Page 30 - Enemy Combatant News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

>> martha: think about the boston bombers tried in this court. he was designated in enemy combatant. do you consider him to be an enemy combatant? >> they usually use those terms to put them through a military tribunal. very few trials actually occurred and their legal status is fluid with the supreme court. we have a system to try terrorists and in a couple of high-profile cases. the conviction rate is astronomical. it's one of the highest in the united states. a case like this would not be a challenge to prosecute. they can linger in appeal, these people are in jail and will never see anothe...

So there's that. also, sarah sanders' announcement today that the white house considers the alleged killer an unlawful enemy combatant. how it jibes with today's decision to charge him isn't clear. i want to bring in the panel, kiersten powers, rick santorum, maria cardona, ed martin, paul callan, and phil mudd. kiersten, is it appropriate for the president to say that about the criminal -- >> well, i think, generally, his entire reaction of this hasn't been appropriate. >> how so? >> attacking senator schumer, and we can get into that later, it wasn't even accurate, but even if it was, just g...

On the pickup he rents, they found knives, a stun gun and isis literature. he rented a truck to practice it. a neighbor took this picture in patterson, new jersey. he realized the home depot pickup truck in the background. it was taken on october 22, the day authorities say saipov rented to it practice. the neighbor said he saw two other bearded men with saipov driving the vehicle, but so far authorities say saipov is the only suspect. meanwhile, here on the west side where this horrible attack occurred, concrete authorities are playing barriers so cars cannot access the bike path. >> shepard:...

Into an enemy combatant, if he actually went through the criminal justice system, he would probably be found guilty faster, given the history of how long people have sat in the bringing or going down to gitmo. brian: no one is worried about a conviction. 99% end up in quingz. stop the next attack. we are now hamstrung. steve: luckily is he talking. ainsley: you talk about the families. james drake father of darren drake 32 years old. he said his son was a miracle baby. he said they tried for 12 years to have kids. then they had this miracle, beautiful baby and they brought him home on thanksgi...

Former, not the latter, and he's not going to change. >> that's correct, fish got to swim, birds got to fly and he has to do this, what's he does. it's a metabolic urge that he has and we just have to accept that. >> well, let's talk about designating this suspect as an enemy combatant. john mccain, chairman of the m armed services committee, released a statement calling for that designation. i want to listen to a little bit of it. >> the law allows to hold someone like this as enemy combatant. if somebody's associated with radical islamic terrorism, they can be held under the law of war as an...