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Prompted a series of new motions and hearings. youll recall 13 people were killed during the november 2009 attack. hasan who could face the death penalty if convicted is asking for a three-month delay to prepare his case. jury selection continues in florida at the george zimmerman murder trial. they questioned ten potential jurors. robert zimmerman jr. tells cnn piers morgan that his brother is under an enormous amount of stress. >> i think george put on the weight because of the stress. hes b...

Of secretary clintons. a security official in beirut accused of sexually assaulting foreign guards in an alleged drug ring operation. the state department responded saying, "we all hold all employees to the highest standards and take allegations of misconduct seriously and investigate thoroughly." former secretary of state hillary clintons spokesman said she was unaware of an investigation and on piers morgan live john miller talked about what impact this would have on her future. >> when youre ...

This legislation gives people no right to appeal the need for such a search in a court of law. no judge will hear your plea. no jury will hear your case. this is just plain wrong. >> brian: when you invent the internet, almost all the traffic in the world comes through our country. our servers. so when al gore invented it, he was very good to keep it here because he sold so many things to people electric other countries. so we have an opportunity to monitor things in a comprehensive way. tomorro...

Defense. ted rowlands, cnn, kingman, kansas. >> thanks to ted for the report. a pentagon report find it is agency gave access to the screen writer and director of the film "zero dark thirty." the report lists e-mails in which the screen writer met several times with key members of the team that flushed out osama bin laden and had access to what was then considered top secret material. critics charged the obama administration was eager to milk publicity over the killing of bin laden ahead of the ...

Prepare a new defense. and his defense is that he was acting in defense of others. and when the judge asked whom he was defending major hasan replied, "the leadership of the islamic emirate of afghanistan, the taliban." he specifically named taliban leader mullahar. the question is is that a defense? busy night for cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin he joins me once again. what do you think of what hasan is saying in court, that his defense is he was killing troops at ft. hood as a defense to prot...

He specifically named taliban leader. the question is, is that really a defense? busy night for cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin he joins me once again. what do you think of what hasan is saying in court, that his defense is that he was killing troops at ft. hood as a defense to protect the taliban? >> no, i dont think this is a legal defense. this is really i think a form of suicide by judge. he is trying to become a martyr, trying to be executed for this crime as the culmination of this insane...

Are the judges hands tied? >> you know, this is a really tough call. especially because if hes the lawyer, if hasan is the lawyer, he will be cross-examining victims, people that he shot, which is a really appalling prospect. but as i understand the law, if he can prove that hes sane, and he has to the judges satisfaction, the judge more or less has to let him do this with standby counsel sitting by his side. so its an awful scenario, especially for those victims. but i think the judges hands re...

Standby counsel sitting by his side. so its an awful scenario, especially for those victims. but i think the judges hands really are tied. >> and this is a death penalty case, right? >> it is. and hasan really does seem bent on getting the death penalty. his defense is not something thats going to persuade anyone. a military jury like this case or a civilian jury obviously that hes not guilty. its more likely to make them give the death penalty, not less. >> interesting. jeff toobin, appreciate ...

Tough call. especially because if hes the lawyer, if hasan is the lawyer, he will be cross-examining victims, people that he shot, which is a really appalling prospect. but as i understand the law, if he can prove that hes sane, and he has to the judges satisfaction, the judge more or less has to let him do this with standby counsel sitting by his side. so its an awful scenario, especially for those victims. but i think the judges hands really are tied. >> and this is a death penalty case, right...

Again. what do you think of what hasan is saying in court, that his defense is he was killing troops at sfofort hood as a defense to protect the taliban? >> no, i dont think this is a legal defense. this is really i think a form of suicide by judge. he is trying to become a martyr, trying to be executed for this crime as the culmination of this insane, horrible series of acts. but i dont think this has any connection to what we would think of as a legal or factual defense. >> so is it even appro...