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Of military tribunals versus civilian courts. new york courts have convicted alleged terrorists at a 100% success rate. less than 1% of alleged terrorists have been tried at the military courts in guantanamo. gitmo exists as a tool for radicalization for folks abroad. >> it highlights the larger impression of president obama's legacy when it comes to foreign policy. i mean when you think about the fairness, the last time that a democrat has had an advantage on the foreign policy angle has been harry truman. i mean we're talking decades have gone on. that you have not seen, you've not seen a co...

And getting out is one way or the other, is a priority. and it's not going to be pretty, no matter what he does. >> and that increasingly seems to be sort of the position. which is things are not, the president wrote in and i want to pivot a little bit, to the question of guantanamo and civilian versus military tribunals. the president wrote in with this idea that you know, we would have more transparency, we would have you know, the executive privilege, we would not see an expansion of executive privilege over national security or executive power over national security concerns. tommy, what w...

Moving forward on that. >> really quickly on afghanistan to the article you were mentioning, our goal and our strategy and our objective is not to destroy every last vestige of the taliban, nor is it to fix afghan's economy, it's to destroy al qaeda's senior leadership and we've done an extraordinary amount of work towards that goal. i want to make sure we right-size our objectives in the reason to gitmo, i totally agree with you that congress has put up every possible obstacle to prevent guantanamo from closing, it's bizarre, because this wassen issue that people basically agreed on before we...

And keeping them in afghanistan by intimidating us. needless to say the turmoil in the region is not the only national security issue on president obama's plate. on friday, the white house went through with its decision to try osama bin laden's son-in-law, abu gaith, on american soil, rather than in a military tribunal in guantanamo. reuniting the debate over civilian versus military courts. unlike when mayor bloomberg objected to the trial of khalid sheikh mohammed in new york city, the powers that be seem to be on board. last week bloomberg voiced his support for the trial, saying quote i do...