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>> first of all, congress has naturalized since 1790. and most people born abroad to american parents are citizens. but that does not mean they're natural-born citizens. the powers that get it to congress, the only power that congress has given is the power to naturalize. it's quite different from a natural born citizen. congress does not have the power to effect the definition of natural born that's in article 2. >> and in your piece, you make this distinction. you're in effect saying that ted cruz was naturalized in the same way that others, people born in other countries with no rights at a...

He's still being questioned. we're going to find out the answer to that. was he radicalized before he became a naturalized american? did he get radicalized after that?jaúw i mean that's a fundamental question in the interrogation. >> it's also conceivable that he had been radicalized before and he went through the naturalization process because he knew that that would give him greater access to things. i mean we don't know. this is speculation at this point. we don't know. >> well let me ask you about the training. did we get all this -- is he the singing terrorist. roger, we're finding out ...

Do you know why he changed his mind? >> no, none of us do yet. because he's still being questioned. he's still being questioned. we're going to find out the answer to that. was he radicalized before he became a naturalized american? did he get radicalized after that? i mean that's a fundamental question in the interrogation. >> it's also conceivable that he had been radicalized before and he went through the naturalization process because he knew that that would give him greater access to things. i mean we don't know. this is speculation at this point. we don't know. >> well let me ask you abo...

>> it's also conceivable that he had been radicalized before and he went through the naturalization process because he knew that that would give him greater access to things. i mean we don't know. this is speculation at this point. we don't know. >> well let me ask you about the training. did we get all this -- is he the singing terrorist. roger, we're finding out a lot just from him. >> primarily. much like the christmas day attempt, chris, with farouk abumuttalab. he volunteered all the information. >> roger, as we reported a little while ago, there's still some skepticism as to whether he's...

Have had an impact on( ability of those organizations out there to plan and train, or the quality of recruits they're now bringing in simply is not the same caliber as it's been in the past. if those two things are true, then that is a positive development in how we're dealing with this potential threat. >> why do you think this guy would have gone through the trouble of becoming a u.s. citizen? >> it's entirely possible he didn't get radicalized until after he became a u.s. citizen. or the other theory could be he was radicalized and planned to do it all along and wanted to go through the nat...