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Even chuck schumerade the -- said the administration should say new york is off the table. i think this is a terrible blunder and i think the attorney general missed an opportunity to clear this up yesterday. bill: what is his defense for considering it to still be on the table? ill get to sheupers comment -- schumers comment in a minute. >> i cant understand why the attorney general when it comes to having discretion, why hes been given carte blanche with the department of defense when dealing ...

Fends there is no overall -- contends there is no overall strategy on detainee issues which he says should allow people in u.s. to hold them to gain intelligence and then make decision whether to prosecute in mill tar or federal court or hold them as enemy combatant without prosecution, then the default position is stark. >> i see more and more evidence that we are beginning to kill the people rather than cap canture them. that is short-sighted. >> reporter: there is no immediate comment on the ...

Declare a citizen to be an enemy combatant and strip them of all their rights, including access to the court. there seemed to be a lot of language ignored in favor of an unstated level of presidential authority. so i dont think that could be an effective litmus test. turlet weekend. >> now lets turn to lawrence odonnell. good evening, sir. >> good to be here, keith. >> how materially and relevantly has the political landscape shifted since the sotomayor confirmation hearing last year? >> we know...

He was arrested in 2001, declared by the united states to be an enemy combatant, held without charges for more than five years before eventually being moved into the criminal justice system and pleading guilty to terrorism charges last year. he is now being held at the supermax prison in colorado. the diplomat from last nights smoking in the bathroom incident was scheduled to meet with mr. al-marri in prison at 11:00 a.m. today. theres no reason to suspect that meeting was anything other than wh...

Be an enemy combatant, held without charges for more than five years before eventually being moved into the criminal justice system and pleading guilty to terrorism charges last year. he is now being held at the supermax prison in colorado. the diplomat from last nights smoking in the bathroom incident was scheduled to meet with mr. al-marri in prison at 11:00 a.m. today. theres no reason to suspect that meeting was anything other than what it was billed as. if you are an american arrested and i...

>> geraldo: how much time back? oh, hi, everybody. sorry. we are thousands of miles away and i didnt hear the directors cue. we have been to afghanistan seven times. this may be a great place to grow and raise poppies, but it is a horrible place to live. at night it is freezing and that is why i was all bundled up when the program started. once the sun comes up it gets very hot. look at this dust, it doesnt exist anywhere on earth. took us three years to get this out of our clothing the last tim...

>> geraldo: how much time back? oh, hi, everybody. sorry. we are thousands of miles away and i didnt hear the directors cue. we have been to afghanistan seven times. this may be a great place to grow and raise poppies, but it is a horrible place to live. at night it is freezing and that is why i was all bundled up when the program started. once the sun comes up it gets very hot. look at this dust, it doesnt exist anywhere on earth. took us three years to get this out of our clothing the last tim...

>> geraldo: how much time back? oh, hi, everybody. sorry. we are thousands of miles away and i didnt hear the directors cue. we have been to afghanistan seven times. this may be a great place to grow and raise poppies, but it is a horrible place to live. at night it is freezing and that is why i was all bundled up when the program started. once the sun comes up it gets very hot. look at this dust, it doesnt exist anywhere on earth. took us three years to get this out of our clothing the last tim...

That has brought the world together. we continue each day to speak with the chinese. the president met with with the incoming chinese ambassador on monday and they talked about a range of issues, including iran. >> and finally, on khalid shaikh mohammed as you graham with how to try him and in what venue, i wondered would you consider not trying him at all but instead just holding him indefinitely as an enemy combatant or would you rule that. >> khalid shaikh mohammed has been held for far too l...

Strong words from eric holder. were you surprised, senator graham, to hear those? >> not really, hes probably right. i never thought we would catch saddam hussein but we did. im trying to create a system that deals with the hard cases and the idea of reading an enemy combatant their miranda warnings, the christmas bomber proved thats not the way to go. collect and gather intelligence, then worry about prosecution. treat the enemy prison as a common criminal and the problem with bin laden highlig...