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We allow police officers to burst into their home if they hear what they call suspicious noises that could be somebody hiding evidence. but what are suspicious noises? to me it gives them authority to go in at any point. this is part of a larger battle. it is related to the torture debate. it is related to gitmo. the executive branch has the right to declare anyone an enemy combatant and they can do anything they want with them. it is a really troubling pattern. >> how did this become a split is...

see his best laid plans hijacked by the seemingly endless israeli-palestinian problems. its our top story. well have more on it in a moment, but, first, a look at the other stories were drilling down on tonight. >> he is indicted, but he is getting out on bail. details from dominique strauss khans indictment for attempted rape, and the politics of peace. >> the united states of america was founded on the belief that people should governor themselves. >> president obama reaches out to t...

So meaningful and important. he has prevented europe from falling off the clip with their over leverage. it is still an alleged criminal. the french apparently dont allow their press to photograph people in handcuffs for this n are. is that a good practice or i mean should we feel any sympathy for this guy? >> no, this guy is a suspect. we should force them to eat velveta cheese and ding two buck chuck and see how the french like that. >> we could also classify him as an enemy combatant and go o...

Was unarmed but that really isnt the legal question. the question is, whether or not he surrendered, whether or not he was willing to surrender and whether or not they had to make that sort of crack judgment at that time. i think under the laws of war, certainly sound basis. international law, also sound basis. remember, right after september 11th, the united states passed a law called the authorization to use military force act, it was passed september 189s, 2001, and it allows the president to...

Executive order at anytime. but this is not an assassination because its conducted as part of an operation, a military combat, and as a matter of u.s. law, the authorization for the use of military force, enacted after 9/11, which gives the president the authority to use force that he deems reasonable to go against those that were behind 9/11, clearly applies to bin laden. so theres no question about its lawfulness under u.s. law. under international law, bin laden is an enemy combatant. and one...

All force necessary though to get these guys who are leaders of combat and against the united states. >> so this professor at a prestigious university is misleading not only his students but poor waters and the team. he is misleading everybody. >> but he is talking about international law and he is wrong on that, too, the hague convention, wrong. >> so he is a pinhead. you agree? >> i do agree. this is a legitimate target, an enemy combatant, still entkpwaepblgd in -- engaged in war against al-q...

And, you know. >> bill: leaders of action. >> leaders of action against the united states. >> bill: the professor ahead of the department prestigious university trinity misleading not only his students but poor watters and is the legal team misleading everybody. >> is he only talking about international law. im talking about domestic law. international law he is wrong on that too. the hay convention wrong. >> bill: is he a pinhead, agree. >> i do agree. this is a legal action because this is a l...

>> bill: leaders of action. >> leaders of action against the united states. >> bill: the professor ahead of the department prestigious university trinity misleading not only his students but poor watters and is the legal team misleading everybody. >> is he only talking about international law. im talking about domestic law. international law he is wrong on that too. the hay convention wrong. >> bill: is he a pinhead, agree. >> i do agree. this is a legal action because this is a legitimate targe...

He, therefore, was killed in that firefight and thats when the remains were removed. >> was there any return gunfire at all from people in that mansion? >> reporter: oh, in the house, absolutely, carol. the navy s.e.a.l.s, the administration is adamant, a heavy firefight did break out that would indicate people returned fire. they were armed inside that house, by all account. they never -- to be precise, nobody ever said bin laden was holding a weapon and got any rounds off. but the question for...

An explosive vest or if it was quite frankly clearly bin laden. it would have all happened so quickly. theres nobody in the military community of course that disputes those tack techs and throws ki those kinds of operations. we heard eric holder saying they were justified, armed or not, because he was an enemy combatant. >> what can you tell me, if anything, about the report cia military briefing team will travel to texas to brief former president george w. bush on the planning and execution of ...