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Tweeted this. i feel a movement coming. >> finally, something that we don't cover enough around here. probably one of the biggest broken promises of the obama presidency. time after time candidate obama vowed to close guantanamo prison. the detention of military combatants. >> when we have got a guantanamo that is open and we suspend habeas corpus, those kinds of thing erode our moral claims. we will lead by shutting down guantanamo and restoring habeas corpus in this country so that we offer an example. >> i said repeatedly that i intend to close guantanamo and i will follow-through on that. ...

Of defense hagel to certify the transfer of detainees which the latest ndaa does allow for. everyone can decide for themselves whether they think that's the boston ideal way to move forward but that's something congress did allow obama to have as a way around some of the restrictions. and then the other thing is to re-establish a task force on how to shut guantanamo down. what happened instead the office and state department that's responsible for attempting to shut down guantanamo that office itself was shut down. so you have things moving in many ways in the impact wrong direction within the...

Against the united states. i think that's really, that should be a primary consideration. when you have over 50% of the prisoners at guantanamo who have been cleared for release by the u.s. government's own standards, every security national agency have signed off. i'm not conceding everybody is properly detained. you tart there and work your way through. it's manageable and feasible to close down guantanamo. that's where we expect president obama to put downed policy over politics and do what our president did during the civil rights act so just press through. it's the just thing to do and it...

Terrorist attack to happen. that's unthinkable for him. >> well, look, you're right. there is always kind of a disjuncture between campaigning and governing. that's true in the area of national security where a president is all of a sudden, assumes these responsibilities. two points. one thing is that while obama did talk about restoring constitutional values to the war on terror, shutting down guantanamo, doing all these other high minded thing, one thing he did that do is talk about the drone program. he did not say he was against it. i think in some fundamental ways, he believed that the dr...

In virginia. all three, marines. plus, amanda knox. her freedom apparently could be in jeopardy. italy's court about to decide if her murder conviction should be reinstated. and president obama, you remember when he promised to shut down guantanamo? so why is the administration considering spending another $50 million to build a new prison there? it's not what you think. it's a phoenix with 4 wheels. it's a hawk with night vision goggles. it's marching to the beat of a different drum. and where beauty meets brains. it's big ideas with smaller footprints. and knowing there's always more in the ...