> so a civil trial no matter what. right. >> in my view a civil trial, it should be a federal trial. >> right. and senator schumer, i know you agree this should go to a federal court. i want to quick read you something that one of your colleagues said. this is fr...

Questioning dzhokhar tsarnaev about the bombing. did the fbi do enough to lerp about one brother and now who questions the younger brother? >> 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 that he has knowledge of. >> reporter: republican senator lindsey graham says the enemy combatant designation would allow investigat...

Brother. >> he should be designated as a potential enemy combatant and we should be allowed to question him for intelligence gathering purposes to find out about terrorist organizations that he has knowledge of. >> reporter: lindsey graham says the enemy combatant designation would allow them to question dzhokhar tsarnaev without a lawyer saying none of that information could be used against him. dianne feinstein argues question can happen for a limited amount of time without calling him an enem...

Is a loaner. tim mcveigh was a loaner and tamerlan appears to have been a loaner. the difference that i see is that the person that were going to be dealing with in trial, dzhokhar, may be very different than terry nichols, the number two in the oklahoma city case. >> what about -- lets face it, 18 years ago, that was pre-9/11, so would mcveigh have been tried today as an enemy combatant because he had a military background. does that mean anything? >> no. he would definitely not have been tried...

Murderer, et cetera. >> one lawmaker strongly against charging dzhokhar tsarnaev as an enemy combatant. adam schiff, a boston area. thank you for joining us. im sure your heart is going out to your native city here. so congressman, take us through this. should he be tried as an enemy of the united states, an enemy combatant? can he be prosecuted in that manner? >> well, i dont think we have really seen any evidence yet that would support treating him as an enemy combatant. this is somebody who i...

This administration is allergic to paradigm. despite drones they are disinterested if classifying anybody as enemy combatant. for every incident in a knee-jerk fashion they run to criminal justice paradigm. the typical defense is we can successfully prosecute him in the civilian court. that is not the only issue. intelligence gathering is important. the other issue that is important the symbolism. do you want to tell the american people were not waging war against jihadist, that this is an isola...