and so we captured khalid sheikh mohammed. khalid sheikh mohammed was the chief operating officer of al qaeda. i don't know what they call themselves. but he was the man that slit danny pearl's throat because he was jewish. he had one the greatest statements of principal, he said my grandfather is jewish, my father is jewish, and i'm jewish. khalid sheikh mohammed slits his throat. we capture him. and i'm told that he has information that could lead -- that would prevent another attack. i also was told that the interrogation techniques used at the time were ineffective. as a matter of fact, khalid sheikh mohammed said i will talk to you when i get my lawyer in new york. i asked -- and the cia said they would like to take over the interrogation. they talked about techniques that were available to them. that they thought would be effective. getting information from this killer that could save lives. i then won't -- then event to an exhausted legal review understanding that there's laws against torture. i wasn't bicycle -- wasn't

if khalid sheikh mohammed could have been arrested from behind the general headquarters pakistan armyif others they are could have been arrested pretty close to a police colony, why can't mullah omar and other people be arrested if they are living in qatar? so for me it is a very simple question. yeah? sure. >> i have to thank you. at the last word. thank you very much. think the panelists and thank you well. >> we're going to take a 15 minute break. [applause] before we break, i would like to encourage you, there is a fishbowl outside. we have two tickets or for tickets to the army navy game this weekend. these are club level street ticket. will have your business card in the fishbowl out front and will have a raffle later today to give way to set the ticket to the army navy game. these come if you're interested in these tickets and you really want them, so each person that will wind will get two tickets. so just put it outside him a break and turnabout teen minute. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> with the finance in the last days of the 111th congress, several

guest: one example, when i was down there, khalid sheikh mohammed and the other 9/11 defendants, he asked the judge if he pled guilty, could he faced the death penalty? the judge could not answer the question. it seemed like a pretty simple question. it is a question that has long been answered, here in the u.s., but because of the way the statute was written there, he could not answer. there are also questions about when the military commissions actually have jurisdiction over certain crimes. there are certain enumerated crimes, such as material support terrorism, conspiracy, that traditionally had not been considered as war crimes. so there is a question as to any types of convictions to these war crimes would be upheld by the court, even if they were to succeed at a lower level. host: has the death penalty question been answered? guest: we have not seen an answer to that question, to this point. host: next phone call. oliver. you are next. caller: i am deeply impressed but concerned by the sheer length of time that this process has taken. on some legal issues, it might seem reasonable

there is no penalty if khalid sheikh mohammed attacks a guard every day, the worst we can do to him is cut his outdoor exercise down to two hours a day. two hours a day outside, the rest of the day you're in 75-degree temperature, meals you've chosen and there was one inmate that wanted a bible he converted to christianity. but it was forbid ton bring a bible into guantanamo bay because it would set the inmates off. the other inmates off who thought the bible was an insult and affront to them and they were watching their flat screen tv and a lady came on to a commercial she had a shirt sleeved shirt on and showed her elbow. i don't get that worked up over an elbow but they got all worked up over the elbow and trashed the room,er to up the furniture, broke the flat screen tv, scattered it all, it was a riot in their break room and what's their punishment for that? new furniture, new flat screen tv. we coddle these prisoners. we don't have a punishment for those that attack our american guards. guards and we set up the trial room so that there are microphones, sound systems places for fa

if khalid sheikh mohammed could have been arrested from behind the general headquarters pakistan armyif others they are could have been arrested pretty close to a police colony, why can't mullah omar and other people be arrested if they are living in qatar? so for me it is a very simple question. yeah? sure. >> i have to thank you. at the last word. thank you very much. think the panelists and thank you well. >> we're going to take a 15 minute break. [applause] before we break, i would like to encourage you, there is a fishbowl outside. we have two tickets or for tickets to the army navy game this weekend. these are club level street ticket. will have your business card in the fishbowl out front and will have a raffle later today to give way to set the ticket to the army navy game. these come if you're interested in these tickets and you really want them, so each person that will wind will get two tickets. so just put it outside him a break and turnabout teen minute. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible

guest: one examp when i was down there khalid sheikh mohammed and the other 9/11 defendants he asked the judge if he pled guilty, could he faced the death penalty? the judge could not answer the question. it seemed like a pretty simple question. it is a question that has long been answered,ere in the u.s., but because of the way the statute was written there, he could not answer. there are also questions about when the military commissions actually have jurisdiction over certain crimes. there are certain enumerated crimes such as material support terrorism conspiracy, that traditionally had not been considered as war crimes. so there is a question as to any types of convictions to these war crimes would be upheld by the court even if they were to succeed at a lower level. host: has the deathenalty question been answered? guest: we have not seen an answer to that question, to this point. host: next phone cl. oliver. you are next. caller: i am deeply impressed but concerned by the sheer length of time that this process has taken. on some legal issues, it might seem reasonable that this

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