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Criminal law all terror suspects who are april helpeded inside the united states. the prior administration adopted policies expressly endorsing this approach. is that true? >> well, first of all, i haven't seen that letter. it is very telling that the attorney general responding to a letter that senator joe lieberman and i sent to him. released the reply to the press before i got to see it. but putting that aside, let me make two comments. first of all, jose padilla was held as an enemy combatant despite being an american and on american spoil for a period of time. he had been ultimately charg...

And time again they are capable of handling terrorism cases. they have successfully tried hundreds of terrorism cases in stark contrast to that record, very few of the detainees held at guantanamo bay have been brought to justice. two military commissions. so what's the need for legislation on this? the administration says that it has been done in the past. it has been the -- there is a letter from the attorney general, eric holder, to you all today saying that -- since september 11th attacks the practice of the u.s. government followed by prior and current administrations without a single inc...

Self-evident that the yemeni branch of al qaeda was not just sitting there twiddling their thumbs. i'm glad that abdulmutallab is cooperating now. that is a very welcomed development but it does not change the lack of consultation, the unilateral decision by the department of justice to treat him as a common criminal, nor does it change the fact that i believe we may well have lost some time sensitive information. >> senator p. the attorney general wrote you a letter, copied you on a letter he sent to mitch mcconnell after the minority leader really leveled tough charges as well today. and in ...