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Should be treated as an enemy combatant. they were many kept out of the loop on this by the white house. >> this is such a weird story. i thought the whole thing had been settled more than a year ago. new york city was going to have some guys here everybody balked them and let congress decide they were going to get them not here. >> last year the administration blinked on this and ended up backing away from the criminal prosecution. this time it looks like it will be full steam ahead. >> surpris...

Tribunals are better suited for people deemed to be enemies of the united states as opposed to treating them to all the rights afforded to civilian defendants in american courts. a point that was quickly raised by republicans in the senate. >> gitmo, theres no substitute for it that congress will agree upon, that it is the right place to put an enemy combatant for interrogation and when at all possible trial. >> reporter: the justice department said it examined the nature of abu ghaiths conduct ...

Cousins of theirs, and all of a sudden you say their cousins are terrorists or associated with hamas or hezbollah. do you drop drones on the person heres, would you accuse them and get a trial and prevent-- thats not me, im not associated with terrorism. or say, oh, no, youre an enemy combatant, you go to guantanamo bay. thats what theyre arguing for, no ability to defend yourself if the government names you an enemy combatant. i dont think we should give up on the bill of rights. >> greta: i am...

Should should be summerly killed. and we have the kill of writes rights our soldiers are fighting for. and therefore, you can be named an enemy combatant and walked off to prison somewhere. >> greta: what do you think one of your colleagues in the republican party, senator john mccain and senator lindsey graham, they accused you of theaterics or political stunt i think senator mccain used. is this a fair debate and how do you respond to that? >> i think its a good debate. i think theyre on the w...

Reasonable and made great points. there were a couple of times he said some things that any one would make a mistake in 13 hours of speak eug would think. but overall it was very impressive. jon: what did he accomplish, judy? >> did a lot. as kirsten said and here i totally agree with her, he called attention to a really important civil liberties issue for americans. does the government, does this president, who says he has the right to put a circle around a name of an enemy combatant overseas a...

Siltation for al-qaeda business. >> but trying osama bin ladens son-in-law and giving him the same constitutional protection as an american citizen is not sitting well with some lawmakers here on capitol hill who think he should be treated like an enemy combatant. >> this guy didnt rob a liquor store. hes a spokesman close to, as you can see, the people who killed over 2900 americans. now we got our hands on him. why in the world are we treating him as if hes some common criminal and why in the ...

While senator rand paul was in the late hours of his filibuster last night, republicans, including john mccain, they were out to dinner with the president. and today mccain was one of the leading voices defending the obama administration. >> to somehow say that someone who disagrees with american policy and even may demonstrate against it is somehow a member of an organization which makes that individual an enemy combatant is simply false. it is simply false. >> mccains anger was directed at oth...

Makes him an enemy combatant who should be tried by a military commission at guantanamo. >> were putting the administration on notice. we think that sneaking this guy into the country clearly going around the intent of congress when it comes to enemy combatants will be challenged. >> reporter: but the obama administration says its trying to close gitmo, not add to its prisoners and trying abu ghaith in new york wont jeopardize national security. >> its a case that would be easy to try in new yor...

The united states would authorize a u.s. citizen to be killed on u.s. soil. shouldnt americans be concerned a little bit about that? or do you share john mccains view? >> well, i share john mccains view that its not possible. the debate were having is about the technology, the drone technology. but the laws and the constitution that the president has to abide by havent changed. so whether its a drone or a machine gun, its the same laws that apply. the president cant use lethal force against an a...

Month traveling on a forged saudi passport. he checked into a hotel and was detained. iran refused him. after several weeks in limbo turkey decided to deport abu ghaith to kuwait, the country of his birth but kuwait didnt want him back either. he was eventually transferred to u.s. custody and flown to new york to face trial. some republicans argue that makes h him an enemy combatant who should be tried by a military commission at guantanamo. >> we are putting the administration on notice. we thi...