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One where we've fallen short is closing guantanamo. i wanted to close it sooner. we have missed that deadline. it's not for lack of trying. it's because the politics of it are difficult. jenna: well, they're trying again. the president is starting out with promises to shut gitmo, and now there's a new move to close the terrorist detention camp. of course, this camp is located in guantanamo bay naval base in cuba, naming a new state department envoy to revive the project. his nave is cliff sloan, he's a high-powered lawyer and informal adviser to secretary of state john kerry. he has served for...

Allowed to hear that. it's a matter of national security. >> this is not a fishing expedition for them to gather information so they can somehow -- jenna: what about appeals, fred? i'm not as familiar, you know, the gitmo trials are all new to us. would they be able to appeal on any of those grounds? >> well, they can, but the question is whether or not, jenna, that the decision rendered made a difference. quite frankly, they can appeal, but at the end of the day, i'll bet you lunch at my favorite restaurant and you can supersize your extra value meal it ain't gone that happen. jenna: are you ...

Humanely. okay, we get that. how those records whether they are or whether they aren't, how those records would affect the outcome of this kind of trial, to me, is a complete disconnect. one of the lawyers was quoted saying that they want to know whether the prisoners were kept humanely because if they weren't, maybe that will mitigate the fact that their punishment at the end of the day if they are found guilty. what? i don't think so. jenna: that's actually what reuters said, fred, if i could. reports about their clients' treatment could also yield mitigating information that might spare, mi...

Happening on one day. jonna, how do they impact each other? we're having this national debate about closing gitmo while a pretrial hearing is beginning. what's the potential impact? >> the most important thing right now is to have that trial for the 9/11 mastermind without it being unfettered by anything else that's going on. so why we are resurrecting the argument to close guantanamo bay this week, to me, is a little bit astonishing. it probably will not have an impact on the actual trial itself unless they start moving with lightning speed, and as we know so far, obama hasn't moved -- jenna:...

Defense attorney. welcome to both of you. >> thanks for having me. uma: let's talk about the fact of the dna evidence. the defense argued, fred, that the dna does not tell the entire story. and managed to convince of jury of that. what's your reaction there? >> well, what my reaction is, first of all i think this decision was a travesty of justice but what you saw, and, esther will tell you about this, because she is one, a very good criminal defense attorney get to jury to look at all these other things the dna doesn't tell the whole story. no. the only story it told this woman's hands were a...