Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130422:11:05:00
Combatant. >> this idea has been put forward by several members of the senate. i don't think it stands scrutiny. we are talking about people who are american citizens formally and in one case moving that direction in the other. there's no record historically that treating people as enemy combatants gets more information or testimony. the conviction record is actually quite good in normal courts. we were talking about this before. the purpose of terrorism is to disrupt. why should we somehow move away from the institutions that make us who we are in one of the things that make our country great...