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That he should be treated as an enemy combatant, and i think that -- i agree with them in that if he can be tied under the law that we have to terrorist or subversive organizations that would mean to do harm to americans and they would qualify, i think that they should be tried as enemy combatants. i think they can still be tried in our courts, but i think they are treated differently and i think right now, we need to find out what he will tell us about other plots, other organizations that migh...

Guarantees some future congressional investigations. okay, luke russert, as always, many thanks. >> take care, alex. with the prime suspect still in serious condition, theres new political reaction about whether he should be treated as an enemy of the state. >> this man, in my view, should be designated as 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...

Justice department official, do you have a view of whether he should be part of the criminal justice system, as someone who is tried in court, or should he be treated as a terrorist, as an enemy combatant? that debate is only beginning now here in washington. >> well, thats the attorney generals call, and i have to respect it. he is an american citizen. he is responsible for a crime here in america. i trust the attorney general to make that call and make it wisely. i will say that from my experi...

The suspect, whether he should be an enemy combatant or not, how we track home-grown terror, and, indeed, even our debates over guns and immigration potentially affected. what do you see? >> well, what i see is an opportunity for the american citizens to get involved in trying to do something about the culture of violence that has become such a large part of our lives, whether its guns or this kind of an attack or whatever it is we are living with it. were living with the violent video games, fo...

You and i are, so that certainly is a complication. >> pete, i want to really quickly listen to you on "meet the press" this morning, and for our viewers who are watching right now, this talk about miranda rights and enemy combatant, give us the rundown again, because i thought your explanation this morning was fantastic. so for folks who may have missed that, can you break it down for us again? >> i hope i can be as clear as whatever i said this morning, but whenever you arrest someone, you giv...

Public safety issue, its solved, its over. there are no further threats but the fbi are saying there are enough further threats to justify an exception to miranda. there are a lot of interesting issues. his youth, the fact that he seems to be very much influenced by his brother. he could probably hold out and get a deal if hes prepared to say whether his brother got training in chechnya. >> since mccain and graham said they want the enemy combatant for these kind of suspects. >> impossible. ther...

Mccain under the ante by saying this is an enemy combatant and you should treat the case in accordance with the rules of war. what that means is mccain is saying the guy doesnt deserve a jury trial. hes going to be, i dont know whether mccain is suggesting hed be shipped off to guantanamo, which that would be a radical departure from the way justice is handled in the united states, particularly where a naturalized american citizen is involved and at rest has taken place on american soil. so this...

Well. >> you tried richard reed in criminal court and got a conviction. others that say, saxby chambliss bliss most prominent among them, that tsarnaev should be tried perhaps as enemy combatant, not even in u.s. criminal court. what do you think of that? >> i think the department in the military has to at least make that assessment, does it make more sense to determine he is an enemy combatant and hold him as that to protect national security and security interests. they have to make a judgment...

Memorial service for him on the m.i.t. campus. well bring you more information but those are live picturesy ear looking at now. in the meantime, lets talk about the suspect here. holly hughes joins me now. hes in atlanta. hes a criminal defense attorney, shes also a former prosecutor. so holly, cnn has been told that dzhokhar tsarnaev will be questioned under something called the public safety exception which means he will not be read his miranda rights and senator john mac cain wants his classi...

Doing that. can we learn something by holding him as an enemy combatant. if you decide to hold him as that, it doesnt forfeit the opportunity to turn him back to civilian courts at some point in time. i am just suggesting the government should go through the process of making a fully informed decision about whether or not one jurisdiction is better for us than the other. >> i appreciate it. mike sullivan, thanks so much for joining us. boston is beginning to return to normal. we can get a sense ...