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And, finally hearsay. thats when somebody wants to get up on the stand and testify about what somebody else said. that is almost never admissible in civilian courts, but a military judge can allow it in. terrorist suspects clearly have more rights and protections in a civilian courtroom but it is interesting to note that whether they start out in a military commission or a federal civilian courtroom, their legal appeals would end up in a very same place. right back in u.s. federal courts. >> she...

Former vice presidents, they argued on separate shows about antiterror strategies. we have more on their fight coming up in just a few minutes. but before americans make up their mind about the tribunal its worth know what they are. we have shannon bream and cathrine herridge. >> catherine, canadian women, is this a random thing or is there something specific? what do we know? >> ive had information from a investigative source the intelligence community is focused on women, specifically there is...

Next wave will involve western women seen as an evolution from the attempted bombing of flight 253. >> we have to look for not just the usually suspects, if you will, but obviously al qaeda is going to try to find people who blend into our society, people who can speak english fluently and not give the appearance of being what we identify as the traditional al qaeda suspect. >> the suspect in flight 253 umar farouk abdulmutallab said there were 20 or 30 more like him in the pipeline. source conf...

Documents. this would be seen as an evolution in the strategy, with the attempted bombing of flight 253 and a question was questioned on that amsterdam flight, the initial reporting was she had an incendiary device but it turned out to be a medical device but underscores the sensitivity and focus of law enforcement and the intelligence community, especially on women right now. megyn: now we get the red flags about women and about english speaking suspects. cath cath rip, put it in perspective fo...

>> eric: new calls to boycott southwest. kevin smith known for film like "clerks" and "mall rats" was pulled off a flight for being too fat. he claims hefts already seated with his bags stowed away when a southwest crew member ordered him to get up and leigh the plane, the pilot calling him "a safety risk." joining me now is brandon mctadda with the association for airline passenger rights and he supports new calls to boycott the airline by the way we did invite southwest to appear on the show a...

Calling this person for al qaeda and yemen is an american cleric. >> an american cleric born in new mexico and lived here until the end of elementary, went to yemen and returned for college. what is key about him is he is connected to 911, fort hood and flight 253 but they believe hundreds of americans are followers of awlaki. this c.i.a. officer was a person who in 2008 identified awlaki as a threat to the united states. >> cathrine herridge, thank you. contacts and perspective on the debate ov...

Insurance industry and employees. this is another ploy, example of how the airlines are out of touch with the consumer base. >> eric: southwest, you see the commercials all over the place. they dont charge for bags and they have baggage guys crying and waving bags goodbye, they dont charge. but they have a fee, dont they? dont they have a fee for heavier people? >> they do. ironic they will bless airw airways to how they treat the bags right but they treat class of citizens unfair. we think its ...

Much evidence against the 23-year-old. >> if a prosecutor cant make a case against a guy who comes in with his underpants full of chemicals that he tries to set off, burns himself, and with 200 witnesses, you ought not to be in the business of prosecuting. >> at the heart of this discussion is the future of a little-known group headquartered at the fbi called the h.i.g. or high value interrogation group. senator bond says it should be used in the future for domestic cases. >> as far as we could ...

Barricade. bret? >> bret: greg palkot live in london. more in the panel later. in the u.s., lawmakers are concerned about the future terrorism investigations, because of the controversy over the handling of the christmas day bomb plot suspect. national correspondent catherine herridge reports the big question now is what happens next time? >> reporter: if there were a repeat of flight 253 tomorrow where alleged al-qaeda member tried to blow up american jet with 300 passengers on board, the white...

National correspondent catherine herridge reports the fires were stoked again over the weekend. >> reporter: the white house counterterrorism john brennan stirred the pot sunday. >> they are going out there and theyre unknowing of the facts and making charges not anchored in reality. >> reporter: he said four senator republicans and the ranking member of the intelligence committee were briefed christmas night on the attempted bombing of flight 253. specifically that the 23-year-old nigerian abdu...