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One where weve fallen short is closing guantanamo. i wanted to close it sooner. we have missed that deadline. its not for lack of trying. its because the politics of it are difficult. jenna: well, theyre trying again. the president is starting out with promises to shut gitmo, and now theres a new move to close the terrorist detention camp. of course, this camp is located in guantanamo bay naval base in cuba, naming a new state department envoy to revive the project. his nave is cliff sloan, hes ...

Allowed to hear that. its a matter of national security. >> this is not a fishing expedition for them to gather information so they can somehow -- jenna: what about appeals, fred? im not as familiar, you know, the gitmo trials are all new to us. would they be able to appeal on any of those grounds? >> well, they can, but the question is whether or not, jenna, that the decision rendered made a difference. quite frankly, they can appeal, but at the end of the day, ill bet you lunch at my favorite ...

Humanely. okay, we get that. how those records whether they are or whether they arent, how those records would affect the outcome of this kind of trial, to me, is a complete disconnect. one of the lawyers was quoted saying that they want to know whether the prisoners were kept humanely because if they werent, maybe that will mitigate the fact that their punishment at the end of the day if they are found guilty. what? i dont think so. jenna: thats actually what reuters said, fred, if i could. rep...

Happening on one day. jonna, how do they impact each other? were having this national debate about closing gitmo while a pretrial hearing is beginning. whats the potential impact? >> the most important thing right now is to have that trial for the 9/11 mastermind without it being unfettered by anything else thats going on. so why we are resurrecting the argument to close guantanamo bay this week, to me, is a little bit astonishing. it probably will not have an impact on the actual trial itself u...

Defense attorney. welcome to both of you. >> thanks for having me. uma: lets talk about the fact of the dna evidence. the defense argued, fred, that the dna does not tell the entire story. and managed to convince of jury of that. whats your reaction there? >> well, what my reaction is, first of all i think this decision was a travesty of justice but what you saw, and, esther will tell you about this, because she is one, a very good criminal defense attorney get to jury to look at all these other...

Information is a critical tool in protecting the country from terrorist threats. many are now questioning why millions of innocent people are being tracked by government agencies. well, fred tecce is a forme form former federal prosecutor. i said millions of americans. to be precise its 121 million americans, because that is the number of verizon customers in their last quarterly report. fred, its not just who you were talking to, if youre a verizon customer, and i am, who i was talking to, but ...

Of circumstantial evidence that are very unnerving. >> thomas drake is a former nsa official said and ill quote, it is a total fourth amendment search and seizure violation. he agrees completely with you. do we as americans -- and, again, i guess im including myself as a verizon customer, although that may change by the end of today. >> so am i. >> do we have any recourse? >> well, you know what, gregg you hit the nail on the head. typically your recourse under the fourth amend many is this judg...

She was not guilty. now i will say, they didnt say that she is innocent. what they said is, by their verdict, is that she, that prosecutor could not meet its burden of proof. which is a very high burden as it should be in any criminal case of beyond a reasonable doubt. they thought it was possible she may have been involved but that is not enough under our system of justice to convict some one of what they wanted to convict her of. uma: fred, your reaction to what she just said? >> that is a gre...

Know what? i actually am starting to feel afraid, arthur. >> right. jenna: she told her supervises this guy has written in the newspaper about how he likes to carry guns with him, and i feel like i cant walk around the school, hes so inappropriate. >> lets look at the totality of the circumstances. youre not talking about a 24-year-old hormone-crazed student. youre talking about a 57-year-old man whos married, i believe with children whose wife supports him in this whole thing. she knew about wh...

>> thats -- jenna: so, fred, heres something to bring into the conversation though on your point. you think he doesnt have a case teachers, one in particular, wrote a poem fact sizing about -- fantasizing about killing a teacher. the case went to court, and the judge dismissed it, and the student did not have to be suspended because the judge deemed there was no interference, there was no substantial disruption to the school environment and, therefore, the suspension shouldnt stand. so -- >> wel...