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Explain that to people. >> it's because there are big terrorists and what you might call small fish terrorists. what happens in these cases is you want to give protection to people who know what's going on, give them a new identity, protect their family and get the bigger fish. it's hard for people to separate the big and the little terrorists. the truth is, if you can get information about a big terrorist enterprise or any criminal enterprise, that is good. you sort of give up getting the smaller guys for the potential of getting the bigger guys. we're seeing it all the time. we're seeing it ...

Nephew's body could be laid to rest. he also said he had a conversation with his brother, tamerlan's father, yesterday just to give him an update. and the point was he didn't ask me where he was buried, he has no information that his brother will be returning to the united states any time soon. and he told me, frankly, it angers him. he thinks he should be here for his children and should be here to help out with the investigation if he can. suzanne. >> paula, speaking about the investigation, any updates on that? >> well, in terms of this investigation, we're dealing with search warrants stil...

Hina you want to respond with something don just said. >> i agree with don. the best way to spontd to terrorism is use the tools we have with our article three courts. i think that calls to treat either foreigners as different are unnecessary, ineffective, and irresponsible. that's what we did when we treated the acts of a fringe group after 9/11 as a global war. that's where we expanded it to and look where we've gotten, military commissions that don't work, that are an embarrassment, and allow alleged terrorists to claim they are warriors. >> we've decimated al qaeda, gone years without a su...

Are unnecessary, ineffective, and irresponsible. that's what we did when we treated the acts of a fringe group after 9/11 as a global war. that's where we expanded it to and look where we've gotten, military commissions that don't work, that are an embarrassment, and allow alleged terrorists to claim they are warriors. >> we've decimated al qaeda, gone years without a successful attack. >> and one of the best tools we've had is through law enforcement, through the hundreds of terrorism prosecutions in our courts. >> when terrorism is on the table as a policy matter, right, no one ever argues f...

One, we should be clear, this administration has committed not to send any other new detainees to guantanamo and that's what the administration is doing and absolutely what should be done in the future. there's been close to 500 terrorism prosecutions since september 11th, including approximately 67 detainees who were captured overseas and brought to the united states to stand trial and that should be the model going forward. there is clearly a political will problem and it's both -- congress bears responsibility, the administration bears responsibility and part of it is just a real fear of ri...