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Not they want to hold him as an enemy combatant. >> thank you. we appreciate your help on this. there is so much ground to cover. the manhunt is over and the investigation and the prosecution or possible prosecution very much continues. 14 people confirmed dead, and 16 u.s. missing. a lot of other news going on in the world right now. we are live in texas after the massive explosion that leveled parts of one small town. stay with us.

Reaction that anybody that follows politics or washington for more than five minutes knows, john mccain, lindsey gram, kelly ayotte, the three amigos on these issues coming out saying dont do anything to mess up the national security importance of this. dont read him his miranda rights, try him as enemy combatant. seeing this already fall on partisan lines in minutes. >> i spoke with susan collins, a republican senator. >> barely. >> even before the suspect -- >> youre not unhappy about that. >>...

They had notice from russia. >> these are existing differences. i dont think theres much to sway those that believe he should be defined enemy combatant, and not much to dissuade the white houses mind. theres a lot we dont know. >> do you know what the white house is going to do, theyre not going to do enemy combatant, thats for sure. >> we dont know. theyre in the 48 hour window right now. >> whats going to cause some heartburn. >> i dont think anything. celebration, we caught the bad guys. >> ...

Miranda warning, if they get a statement is not going to affect this case whatsoever. >> the 19-year-old suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev is a naturalized american citizen. got his citizenship last year on september 11th. two prominent senators john mccain and lindsey graham say he should be treated as an enemy combatant. he could be questioned without a lawyer. even though he was a u.s. citizen arrested on u.s. soil. what do you think about that? >> i think thats just a misunderstanding of the law. if...

In federal criminal court. >> im hoping the obama administration will look at him as a potential enemy combatant, allow the intelligence community access to him without a lawyer, find out what he knows about terrorist organizations that may be coming our way. >> bret: dzhokhar tsarnaev will likely be charged possibly as soon as tonight. were back with the panel. charles? >> the senator is obviously right. yesterday before this kid was captured, as he said, a whole town was shut down. why? people...

Remarkable. >> one other point. the public doesnt look at these things through a political lens as we in washington do. we are quick to automatically assess the politics. the public wanted to find suspects and now want justice. not looking at it through politics and policy. >> the truth of the matter is law enforcement here was unbelievable, did a fabulous job. here we are at the end of the week, and you have the suspect in custody, but dana, you know this from capitol hill, the questions are al...

From an intelligence point of view. what does he know about terrorist organizations within the country, outside the country? does he know anything about future plots? does he have associations with other potential terrorists? that is a intelligence gathering activity. that evidence wont be used against him in court. it will be used to protect us. so im hoping the obama administration will look at him as a potential enemy combatant, allow the intelligence community access to him without a lawyer,...

Getting certain kinds of information and it looks like the fbi and the national security apparatus is concerned about getting information, then you would want to get as much as you can out of someone in the near term in order to roll up any other individuals that might have been involved in a potential conspiracy. turning to the question on whether someone is an enemy combatant or not, if you apply law in 1944 when we were dealing with germans in the united states, maybe you could classify him a...

Saying theres enough threats, they should have given him miranda. his kwryouth, and he seems to b influenced by his brother, and he could hold out and try to get a deal if he is prepared to say whether his brother got training in chechnya. he doesnt have very many cards to play. >> graham wants -- >> thats impossible. nobody could be tried as an enemy combatant. couldnt happen. >> in terms of the revelation, you have the two brothers who committed this appalling act, and the younger one in parti...

Were encouraged. our high value detainee interrogation team is now involved in working to gather intelligence about how these terrible acts were committed and the possibility of future attacks. a decision to not read miranda rights to the suspect was sound and is in our national security interest. so this is going to be a big debate here whether you treat him as just any u.s. offender, or in this case, someone who would be an enemy combatant, meaning harm to this country. obviously some key repu...