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Were released, still considered high risk, andrea. >> as you know, mik, just releasing these detainees became almost an article of faith, certainly with condoleezza rice, colin powell before her, because it was such a black eye -- in terms of u.s. foreign policy. and now this administration has had to back down, is not going to be able to shut down guantanamo, won't be able to have civilian trials. does this kind of dump of previously secret files become more of a problem in the field for u.s. soldiers, for u.s. diplomats, or is it sort of understood that this has all been going on. >> reporte...

Cuts for the rich who promised to close down guantanamo and, in fact is keeping it open and holding military tribunals and has expanded the war in afghanistan. now, for all those people who say room to the left, a lot of unhappy liberals, but they are not that unhappy. imagine, if you will, if hillary clinton announced tomorrow she was resigning from the cabinet, was going to run against the president because the president was simply too moderate, gone back on his promises and basically could carve a better man out of a banana -- >> wow. i don't think she will say that. >> i don't think she wi...

Commissions act and adhere to the geneva conventions. >> he has not closed guantanamo, one of his first promises as president. in fact, just this week, the administration decided that khalid shaikh mohammed, mastermind of 9/11, will be tried in a military tribunal at guantanamo bay. was that promise a fundamental misreading of the practicalities and very difficult issues involved in shutting down that prison? >> no, and i think the president has tried to follow through and with great success with the american people. in this particular case -- and listen, the president's been clear, and we've ...

Guantanamo, reject the military commissions act and adhere to the geneva conventions. >> he has not closed guantanamo, one of his first promises as president. in fact, just this week, the administration decided that khalid shaikh mohammed, mastermind of 9/11, will be tried in a military tribunal at guantanamo bay. was that promise a fundamental misreading of the practicalities and very difficult issues involved in shutting down that prison? >> no, and i think the president has tried to follow through and with great success with the american people. in this particular case -- and listen, the pr...

Military commissions. it was clear -- here we are almost ten years from 9/11 with ksm, that he would either sort of be in limbo forever or we could finally get some justice for the american people and the victims. and so, that was a decision that the attorney general made and the president -- >> but he misread his ability to shut down guantanamo in a time of war against terrorism. >> well, i think he's tried very hard to do it, as you know. there is obviously steep resistance in congress. and the president has to make a decision. you could either have ksm, sort of be in limbo forever, have no ...