tv [untitled] January 1, 2012 11:30pm-12:00am EST
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tom a mole he doesn't have the using colonel davis his own terms the balls to do that colonel davis could you clarify about latest statement for us or he was elected i was thrilled you know that he took office in the first thing he did was sign an order. closing guantanamo within one year of his order which was signed in january of two thousand and nine and we're sitting here today and want on a most still open the military commissions have resumed and in my view the president just didn't have the balls to follow through with doing the right thing do you think it's because when he became president he learned things that he hadn't known before i don't know if it was he learned things that he didn't know before or he faced a bigger obstacle than he anticipated you know saying you know the slogan close guantanamo sounds fairly simple actually following through and doing it is a much more difficult process you know they're saying the reason we're not shutting
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down guantanamo is because we don't know what to do with the remaining detainees other countries don't want to have them well you know we haven't helped ourselves in that front of the weaker is for instance the chinese muslims that were cleared years ago is not being a threat to the u.s. we beg two dozen countries to help us out they're not a threat take the weavers. and a few did a few countries did a couple of years ago a judge here in washington d.c. ordered the weavers released and brought to the u.s. and suddenly our government said oh no they're too dangerous we can't have them in the u.s. while we begged other countries to help us out and take some of the detainees we've never been willing to take one or so so we're a little hypocritical on that front colonel davis you were the chief prosecutor at guantanamo i want to know how did you go from being an advocate of the process to being a hard lying critic of the practices i took the job as chief prosecutor in september of two thousand and five and i believed at time the. i mean did for most of my
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tenure that we were committed to having full fair and open trials my policy had been we were not going to use any evidence obtained by waterboarding or any of the other enhanced interrogation techniques that most people call torture and i had support above me for doing that and then in the summer of two thousand and seven some new people came in and said wait a minute president bush said we don't torture so president bush says we don't torture who are you to say that we do and we've got all this information that was collected that you're not using you need to get in there and use it and that was when i felt that our commitment to full fair and open trials had diminished and i submitted my resignation what would you say to those who claim the difference between president obama and president bush as far as their anti-terrorism policy is bush would detain the suspects torture them prosecute them president obama just kills them doesn't have to go into all that detention trouble less certainly i
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think there's some facts to support that perception. like i said candidate obama you know said all the right things about justice and american values and closing guantanamo and doing away with military commissions and upholding the rule of law and then once he gets in office you know he didn't just embrace the bush policies he kissed him on the lips and ran with them and has advanced them further than president bush ever did by killing an american with a drone strike in yemen the bonior. correct which is just. astounding that an american president can make the unilateral decision that an american saying it was a really bad guy he deserved it bad guys need to die there are a lot of other people i could put on that list but an american citizen for an american president to make the unilateral decision that a civilian agency the cia. would go to another country and launch an op and civility. operation fire
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a missile and kill american and bystanders it wasn't just anwar although walky that was killed or four people killed that day. i'm not aware of any legal justification for that i think it's called murder to kill another human being deliberately without legal justification are drones becoming the new arm of the us justice you know there's nothing wrong with per se with drones i mean just another weapon system is basically an airplane with a pilot sitting in a in a lounge chair rather than the cockpit it's how they're used to that concerns me. if they're being used to avoid. complying with the law and giving people due process and their day in court and that's a sad chapter in america's history if that's what we're doing. you know we've always our strength for two hundred years was the law not turning our back on it so if we're if the administration is choosing to have it as a choice between kill or capture and they're choosing to kill just because that's
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the easy route and that's a sad commentary on america in two thousand and eleven you know we hear that all the time a u.s. drone killed ten terrorists in pakistan as if that's beyond reasonable doubt that those were terrorists i think it's another black spot on the the american reputation. would we condone it these are american citizens being killed by another government under similar circumstances. you know it's great when we're the country that has the drones it may not be quite as great when other countries have that same capability that are used against us and. crossing another border launching an office of attack often conducted by the cia which is a civilian agency that you know they're not they're not the military they don't have combatant immunity and to for the president to send them out to conduct often said military operations. is just unprecedented you're talking about do you legal.
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do they think if they operate outside the united states everything is just legally fine i guess we're fortunate that america's the no six hundred pound gorilla in the playground who's going to tell us we can't. which is fine as long as we're the big kid on the playground but we may not always be in that status we're supposed to set the example a positive example that we claim to be the champion of the rules and all that it seems that we're a champion of the rule of law when we're trying to apply it to others not so much what. we're looking at in the mirror at ourselves. the convention against torture for instance we're signatory to that. you saw recently at the republican presidential debates where candidates said they would resume waterboarding so you know we love to criticize other countries. who were not so good at holding up the mirror torso they were the chief prosecutor at guantanamo i was just wondering what was the ratio of people who got into one four for
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a reason real bad guys and those who let's say did not deserve guantanamo treatment well if you separate the bush administration's characterization or call maybe donald rumsfeld secretary of defense saying you know these men are the worst of the worst they get you through the hydraulic lines on the airplane on the way to go on time no just to kill americans i think a lot of people bought that narrative that all of these guys were the worst of the worst there were a total of about seven hundred seventy five men that have been to kuantan emote some point in time there are about one hundred seventy left today so more than six hundred have been released or transferred back to their country of origin or some other country most of those by the bush administration so you know if these guys are all the worst of the worst the hardened terrorists that were out to kill americans it seems strange that we would send more than six hundred of them. out of
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guantanamo the reason i asked is a former guantanamo detainee told me when. they seized pakistan pakistani authorities were so anxious to give the americans some numbers you know when heads that they couldn't care less about due legal process he was tortured he was sent to guantanamo spend a few years there before being released on a different note if president obama during his next presidential campaign again promises to shut down guantanamo and says well this time yes we will and yes we can would you believe him i believe president obama the first time he told me he was going to close guantanamo i had recently retired from the military when he was running for president and for the first time in my adult life i got to participate in a campaign you know the military stays out of politics so after i retired i put in a bomb a sign in the front yard i donated to the campaign i went door to door campaigning for him somebody came in my yard bomb a sign on fire and i put up another one so i believed in this hope and change that
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he promised you know what you're saying reminds me someone wisely said it's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he is in love drunk or running for office or all three at the same time for even worse that you know i've seen his lips move before and say the right words i'll believe it when i see it thanks for the interview sir thanks for your time.
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president obama put his signature on the bill that could see terrorist suspects held indefinitely without trial despite saying he was unsure about some aspect of it entailed but critics say past examples show bomb has not always been true to his war. recession alarm bells and gloomy prediction sound of the start of a new era for the region's leaders warn of tough sacrifices and this most severe. and decades twenty twelve marks ten years after the common currency made its way into people's wallets. and israel's secrets could soon be put under the turkish lands as an anchor as new satellite is said to patrol the skies in two years at the moment israel is the only country that isn't penetrated by the likes of google earth. so they had lines i'll be back shortly with more updates meantime here's some sports news with.
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thanks for joining us this is sports they plan to head over the next ten minutes or so including the stories. as you were among chester city missed the chance to start the new year as so leaders of the english premier league bowling alley defeat to some girl and. first blood twenty ten champions spain open their hot one cup campaign with victory. despite the hosts taking the opening rubber in perth. and causing a splash we look back at one of the most thrilling sport events of twenty eleven the french leg of the cliff diving world championships. let's get the ball rolling with football it could have been a historic start to twenty twelve for months sister city but instead the sky blues
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dream of taking over sole control of the premier league went up in smoke against sunderland city hall made it through at the stadium of light by an injury time dragged from. breaking the hearts of the only some one else on the go and win means the three title favorites city cross-town rivals on joint table toppers united and chelsea all lost their games this weekend earlier on sunday everton claimed the first win of twenty twelve in the league a late goal victory. making all the difference against west brom everton. and the tent in the table. now to me our bill of dean off didn't see any playing time in his side's win over west brom indeed he may not be seeing any more at all than in meant with british media saying that twenty six will move to russia during the january transfer window but are being on the side believed to be seeking the russian international signature. pozen played for the. three weeks the lack of
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first team football so a concern as it could affect his chances of lining our for his country at next summer's european championships the midfielder was sold to everton by lokomotiv moscow just over two years ago for thirteen million dollars everton reportedly wants nine million dollars for any move away from criticism. the new year may just have begun by the first big tournaments of the tennis season is already well underway australia in spain the latest countries who battled it out on sunday in the eight team event in perth. guy joseph getting the hosts off to winning start in the group jump the checkerboard also he was taking on the belle medina good to get step to the opening receiving six three responded opponent pope stormed back in the second taken by the same scoreline but led by a big home support turn the. tide also six three for the.
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top and also for none over the us goal level models for team spain defeating lleyton hewitt six three three six seven six the fine would mean the size of doubles rubber and they turned into the loose end of the. the day is truly taking the first set for spain four back in the second the third a war of attrition before the spaniards edged the l.f. and nine. ok let's talk n.b.a. basketball now a perennial underachievers to new york knicks and twenty eleven on a high note seeing off the sacramento kings uncalled for then fashion on the road the visitors starting as they meant to continue finishing the opening for a full fifteen points ahead leaving thirty five twenty. eight the scoring for the next with twenty three. points around to make it fifty six forty two second
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period the hosts did reduce the deficit to. thirteen by the end of the third of the final twelve minutes were to belong to them and nine more points on their californian rivals one hundred fourteen ninety two the final score new york and she wins two losses for the year to. two i saw keeper russia took their foot off the pedal on sunday in their final group stage of the under twenty world championships the red machine though had already booked their playoff berth earlier in the week the fourth time last week meaning russia finished second in group eight had it all been going swimmingly income of the for the russians leaving three zero for the opening third but the swedes did not give all leavening managed by the end of the third period before a punter named meets goal other than the factories that make the czech republic and choose the in the knockout stages. now the man who guided the all blacks rugby team to world cup glory has been united in his country's new year's almost list graham
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henry led new zealand to their first world cup title in twenty four years last october the noro eight seven win over france in the final and a sixteen year old former school teacher can now call them self serve graham henry is the latest in a handful of former players and coaches to receive new zealand's highest honor the all blacks captain richie mccall was also approached by prime minister john key but he turned the night to dawn stating he was too young up thirty to receive such an accolade henry was delighted with his own. daughters. feel very humble about bats and as i say it's a reflection on what people have done a long time. and. where it's come from and. got a lot of respect for them. but i wouldn't be asked to be called. and let's finish up by taking a look back at one of the most exhilarating events of twenty eleven the rachelle laid off the cliff diving world championships and gary hunt may have one that you
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can turn. although. going to see he should. redo. we still have school but we should see we don't know if it's true feeling of any high dive or place for the school to be done being scared out of. reason not possible the only things we see to be. playing dice for a decent night before were twenty seven meters. only three seconds before. entering the water at this beautiful one hundred kilometers. this is one of the dangerous sports in the planet is just a slight mistake the result in broken movies in much worse. indifferent we've
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done worse they have to fight their nerves before every single night. here but it's not panic it's good when you're scared it would be far more dangerous if we weren't before any high dive i realise how risky it is but you should be positive. but. the enjoyment. there is a danger factor but we train. for many many years to become divers. professional. high quality and so the risk of danger is minimalize this is the french serial flourish in a police where the brits taking a hike conditions come together to cheer and elite cleaved drivers for the two for a diving comes within just a few hours of the high tide while the steve atlantic breeze of up to eighty
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kilometers parole makes the scene the coolest so platform one of the toughest sports the weekly diving series have to all four with a win like this it's a bit hard to stand there on the platform and one of the one more important you'll have to keep your belt on before the high dive. these guys prove they've go it takes a chill i said dangerous weather conditions and the low paid for itself but all the pressure and research these dear devils take they off is the right thing in the end east to them priceless you turn to the surface and take a deep breath. and it is such a big really you you've built up so much emotions before the dawn. finally when you when you hit the water everything's ok you know sort of relieved. it's a long describable feeling one of the same with the feeling you get doing high dogs
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can hardly be compared to anything it's a competition it gives you an amazing especially with all the best gift ever to come together and you manage to. achieve its extreme. it's been competitive since the year two thousand each passing season it takes you more skill than completed it just with one perfect takeoff we want that perfect position then the perfect autumn just because it brings a nation new elements doesn't mean that the judge has to give all points for this we want perfection we're looking for perfection and we judge according to. the biggest level crowed of seventy thousand spectators witnessed twelve men demonstrate their stunning abilities in the latest flick of the world series in little shit it's been. cliff diving is an up and coming sport there are a lot of different locations all over the globe which can host high diving competitions i'm a classic platform diaper and my sport never attracted as many spectators as cliff
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president obama put his signature under a bill that could see terrorist suspects held indefinitely without trial despite saying he was unsure of some aspects it entails. a not so happy new year for the euro zone recession alarm bells in leaders a gloomy predictions mark the start of two thousand and twelve ten years after a common currency made its way into people's wallets. and israel secrets are put under the turkish lands with anchors new satellite in the works israel's concerns in the sky could break in zoom in than. that am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me arena joshie president
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barack obama has signed a controversial divans bill that basic basically allows indefinite detention of terror suspects the us president said he had serious reservations on some provisions regarding the treatment of detainees but as marina burke now reports during his time and office obama shown he is not always word. long before he became u.s. president or a nobel peace prize winner barack obama was a constitutional law professor we have never been more energized guided thank. a civil liberties champion turned charismatic candidate who vowed to reverse the abuses and policies of his predecessor george w. bush four years later many civil rights advocates who once cheered yes we can are finding themselves saying no you can't not only has the obama administration blocked torture accountability and refused to.
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