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Our -- boston police have just tweeted suspect in custody. let me repeat that. around 8:45 p.m., boston police department has just tweeted that the suspect is in fact in custody. this seems to verify what elizabeth cohen witnessed, neighbors yelling at police did you get him, police officers saying yes as the vehicle drove off. safe to assume that the suspect is in that vehicle. what happens now? >> well, now were in the sort of usual criminal legal process. this is a big debate in counterterror...

Its applicable. why would you use it in a situation like this? well, it began in 1984 with the quarrels decision where a police officer asked a question trying to locate a gun. and ultimately the court said, look, there could be risk to officers to the public, immediate risks and we dont want to inhibit people from asking who could save lives out of concerns of the miranda issue. so public safety is a wael-ingrand exception. when you think about terrorism cases where everything about the crime i...

Preserve the use of jury trials and the basic constitutional protections even for terrorism cases. >> thank you for helping us understand that crucial context. >> thanks for having me. >> it is interesting. you look at the way civilian terrorism prosecutions have gone down and you look at the underwear bomber, the time square bomber and there may have been controversy over when they were administers their miranda rights. theres never been any indication that either of them shut up. they both kep...

But its also going to be seen as a message that we can use the civilian courts. we dont need to ship everybody down to guantanamo or hold them off in a navy brig near charleston. this kind of approach can certainly get some criticism from liberals, from constitutional scholars that the administration is taking -- the administration may see it as something essential to preserve the use of civilian jury trials and the basic constitutional protections even for terrorism cases. >> kendall kofi, than...

Would see theres a bit of that green common circuit board all over the place, and some of the pictures weve seen of the actual components recovered, there was a power source and some wiring associated it. >> you worked your expertise. by the way, anyone who works in the bomb squad is nuts, but thankfully you guys do that job. it is a thankless and important job. >> im not a bomb technician, but i work terrorism cases. >> the bbs, the pellets, the ball bearings, the a nails town flick maximum dam...

To the cia enhanced interrogation program, they will be challenging the secrecy rules at this hearing. >> every decision made in this case contributes to a larger verdict about whether the military commissions have been fair, especially given the context of this case because its the terrorism case to end all terrorism cases. >> reporter: later this month, pretrial hearings in the u.s.s. cole case continues. one of the detainees waterboarded by the cia is accused of planning the attack on the col...

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its romney hood. >> tonight, the campaigns square off. and a day at the beach turns terrifying. my prime-time exclusive of the survivor of the cape cod shark attack. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. our big story tonight, inside the mind of a shooter. jared lee loughner, the alleged gunman of the tucson shooting that killed six people and nearly killed gabby giffords entered a not guilty plea in a court today. a judge ruled him competent to stand trial. this comes after ne...

its romney hood. >> tonight, the campaigns square off. and a day at the beach turns terrifying. my prime-time exclusive of the survivor of the cape cod shark attack. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. our big story tonight, inside the mind of a shooter. jared lee loughner, the alleged gunman of the tucson shooting that killed six people and nearly killed gabby giffords entered a not guilty plea in a court today. a judge ruled him competent to stand trial. this comes after ne...

out front a major terror plot on u.s. soil foiled. a senior administration official tells me this was international murder for hire. heres what weve been told. two men charged in an alleged plot to assassinate the saudi arabian ambassador to the united states. one is a naturalized u.s. citizen in custody and identified as 56-year-old mondaysor ar bab si ar. he appeared in a courthouse this afternoon. he did not enter a plea. according to the complaint that we read, he planned for someo...