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Of the national guard in this kind of volatile situation. but let's be clear about this. these documents represent a statement of policy and to the extent that we're describing overwhelmingly peaceful protesters as the enemy, as adversaries is as potential enemy combatants that's simply wrong headed. now, we don't want to minimize the exact of violence. certainly, police officers and businesses and peaceful protesters need to be protected. but we do not need to state as a matter of policy that american citizens in an american city in the middle of america are, in fact enemy combatant. that's c...

Bombing, a whole clutch of republican senators, john mccain, lindsey graham, kelly ayotte, they came out and said even though dzhokhar tsarnaev was a u.s. citizen committed this crime in the u.s., should be designated an enemy combatant. those republican senators demanded he be denied a defense attorney and be held indefinitely in detention to gather intelligence. they demanded that he be shipped off to some detainee prison somewhere, or guantanamo bay. they said, quote, the least of our worries is a criminal trial, which will likely be held years from now. the obama administration are rejecte...

Those are just a couple of examples. but the u.s. criminal justice handles high-end terrorism trials with success. when is the last time a trial resulted in a not guilty verdict for the accused terrorist? after the boston marathon bombing, a whole clutch of republican senators, john mccain lindsey graham kelly ayotte, they came out and said even though dzhokhar tsarnaev was a u.s. citizen committed this crime in the u.s. should be designated an enemy combatant. those republican senators demanded he be denied a defense attorney and be held indefinitely in detention to gather intelligence. they ...

Bombing, a whole clutch of republican senators, john mccain, lindsey graham, kelly ayotte saxby chambliss. they came out and said even though dzhokhar tsarnaev was a u.s. citizen committed this crime in the u.s., should be designated an enemy combatant. those republican senators demanded that he be denied a defense attorney and that he be held indefinitely in detention to gather intelligence. they demanded that he be shipped off to some detainee prison somewhere or to guantanamo bay in cuba. they said, quote, the least of our worries is a criminal trial, which will likely be held years from no...

I know that you're having seen this guy get shot in the face was really an awful thing. >> ay. >> at the same time, it wasn't your fault and i feel like you're blaming yourself somehow. when you talk about an enemy combatant you killed -- >> barbara, i am waiting on the police because the police have to go and make sure it's safe for ems to go in because he threatened to cut himself open with a razor blade and that alone will stop ems from going in on their own. they have to wait for the police. >> this is the difficult part. waiting for the police to get there, hoping that he doesn't do somet...