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And theres internal evidence, that evidence doesnt become public. i think its a little far stretched to say because the public paid for this work that it should be made public. there could be other confidential and intelligence information in that report. >> there would be redactions. >> certainly i think barrs testimony lended towards transparency on this issue, no question. >> shan, if barr did decide to keep the report secret from not only congress but the public, it would certainly face lega...

Question. >> shan, if barr did decide to keep the report secret from not only congress but the public, it would certainly face legal challenges, wouldnt it? >> it would. i unquestionably think he will seek to exercise his ability lawfully to censor that report. barr is far more sophisticated. former legal counsel at the justice department, former jag. he can control the message. thats what hes going to do. hes going to protect the president if theres anything negative in there by controlling the...

Gregg:ing right now the court-martial in the fort hood massacre case is back on after the military judge rejected a request from nidal hasans standby attorneys who demanded to be removed from the case. lawyers are helping hasan represent himself, but objected because they say he was trying to secure a death sentence. once the judge rejected that motion, they asked to be removed altogether, but the judge ordered them to continue assisting hasan in his defense. joining us now, doug burns, stephen ...

In the law? certainly perhaps. >> shepard: im sure thats something many are looking. a lisa windsor, former jag. nice to talk to you. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> shepard: workers rolled out of the so-called coffin on to this plane here. this is live pictures out of ottawa, illinois, and that is a coffin looking thing there on the right. and theres the handcuffs. so inside that box the escape artist, anthony martin, will sit. his hand will be cuffed a belt. his right arm chained to the in...

The center for advanced defense studying and tim kinnett, former jag and prosecutor. thank you all for joining us on such a big story. tom, whats happening behind the scenes in afghanistan? where is this soldier? >> right now hes obviously detained in confinement. its unclear as to whether he would already have counsel, but at some point in the very near future a. trial defense services counsel, thats sort of the militarys version of a public defender, or legal aide, theyre part of the ja g corp...

>> does any of this put any additional pressure on this president to close and fulfill his promise to close gitmo? >> ultimately, i think, as guantanamo goes forward, one of the real questions -- its a -- the difficult is, these habeas suits are being decided at an incredible rate for the detainees. that putts pressure on the president because more and more people currently held in guantanamo are being found to have had -- there being no basis for them to have been detained in the first place. y...