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Nbc, msnbc senior political strategist. director of the university of chicago's institute of politics. and of course he's a former senior adviser for president obama. david, once again, thank you for being here. >> great to be here. >> guantanamo's still open. the president wanted to close guantanamo but congress would not let him. still, though, since he has been president nobody has been sent to guantanamo. terrorism suspects have been killed by drones. a lot of them are killed in combat. a lot of them have been arrested by other countries. but today was only the second time in the whole oba...

Criminal trial from 9/11, the most important trial, and we elected to go with a court that is untested, untried as opposed to the established federal courts which deliver justice in a fair way. >> in terms of recent terrorism prosecutions, i mentioned feissle, abdulmutallab, some of the other international, or at least al qaeda-minded terrorism suspects who have been prosecuted in federal courts. did anything happen in the prosecution of any of those suspects or anybody else like them in recent years that should raise the doubts of the courts' ability to handle a trial like that? >> absolutely...

A fair way. >> in terms of recent terrorism prosecutions, i mentioned faisal shahzad, abdul farouk abdulmutallab, some of the other international, or at least al qaeda-minded terrorism suspects who have been prosecuted in federal courts. did anything happen in the prosecution of any of those suspects or anybody else like them in recent years that should raise the doubts of the courts' ability to handle a trial like that? >> absolutely not. the federal courts are equipped. they have experienced defense bar, the prosecution, the judges. they're used to handling these cases. obviously issues come...

Americans. we can handle it. we are not afraid that was the initial response. but then they changed their minds and decide they'd were against it. in illinois, a republican congressman who was running for senate, who eventually won, he decided to change his campaign website to noterroristsinillinois.com. don't send those guys to thompson, never mind that the state was excited to win that contest. and the whole thing unravelled. and then it fell apart. and that was in late 2009, early 2010. it was more than three years ago now when that plan fell apart. and since that time, nobody, no new priso...

Criminal trial from 9/11, the most important trial, and we elected to go with a court that is untested, untried as opposed to the established federal courts which deliver justice in a fair way. >> in terms of recent terrorism prosecutions, i mentioned faisal shahzad, abdul farouk abdulmutallab, some of the other international, or at least al qaeda-minded terrorism suspects who have been prosecuted in federal courts. did anything happen in the prosecution of any of those suspects or anybody else like them in recent years that should raise the doubts of the courts' ability to handle a trial like...