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From not just 08 when of course president obama was on the ticket and really boosted democratic turnout but also from previous years. a sign that energy on the democratic side is probably going to remain somewhat anemic in what is likely to be a rough year for them in 2010. jane: carl cameron in indiana, thanks. jon: new details about the murder that has shocked the university of virginia. the accused lacrosse player, admitting to police he slammed his former girlfriends head against the wall, b...

Because way -- they wanted to use it against him, so they had to make a judgment call as to when to give him the miranda rights some only the intelligence -- of the intelligence information is of no value to prosecutors. some of it is of value to both. he committed a crime to which hes confessed, hes within charged -- been charged in manhattan. it is almost inconceivable he would be removeed from that court system. jon: why not charge this guy as an enemy combatant? i mean, if he was motivated t...

Charges of terrorism, they are terrorists before they are allowed to lawyer up and be told they have to remain silent. theres a difference when it comes to citizens and noncitizens. as tough as i believe we should be on terrorists, and as weak as i think the obama administration policies are we still have to make that differential between a citizen and noncitizen. the christmas day will bore should not have been given miranda warnings and allowed to have lawyers and told to remain silent. he is ...

Warnings. >> larry: is there a danger, peter, that if you dont mirandize, you could wind up winning a pyrrhic victory and having it thrown out by the courts? >> the military tribunal is a valid trial for an enemy combatant. the point im making, this person could have such knowledge, such information, such intelligence, remember, he has been as far as we know in a terrorist training camp. we could tell us where that camp is. he could tell white house the instructors are. he could tell us are ther...

The time by the argues officer. and just because its a hideous crime doesnt mean that if a person is entitled to miranda, he is entitled to it. if you dont give it to him you blow the whole case. >> he doesnt have to be given rights because he can be tried in a military tribunal where you dont have to have your miranda rights. i was saying not check with congress, but check with the cia, check with the director of the national intelligence because -- >> when do you do all this checking, and unde...

Andrea? >> the chairman of the committee, joe lieberman, kelly, also suggested that he thinks its time to strip the -- to strip someone whos under such a watch list of their citizenship. we heard john mccain saying earlier today that there should not have been the mirandizing. so theres going to be a lot of focus on what some critics of the administration are going to be saying, republicans are raising a whole lot of issues. >> reporter: all about how you would then -- if someone is a naturalize...

Suspect. >> reporter: there was a period of time where shahzad was interrogated and it was done under this public safety exception. this exception allows federal officers to interrogate a suspect because they believe there may be an imminent threat. we learned from the mayor of new york michael bloomberg that information was gathered, then he was mirandized, then he continued to cooperate with investigators. megyn: thanks so much. we would love to hear from you on this topic. should faisal shahz...

If you strip them of the citizensh citizenship, you forfeit the rights involved and treat them more easily as enemy combatant. its a good idea and i hope it passes. >> bret: bill, our own contributor judith miller put up a link that questions ten big questions about shahzad and times square. she says how did the f.b.i. surveillance team tracking him in connecticut manage to lose him before he drove to the airport? how long did they lose him? a whole list we have a link on foxnews.com, you can ch...

They said lets read him his rights and get him a lawyer. do you hold him as an enemy combatant and not read him his rights because hes a naturalized citizen but hes indeed a threat, if they got the right guy, clearly a threat to our well being as americans. do you sit there and find a way to put additional pressure on him through our most sophisticated interrogators or do you read him his rights and say well, hes an american citizen, what do we do? >> exactly right. eric holder made a statement ...

Get, what hes going to be charged with. they want to know who else was involved and what made him do it. >> also, is there a threat of something else. is he a part of a larger group where theres some other actions that were planned. this is the kind of stuff thats specifically anticipated in this -- all this controversy over the detroit bomber saying that where the critics were saying that there should have been a longer interrogation for him not to build the legal case against him which was ver...