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>> bill: back of the book segment tonight, watters world on labor day weekend, thousands of muslims gathered in washington for the islamic society of north america convention. today, of course, the 12th anniversary of 9/11 so this edition of watters world is especially appropriate. ♪ ♪ >> what is the muslim convention? >> im here to gain more knowledge about my own religion. >> great to be with your fellow americans who happen to be also muslim. >> im not muslim. >> but you are here at the m...

>> bill: back of the book segment tonight, watters world on labor day weekend, thousands of muslims gathered in washington for the islamic society of north america convention. today, of course, the 12th anniversary of 9/11 so this edition of watters world is especially appropriate. ♪ ♪ >> what is the muslim convention? >> im here to gain more knowledge about my own religion. >> great to be with your fellow americans who happen to be also muslim. >> im not muslim. >> but you are here at the m...

Transfer people and to close the prison. and that is ultimately what we need to be talking about and what we need to be seeing. >> doctor, in just 30 seconds, tell me this. is it more ethical to allow people to potentially die, because part of what the president has said is, this is -- we cant allow people to die as detainees, so we have to do the force feeding. is that an actual ethical problem, or do we simply not engage in force feeding as a country? >> well, its really the risk of dying is f...

Mesmerized and repulsed by what he saw. he went on to launch an inquiry into the united nations interrogation techniques. even though president obama had already banned waterboarding almost immediately after taking office in 2009. on tuesday, james comey, the nominee for fbi director, put a feign point on our countrys evolution on waterboarding, during his testimony before the senate judiciary committee and specifically a question from senator leahy. >> do you agree that waterboarding is torture...

Federal judges have condemned the treatment of detainees at guantanamo bay. on thursday, the chief judge of the district court ordered the military to end the genital searches of the detainees when theyre moved from their cells to meet with attorneys. the judge called the searches religiously and culturally abhorrent to muslims and suggested the searches were intended to deter detainees from meeting with their lawyers. in a separate decision on monday, u.s. district judge gladys kessler responde...

We have 166 people detained at guantanamo and 86 have been secured by his administration. what are we doing anymore, what has the situation has become where we are sustaining laf with procedures like you just saw. and for the record, i dont think that is a dramatization. i have sat across from men who have described that to me. i have heard that for years, and i found it completely horrible and very hard to watch. >> very hard to watch. >> but i think the point is, were still waiting for action ...

Rule the forced feeding, iltsel, was legal or illegal but found her court lacked any legal jurisdiction to get involved. any legal jurisdiction at all to end the forced feeding program at guantanamo. she wrote, "no court, justice or judge shall have jurisdictions to hear any aspect of the detention, transfer, treatment, trial or conditions of confinement of an alien who has been properly detained as an enemy combatant." courts are constrained by a lack of jurisdiction to rule on whether or not t...

Jurisdiction to get involved. any legal jurisdiction at all to end the forced feeding program at guantanamo. she wrote, "no court, justice or judge shall have jurisdictions to hear any aspect of the detention, transfer, treatment, trial or conditions of confinement of an alien who has been properly detained as an enemy combatant." courts are constrained by a lack of jurisdiction to rule on whether or not these prisoners should be forced to undergo a procedure that the judge calls a painful, humi...

His promise to close the detention facility in front of 6,000 berliners. >> even as we remain vigilant about the threat of terrorism, we must move beyond the mindset of perpetual war. and in america that means redoubling our efforts to close the prison at guantanamo. >> the presidents words were met with applause by a european public, seemingly more outraged by the fate of gitmo detainees than his own american constituents back home a majority of whom seem to support keeping the detention facili...

Hunger strike as of this morning. navy troops are tube feeding, or as the president calls it, force feeding 44 of the hunger striking detainees. theyve been on strike for about four months and first thing we learned today at the hearing with khalid shaikh mohammed is that the 9/11 accused are not on a hunger strike. they look fit. they look like theyre eating and in fact were in a lunch recess where theyve been given an opportunity to pray and have lunch. as for clifford sloan, i have to tell yo...