we end up with torture at guantÁnamo.antÁnamo is the crown jewel within a short time of a network of detention. guantÁnamo becomes a visible symbol of the system that we had. the large one. you have a sloppy detention policy that inadvertently play into this. some deliberate efforts on part of the administration to advance torture that ultimately is not going to guarantee rights under international law. you actually have a pre-existing place call guantÁnamo that has already served as a detention facility. in the early and mid- 90s there is waves of refugees coming out of cuba and haiti. we used guantÁnamo as a detention site even then. . . >> to be under control detainees you don't want to give them any right and i don't want to emphasize too much those u.s. courts had to step in because of a group of hiv-positive patients without access to medical care or treatment because these type of detentions don't come out of nowhere wonton of a was identified as a site where it was possible to do these things there is a history an

and in many cases, for them it will now be guantanamo bay.my: moazzam begg, as you listen to president trump, scores of prisoners are still held at guantanamo. you were released in 2005. guantanamo,ance of not only just what it is doing to the prisoners there now, but what it means as a symbol around the world? >> i think if you remember recently, there were a couple of ice is prisoners captured, two british guys, apparently, who are now in custody of the syrian defense forces. these two individuals are accused of being involved in the execution of others, including american citizens, people like james foley who was a journalist documenting the oppression against the syrian people. what they're accused of having done to him is beheading him, while dressing him in an orange jumpsuit. a what perhaps people don't know, what they did him before that and to others, was they waterboarded him. it is important we understand this because the president of the notices of america has said openly he will waterboard and he would do a lot more than that. he

and in many cases, for them it will now be guantanamo bay.my: moazzam begg, as you listen to president trump, scores of prisoners are still held at guantanamo. you were released in 2005. guantanamo,ance of not only just what it is doing to the prisoners there now, but what it means as a symbol around the world? >> i think if you remember recently, there were a couple of ice is prisoners captured, two british guys, apparently, who are now in custody of the syrian defense forces. ththese two o individualals are acaccused of being involved in e execution of others, including american citizens, people like james foley who was a journalist documentnting the oppression against the syrian people. what they're accused of having done to him is beheading him, while dressing him in an orange jumpsuit. a what perhaps people don't know, what they did him before that and to others, was they waterboarded him. it is important we understand this because the president of the notices of america has said openly he will waterboard and he would do a lot more than

i thought i was paying attention and i had followed the evils of guantÁnamo and i have sort of come tobelieve that i understood the way that it was working and it was about creating these offshore sites to do bad things. when he got arrested it was think as he goes and proving the point i've been trying to make about how all of us have to kind of humble ourselves to the things we don't know and to the assumptions we make that might not reflect what's happening. so, as i came to look deeper and it was scary here on the headlines it seemed scary and to look deeper at many of the things i study in the civil rights movement and the 1950s, 60s and 70s in terms of the criminalization of people speaking out in terms of kind of fear of ideas s said he had been surveyed and was held outside of the mainstream ideas he was critical of the united states. this led me to realize how much more i needed to know in terms of what was happening domestically and in the federal system to serve terrorism cases being handled domestically, not the ones coming through guantÁnamo but also what it meant to speak

i want to follow up on issues that senator graham raised about guantanamo. he specifically mentioned the beatles. on march 5, i sent the justice department a letter based on discussions that we have been having with families of the americans who were killed, we think, by the beatles, which was a constituent of mine, one of them. one of the things we heard very strongly from the families of those americans murdered by the is theyts, executed, wanted to see that the people who killed them were brought to justice. i didn't feel like putting them in guantanamo, where no one would know and other terrorists would not be able to see they were brought to justice and held accountable, was an appropriate way to deal with them. i wonder if today you can tell the justice department and you will advocate with the administration that those terrorists be brought to justice, it either in some or inational venue, civilian courts in the u.s.. >> i can say with certainty they will be brought to justice. discussion,en a senator graham, for example, has studied this for years, h

i want to follow up on the issue that senator graham raised about guantanamo, and he specifically mentioned the beatles. on march the 5th i sent the justice department a letter based on discussions that we have been having with families of the americans who were killed, we think, by the beatles, one of whom was a constituent of mine, james foley, also includedp steven sotlof and kayla mueller, and one of the things we heard very strongly from the families of those americans murdered by the terrorists, executed really, is that they wanted to see that the people who killed them were brought to justice, and they didn't feel like putting them in guantanamo where no one would know and other terrorists would not be able to see that they were brought to justice and held accountable for their deeds was an appropriate way to deal with them, so i wonder if today you can tell me if you as the attorney general and the justice department will advocate with this administration that those terrorists be brought to justice either in some international venue or in civilian courts in the united states. >> wel

reportedly attributed to trump's decision to name him cia director. , he opposedenure plans to close guantanamo bay and defended the cia's use of torture under george w. bush. while he has agreed with intelligence reports that russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election, he has downplayed the extent of the kremlin's influence. pompeo is regarded as a trump loyalist who shares the president's hard-line views on iran and north korea. most recently, pompeo made a high-level visit to north korea, laying the groundwork for a summit between trump and kim jong-un to discuss pyongyang's nuclear program. molly: he was known as america's has forevert legacy been tarnished after actor-comedian bill cosby was found guilty of sexual assault. the 80-year-old was convicted of three counts, each carrying a 10 year sentence. some 60 women have come forward accusing him of misconduct that dates back decades. and emotional moment for bill cosby's accusers as the jury brings back a guilty verdict. , once beloved as america's dad, has been convicted of drugging and assaulting andrea a constand in 2004. it is t

. >> and it reminds me when we had just released "harold and kumar escape from guantanamo bay."nior advisers who pulled me aside and said, "just want to let you know, that guantanamo movie is hilarious." and i said, "well, you know, like we smoked weed with, like your boss, right? like, in the movie." [ talking over each other ] >> seth: yeah. you did smoke with a fake bush. >> right. and they thought it was hilarious. i'm like, this is why i love what we do. is that, you should be able to enjoy it. >> seth: enjoy it. >> yeah. >> seth: yeah. i'm glad as well. when you worked in the office, you did a lot of youth engagement. >> i did. >> seth: when you were young. how have you felt about watching these parkland students and their activism in the recent weeks? >> man, it's -- they're incredible. obviously, we know the faces and names of like, these eight or ten kids who have the energy and they're out there all of the time and they're inspirational. what i think is also amazing is that, you know, that school is what, 3,200 kids? so you literally have a couple thousand kids who are

counter examples include the steel seizure case and some of the guantÁnamo cases the past couple of decadesand i think when the court chooses not to accept that framing and engaging the difference requested the executive branch is because they feel it the justifications don't hold up. my colleagues and i are urging the court to take a hard look air. >> republican line from minnesota. >> caller: i think trump is doing an excellent job on this immigration. i'm 74-years-old and i've never seen so much different people in this country they come here with an american dream and have folks over their heads and as far as hawaii maybe we should drop them off the map as a state and all the immigrants go there. >> host: that' >> host: but to arthur in louisiana on the democrats whine go ahead. >> caller: good morning gentlemen. it's interesting to hear people calling in of conflict beating up on the people trying to migrate to this country. this is a country of immigrants, period. one of the things everybody is failing to look at is what is called a gift factor of the people that want to be here and t

so we moved to guantanamo bay and prisoners are coming in.at the very beginning, it made j.a.g., as i be a was watching them come in, because these kids have had and theirs shaved beards shaved, this october or november of 2001. when the redrvous cross objected, saying look, these people, it is part of their religion. and the army gave the only answers that could be completely wrong. they said geez, we do not know that. [laughter] judge wallach: we did this as a sanitary measure. , i do not know if you remember, but i watched the cnn story of these guys walking around, beating you if your beard was not long enough. approachthe taliban's to justice. and if you knew one thing about them, you knew that they wanted sohave really long beards, it was the one thing they knew was a dodge, and if they are shaving their beards off, what else are they doing? even shaving beards off was the subject of a war crimes trial of the australian against the 1945 when the the veers off of prisoners of war, and it was found to be a violation. there? is going on is

citizen detained outside of guantanamo bay eventually in two thousand and nine he pled guilty to conspiring to provide material support to al qaeda this of course is after he spent six years in solitary confinement despite never never actually being charged with a crime and now he's adding his voice to the many who claim they were brutally tortured and degraded while in u.s. custody alomari told the guardian quote i do not need apologies i need accountability what they said and did to me was torture. so the question is will the united states face its very guilty conscious or will gina i'm just following orders haskell become the next director of the c a let's find out start watching the hawks. good. with. the bottom if you. like you know that i got.

citizen detained outside of guantanamo bay eventually in two thousand and nine he pled guilty to conspiring to provide material support to al qaeda this of course is after he spent six years in solitary confinement despite never never actually being charged with a crime. and now he's adding his voice to the many who claim they were brutally tortured and degraded while in u.s. custody alomari told the guardian quote i do not need apologies i need accountability what they said and did to me was torture. so the question is will the united states face its very guilty conscience or will gina i'm just following orders haskell become the next director of the c i a let's find out and start watching the hawks. forty. three it looks like. it will be. at the bottom if you. like you know that i got. this. week so. well for one of the watching the hawks i robot and i'm top of the hour and she and i have to just chat i don't know just following orders where have i heard that before where i was and excuse. history but like look i'm just following orders giving you one of those vicious indian burns right n

rights although progress has been made to offer one -- offer covert services abroad but whether guantÁnamobay or german --dash or over warfare but you will undermine the ceiling internationally and then those factors will be the flow where their efforts shift foreign policy so fundamentally that first support for humanly and just to give you one example in 201577% of americans hold a certain united states should be the world leader promoting human rights. institutionalization makes it difficult to reverse course and this is in part because many attempts occur through congressional legislation and support for human. violations of human rights and ngos such as human rights watch will continue to devote considerable resources to make sure the public remains focused on the issue of human rights. so what my book shows us his challenges facing making 60s activists and how to balance with adherence to american values with the preservation of national security, as well as how to advance the policy agenda resisted by the white house has relevance for u.s. foreign policy today. thank you. [applause]

counter examples include the steele seizure case and guantanamo from last couple of decades. and what the court doesn't engage in the deference by the executive branch, they feel the national security doesn't hold up. that's one of the ways my former colleagues and i are urging the court to take a hard look at here. >> republican line, lauren from minnesota. >> caller: yeah, good morning. i think trump is doing an excellent job on immigration. i wish they would allow him to do more. i'm 74 years old. i've never seen so much different people in this country. they want to come here and want to win the american dream and ropes over their head, then go back to do that. we don't do that in america. and if i was hawaii we should drop them off as the map as far as state and let the judge have all the immigrants come in there. >> okay. let's go to author in louisiana, new orleans, democrats line. good morning. >> caller: good morning, gentleman. it's interesting to hear people calling in and constantly beating up on the people that are trying to migrate to this country. this is a cou

of message does that send to our enemies you know the torture program the secret prison program guantanamo the drone program these are the biggest recruitment tools that our enemies have and when they see that we take a torture someone who admittedly has done the things that she's being accused of doing and promoter to director well that just makes them want to fight us all the more all the more and if you talk about it you get blamed and go to jail. right away. i can't watch very little dip you know someone like you know is goes to jail for talking about oh yeah i'm telling the american people that this happened i wrote this op ed in the washington post they came to me and asked me if i would write it and i did it was i and i put it all out there write my own history i went to prison for a whistle blowing it said it's that or you can't believe the death threats that i got after that one of them actually shook me where the f.b.i. called and said you know there's all this noise but this one might be credible we're going to work on it and get back to you. and they did they went and spoke to

counter examples the steel seizure cases and guantanamo cases. when the court chooses not to accept that framing from thegage deference requested by the executive branch they feel the national doesn't hold up. >> republican line, lauren from minnesota.here. >> republican line. lauren from minnesota. on immign and i wish they would allow him to do more. . >> good morning. i think trump is doing an excellent job on immigration. i wish they would let him do more. i'm 74 years old. i've never seen so much different people in the country. they come here and want to live the american dream. they have the ropes over their heads. go back to the way we do that. we don't do that in america. and maybe we should drop them off the map as far as hawaii and let that judge have all the immigrants come in there. >> okay. let's go to arthur in new orleans, democrats line. good morning. >> good morning. it's interesting people trying to immigrate to this country. this is a country of immigrants, period. one of the things that everybody is failing to look at is that

to document in the book on the other side offering an alternative to this it was a candidate for guantÁnamoand we would call people to meetings to say let's talk about politics and then we arrested them and put them in jumpsuits and send them away. the third thing after a couple of years of this neglected harshness i think there's a study that i described in the book from the spring of 2006 he sees the taliban coming back and decides to do a field of study of what's going on and where are the motivations, he describes how he goes out into the provinces and pays the commanders to talk to him in the interview is and he concludes that isi is supporting the resurgence for a couple of reasons one is that afghanistan hasco by now consolidated its governmentw, ahead of a successl election in 2004 and international community support and it's looking like a long-term ally of india with international backing and remember the other signal we sent during this time we signed this big deal with india in which we essentially forgave them for breaking out of the nonproliferation treaty and promised long-te

president obama said he was going to close guantanamo bay. he rain as a civil libertarian. there's a massive disconnect between the states and the federal government. i think it's not just about the supreme court. congress has to take a stand and say we are the ones that craft laws. this is our immigration policy. they absolutely have to do it. it's morally incumbent -- >> congress is the most dysfunctional body on earth. >> it gets back to politics. >> we can't have open borders. it doesn't work. we will go bankrupt. >> and the issue of the mid-terms. >> there might be a lot of democrats that don't win. i don't know. >> there might be. >> president trump appears to have decided that he's going to be one of the ones calling his own shots in the white house for now. new reports says he's filling his staff with loyalists that embrace his style in getting more things done. is it a strategy or could it backfire? we'll debate it after this. i'm on the move all day long. and sometimes, i don't eat the way i should. so, i drink boost. boost high protein nutritional drink has 15 gr

guantanamo bay wasn't giving people their rights. they were just holding them in prison, and they used that excuse for terrorism with no proof. just like i.c.e. is doing to immigrants today. they put you there so we can't see it or hear it. that's fascism, adolf hitler style, frankov of spain, mussolini of italy, it has infected i.c.e. and several police agencies. the deep version to this is in your box. thank you. >> president breed: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> i'm supporting her and then i'm speaking after her. yeah. talk in there. >> good afternoon. my name is roxy blue harris and i am speaking on behalf of my mother who is no longer with us and regards to dph. i have a plaque here that was presented to our family in regards to the work that was presented in our san francisco community. my complaint with the dph, with the health service of what is going on now. a lot of your comments today were in regards to homelessness and to people of mental illnesses and so forth. now, what is happening with this clin

. >> i brought the right for people at guantanamo. i got a lot of flak for it.a dinner party after the case. the middle of it bob mueller stood up. he toasted me. he wanted to get the bad guys. but he recognized the importance of sticking to our principals in doing it. so that we don't bring shame on our nation. >> in a rare interview, mueller explains. >> it's important the american public trust the fbi. i get the sense that means a great deal to you. >> most important thing for the bureau is its integrity. >> in revamping the bureau's mission after 9/11, mueller discovers that his agency is woefully ill-equipped technologically to deal with the threat of terrorism. >> the fbi wasn't just behind the rest of the government in technology. it was behind the country in technology. >> when first came into the fbi, there was no e-mail. there was a machine where you actually would take a photograph and you would watch it like an amazed kid, one line at a time. it would go through. you would see the boss in the office picking that up. it would take four hours. >> the c

freezing temperature, deprived of fresh food, religious rights, psychological torture, comparison to guantanamo. i'm shocked this is allowed to trans pire in our city and state that prides in progressive values. i believe jerome was profiled for being an outspoken activist against the trump and duterte regimes and a muslim filipino man. you know i'm one of the thousands of outraged constituents calling for the strong condemnation for this injustice, and full independent and transparent investigation and urge our congressional representatives to do the same. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening, glen, district 11 resident, and i'm also here to bring attention to the case of jerome abba, the human rights peace advocate who came here to a speaking tour for the worsening climate and human rights in the philippines. he was a muslim man of peace and invited by the united methodist church network, but he was accused of being a terrorist and went through psychological torture at the airport. held more than 24 hours before being deported back to the philippine

behalf of the humanities like to welcome everybody here today to the panel in humane acts come out guantÁnamoand more. my name is dan and i'll be moderating the panel. the president of the group fairness.com which creates a reading tool

term the right thing to do because to arrest him and put him on trial and have him in guantana guantanamo, it would have made him an even bigger martyr and there would have been more trouble ensuing. but in the long term the idea of honoring the concept of due process and the rule of law and respecting the laws of war, would have been good for the argument we would like to make that that is how the world should comport itself. so the short-term view and long-term view are in conflict with one another and very often in times of emergency and when one is calibrating the degree of danger that an action would produce, the short-term view tends to prevail. >> time for a couple more questions. who's got the microphone? ma'am, right here. >> brad smith of microsoft has called for a geneva convention in cyberspace. who do you think should be involved in that process if you think that the existing infrastructure that we have from a legal perspective is insufficient to deal with the effects that attacks may have on civilian populations. >> i very much back the idea of an international convention. w

the caseamples include during the korean war and some of the guantanamo cases during the past couplecades. when the court chooses not to accept that framing from the government and not engage in the difference requested by the executive branch, they feel the national security justifications just don't hold up. that is what a number of my former colleagues and i are urging the court to take a hard look at here. l t: republican line, lorne for minnesota. caller: i think trump is doing an excellent job on immigration and i wish they would allow him to do more. i am 74 years old and i've never seen so much different people in this country. they want to live the american dream and then go back to we don't do that in america. as far as hawaii, we should maybe drop them off the map as far as a state and let the judge have always immigrants come there. host: let's go to arthur in louisiana. go ahead. caller: good morning, john. -- gentleman. it's interesting to hear people call in and they are constantly beating up on the people who are trying to migrate to this country. this is a country of

guantanamo >> it's like a dmz there was it cuba?> yes >> i'm worried about the guys in south korea. how many do we have there? looking across waiting. that phone that used to ring and ring and ring. no one would pick it up. >> motto there is to be prepared at all points, at fle time something could happen that's what we heard from the former defense secretary who joined us about a month ago. >> richard haas is on today? >> he is. >> i want to see how he turns this into a negative thing i was reading it a bit he said at least we have pompeo so the diplomacy by tweets will end. the realization to him that maybe some of that stuff will -- has resulted in this with the sanctions has not really sunk in yet. this does not rank up there with the german speech obama gave that got him the prize he was on that day for that speech he deserved that nobel prize >> you're talking about korean unification via tweet? >> no, but god, think if things had gone south think if the big button and small button had resulted in something horrible they would