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Commander-in-chief or any of the generals would like to step in and do the right thing that is not considered undue command influence. >> sandra: the afghan man died february 28, 2010. there are so many different narratives about what happened that day. what does your husband want us to know as we continue to follow this story? >> ill just say this. during the board of inquiry in which the army found him -- they cleared him of wrongdoing, they actually had the investigator from c.i.d. in the arm...

Bomb maker. >> has the accused soldier spoken out now? >> no. but his father did on fox and friends. >> it was an enemy combatant, he was a known bomb maker, he was identified and the actions taken were to protect the lives of the villagers and those in his unit and the people around him. >> dana: the pentagon issued the following statement, "the allegations against major matt golsteyn are law enforcement matter, department of defense will provide updates when appropriate. the commander-in-chief...

And i was just getting that 2007 feeling. and i was thinking about what uproar we were in at the time between the -- you know, the u.s. attorneys crisis and the things going on in iraq and, you know, the enemy combatant and how they were being handled and interrogated. it seems like we were just in complete uproar at the justice department. all of the sudden president trump brought in judge bucasey. you had an eminent figure that was strong and respect both sides of the aisle. they couldnt argue...

They say that the icc is doing a better job watching things we are not watching. >> im vehemently opposed to that line of thinking. we have a military tribunal system, we hold people accountable if they dont follow the rules of engagement in afghanistan or elsewhere. what is truly egregious is the icc should be in some people in the organization recommended this, lets go after the taliban and parts of afghanistan where they committed atrocious war crimes against their own people. this is a joke....

>> johnson versus izentraeger. >> that american citizens who collaborate with enemies can be considered enemy combatants. >> they can be. sometimes theyre criminally prosecuted. sometimes treated in the military system. >> lets talk about can be. >> under supreme court precedent. >> theres a supreme court decision that said that american citizens who collaborated with nazi saboteurs were tried by the military. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> i think a couple of them were executed. >> yea...

>> even an enemy combatant? >> equal justice under law. everyone is entitled. >> even a noncitizen? >> yes. noncitizens who are tried in u.s. courts, of course, have the constitutional rights. and really my model on that judicial model for thinking about something like that, because i thought about what youre asking about. justice jackson, of course, robert jackson who had been franklin roosevelroosevelts at general. one of roosevelts policies, justice jackson, now the majority opinion now overr...

>> even in enemy combatant? >> equal justice under law. everyone is entitled -- >> even a noncitizen? >> yes. noncitizens that are tried in u.s. courts, of course, have the constitutional rights. really my model on that, judicial model, for thinking about something like that, because i thought about what youre asking about. justice jackson, of course, robert jackson, who had been franklin roosevelts attorney general. he was in the matsu case, even though that was one of roosevelts policies, just...

Of our own as an enemy combatant if they were engaged with terrorist activities? >> yes. >> we do not have a constitutional right to can collaborate with the enemy. there is a body of law well developed long before 9/11 that understood the difference between basic criminal law and the law firm conflict. >> i do understand that they are different bodies of law, of course. >> if you are confirmed, and i believe you will be, what is your hope when all of this is said and done, and your time is up, ...

You recall reared from the concept you could hold one of our own as an enemy combatant in engaged in activities in afghanistan. >> yes. holmby. >> bottom line, i want every american stoin know you have constitutional rights but you do not have a constitutional right to collaborate with the enemy. theres a body of law well developed long before 9/11 that understood the difference between basic criminal law and the law of armed conflict. do you understand those differences? >> i do understand that...

He is an enemy combatant at a time we didnt recognize enemy combatants. rob: interesting part of this, the lawyer says listening to somebody speak about views contrary to his own violates his rights in prison. he wants his own imam in prison. if you are a radical muslim that is not a normal muslim. is he requesting a radical cleric? >> he sounds like a radical. >> to come back and say what he wants to say. >> in a college campus, he is a snowflake muslim i guess. he should only hear what he want...