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Agencies control of the investigation. >> but theyre quick to be in a supportive role. >> strictly supportive. if it was a terrorism case, then the f best of my recollection i would -- fbi would have the lead. here, you know, it sounds like howard county has the jurisdiction and the howard county sheriff, therefore, will run the investigation and will direct the other assets from other agencies as they arrive to provide assistance. >> im going to ask you to hold tight for a minute. i know we hav...

Presumably, theyll remain in custody now until there is a trial or until theres a plea, right? >> well, theres a hearing on may 14th, where the charges pretrial hearing. then, you know, they are facing deportation, but the charge of conspiracy to obstruct investigation is up to five years. the other student who was arrested today, taken into custody and charged, he has -- hes facing up to eight years for -- >> making false statements. >> -- making false statements to federal investigators, possi...

Serious charges and quite serious jail time, as well as theres immigration proceedings proceeding against them. presumably, theyll remain in custody now until there is a trial or until theres a plea, right? >> well, theres a hearing on may 14th, where the charges pretrial hearing. then, you know, they are facing deportation, but the charge of conspiracy to obstruct investigation is up to five years. the other student who was arrested today, taken into custody and charged, he has -- hes facing up...

Proceeding against them. presumably, theyll remain in custody now until there is a trial or until theres a plea, right? >> well, theres a hearing on may 14th, where the charges pretrial hearing. then, you know, they are facing deportation, but the charge of conspiracy to obstruct investigation is up to five years. the other student who was arrested today, taken into custody and charged, he has -- hes facing up to eight years for -- >> making false statements. >> making false statements to federa...

Tribunal. it is complicated because he is an american citizen. the obama administration policy is civilian courts for terrorist acts in the united states. >> pete, how thick is the case law on this not using the miranda warning, how many instances of this do we have that have gone through the system? >> well, it has gone all the way to the supreme court, so theres no doubt that the public safety exception exists, the government has used it before. they exercise it at the beginning and again with...

Acts in the united states. >> pete, how thick is the case law on this not using the miranda warning, how many instances of this do we have that have gone through the system? >> well, it has gone all the way to the supreme court, so theres no doubt that the public safety exception exists, the government has used it before. they exercise it at the beginning and again with ab due ma tal he have. you can understand it. in a terrorism case, it makes sense. youre trying to find out are there other plo...

So its not a highly sophisticated bomb. the tools used to build it would be readily available and it wouldnt be that difficult to do. i would like to make another point, anderson. theres been much discussing about isnt this terrorism, its criminal. first of all, terrorism is a crime. so its automatically a criminal case. but secondly, if it was not terrorism, the fbi would not be in charge. it would be boston pd run thing case. so its clear the authorities are absolutely clear. this is a terrori...

Terrorism. >> the awe roar ca tragedy -- roar rah tragedy, true tragedy, is under investigation, and i dont want to get too much into the comment on that because theres a lot we still dont know. >> is there a federal presence and so torte in an -- forth in an investigation of that type? >> yes. >> reporter: but a recruitment center shooting in the summer of 2009 by carlos bledsoe who described himself as an operative for al-qaeda in yemen was not handled as a terrorism case. it was prosecuted in...

Move, the underwear bomber umar farouk abdulmutallab has changed his plea to guilty today. this is the second day of his trial. he faces a sentence of life in prison. pete williams now joins us. what is the reason for the change? when is involved in the evidence or in his own decision-making? >> its all in his own mind and he has not said why. his lawyer says it is against the lawyers advice. there were things he was trying to keep out of the trial that the judge said the jury could hear, pictur...

Front islamic organizations for the muslim brotherhood set up in the united states, and now operating, infiltrating our government. this is not an opinion, this is a fact that was presented in -- in a terrorism case. >> brigitte, again, i want to drill down. i know about that case. i was a prosecutor -- in fact, we were involved in generating evidence before that case. you have not given me the name of a single individual -- you list every major aspect of our government. the cia, the fbi, the st...