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Confession or information without ma ran diezing him if in fact you cannot later label him as an enemy combatant then anything he says is subject to be so pressed and not in a court of law. go ahead, give him counsel, hes not going to get bond, ma ran diez him and conduct a thorough investigation so everything staunds up when we get him into a court of law. >> okay. there is no state death penalty in massachusetts. so the death penalty off the table in. >> no. don, this is an interesting thing. ...

Could have serious issues there as far as extremist, if you will, now confirmed, joe, it was, in fact, russia that tipped off the fbi? >> thats correct. that country operates differently than this country. obviously, if the fbi had probable cause to look into this individual, they could get search warrants and a variety of other things but without that, theres only a limited amount of stuff you can do, wolf. >> joe johns reporting for us. thank you. some key lawmakers back in washington are pu...

Disht questions. >> jeff, i want to talk to you about this. theres been a big debate about whether dzhokhar should be tried under military or civilian laws. he wasnt ma ran diezed. why would he be an enemy combatant. hes an american sit zen. >> i am not saying he should be, thats for sure. what youve identify is a really big gray area. the geneva conventions govern all sorts of war. the last one was in 1989. theres been a few protocols that talk about acts that nay be considered terrorism in syr...

Safety exception. its allowed in cases of immediate danger. meanwhile mccain and lindsay graham said dzhokhar tsarnaev should be treated as a potential enemy combatant. they said now that the suspect is in custody is the last thing we should want is for him to remain silent. under a law of war we can hold the suspect to a enemy combatment not entitled to miranda warnings or the appointment of counsel. the older brother, he was killed on friday, and they investigated him at the request of a forei...

Trial this might be? >> well, if there is a trial, it will proceed under the article 3 court, and likely with a death penalty eligible defense. >> explain that distinction. if he is held as an enemy combatant, what would happen? >> this is something the government should seriously consider as to whether or not he should be held as an enemy compatant. they have to look at the national security to see what the greatest benefit is to our country to the way he will be held and or prosecuted. the opt...

Start seeing them talk about global jihad and east versus west and islam versus christianity and you see that in terms of ideology and in terms of their propaganda and in terms of their rhetoric but we have never seen it in terms of their organization or their operations. up until now, everything the caucus emirate has done has been within russia itself and mostly within the constituent republic down there in southern russia. >> you know, something interesting about the suspect captured last nig...

Town or state. >> not any time soon. it is great to see people headed to the ballgame and thats what americans do, they get back to the business but they dont forget and that bill, is something we want to talk about now. there are new callings for dzhokhar tsarnaev to be held as an enemy combatant in this crime. top republican lawmakers said he shouldnt be tried as a common criminal. lindsay graham is one of those asking for this and joining me on the phone. welcome back to the program and good ...

Is there anything out there? of course we h of that. the idea -- i mean, i would, of course, use the public safety exception, but that only gives you a couple of days. we ought to have a procedure, congress ought to look at this -- designating how the -- have the president do it if he wants and the courts review somebody -- enemy combatant so you can have uninterrupted interrogation. the court could have a look at it and review it every week or two. but thats the only way to get information and ...

Counterterrorism and intelligence subcommittee. how will the team of interrogate pers, how will they go about trying to extract information they have in custody now thursday 19-year-old? >> this is a very significant issue, one of the reasons why a number of my colleagues are advocating that he be deemed an enemy combatant, which would allow them to have a longer and better period of time to be able to speak with him. i mean, i think the issue of his criminal guilt is pretty much, as a former pr...

Years ago for just these type of contingencies. its called the high value detainee interrogation group and it consists of federal officials, fbi, cia, dod, people who are experts in the language, the culture, the sort of cases theyre investigating. so it wont just be folks from the local fbi office, its a special team thats set up for these. >> already some calls specifically from senator lindsey graham, specifically from senator john mccain for the suspect to be treated as an enemy combatant. h...