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And unfortunate intersection between fighting a war and then applying legal principles to it. one thing to pick people up on battlefield and say youre dangerous and enemy combatant and then make a criminal case on them based on strict rules. it doesnt work. peter, jeff, thank you for joining us. >> coming up, look who is not number one in the u.s. economy will soon be surpassed in fact sooner than you might think. is there anything we can do to change the tide? details when we come back. [ male ...

>> is gadhafi the legitimate leader of the libyan people in your eyes legally? and if hes not, would it be unlawful for some nation, including ours, to drop a bomb on him to end this thing? >> well, president reagan tried that. >> well, that doesnt mean we shouldnt try again. i believe hes an international terrorist, unlawful enemy combatant, then were within our bounds as a nation and our coalition partners to take the fight to h d scae ppte. tt t t gates right? that it would break the coalitio...

A clandestine war. bob baer is a former cia officer and is author of the book "the company we keep." steve, there was a lot of briefings on the hill today and obviously the big focus for the obama administration and for a lot of hawks and a lot of questions on capitol hill is the search for gadhafi and getting gadhafi. heres an exchange between lindsey graham and secretary robert gates on that very issue. >> is gadhafi the legitimate leader of the libyan people in your eyes legally? and if hes n...

The united states air force. >> is p the president authorized, if he wants to sign a finding to kill or arrest gadhafi, is the president authorized under u.s. law to do that? >> thats a very good question. heres the advice i would give my commander. i would argue gadhafi is an unwelcomed combatant. not the leader of libya. he doesnt have the status of being a nation state leader where he would be fair game that a radio and tv network helping his unlawful enemy combatant calvary should be taken o...

How to classify the folks and how to treat them. how do you balance complaint against what you saw and what you experienced? >> first, a lot of file footage that you are seeing on the news are the old camp. the new state-of-the-art facilities do quite well. the fact you have the detainees with the 21 satellite tv channels and the play station three and food in abundance that is unimaginable. i visited a wing and i went in the room. they have the best medical condition as well. on the 21st centur...

One he is gave a soft to the left by saying he would submit to the senate a thing called protocol one. this is an amendment 1949 gentleman n.i.e. have a convention blurs the line between enemy combatant and unlawful enemy combatant. it was so bad reagan kicked it out and action was editorially endorsed by the "new york times" and the "the washington post." but, you know, 37 odd later president obama trying to give him cover. the final reason, bill, and this is probably the most troubling of all....

One he is gave a soft to the left by saying he would submit to the senate a thing called protocol one. this is an amendment 1949 gentleman n.i.e. have a convention blurs the line between enemy combatant and unlawful enemy combatant. it was so bad reagan kicked it out and action was editorially endorsed by the "new york times" and the "the washington post." but, you know, 37 odd later president obama trying to give him cover. the final reason, bill, and this is probably the most troubling of all....

One he is gave a soft to the left by saying he would submit to the senate a thing called protocol one. this is an amendment 1949 gentleman n.i.e. have a convention blurs the line between enemy combatant and unlawful enemy combatant. it was so bad reagan kicked it out and action was editorially endorsed by the "new york times" and the "the washington post." but, you know, 37 odd later president obama trying to give him cover. the final reason, bill, and this is probably the most troubling of all....

200 people. who can forget the awful carnage from those bombings. bill: prosecutors say that ghailani was a key player in those attacks. what do his attorneys argue? david lee miller, outside the federal courthouse in new york city. whats expected today, david lee? >> reporter: in about two hours time, thats when we expect ahmed ghailani to appear in the federal courthouse before judge lewis kaplan. he was convicted of only one count, although he had been facing 285 charges. the one count he ...

Had to say about this. >> individuals shouldnt be able to hide mind their u.s. citizenship. if they present a threat and challenge to us, we need to make sure were able to address that threat. >> so what hes saying is awlakis citizenship is irrelevant. hes claiming what is relevant is the fact that he could be an enemy combatant and should be able to be targeted. >> chris lawrence, appreciate that, from washington. >> youre welcome. so the case is controversial, and it raises some complex lega...