. >> reporter: ksm, the highest-profile al qaeda d detainee at gitmo has admitted planning dozens of plots. and he's one of three alleged terrorists to be water boarded by cia interrogators as justice department revealed that mohammed was water boarded 183 times in the month after his capture in march, 2003. in a gitmo military court three years ago, ksm denounced his treatment as torture, telling the military judge he wanted the death penalty. that is what i wish, mohammed said, i wish to be martyred for a long time. it's not clear if military prosecutors will pursue the death penalty. civil liberties backers blasted the policy reversal and pointed out that holder's decision now ensures gitmo will remain open for the foreseeable future. it's been two years and counting since the president promised to close it. bob orr, cbs news, the justice department. >>> now to libya, where this morning the u.s. military is officially in a support mode. nato officially took over the lead in combat operations last night. it's the last day of combat missions and the u.s. warplanes struck government

. >> reporter: k.s.m., the highest profile al qaeda detainee at gitmo, has admitted planning dozens ofplots and he is one of three alleged terrorists to be waterboarded by c.i.a. interrogators. justice department memos reveal mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in the month after his capture in march 2003. in a gitmo military court three years ago, khalid shiek muhammed denounced his treatment as torture telling the military judge he wanted the death penalty. "that is what i wish" khalid sheikh mohammed said. "i wish to be martyred for a long time." it's not clear if military prosecutors will pursue the death penalty. now, civil liberties backers blasted the policy reversal and pointed out holder's decision now ensures gitmo will stay open for the foreseeable future. it's been two years and counting since the president promised to close it. katie? >> couric: bob orr. bob, thanks very much. now turning to the libya where the battle between rebels and the qaddafi regime has seesawed for weeks now. today the rebels took back most of brega, a key oil town in the east. opposition leaders in

trial and error from closing gitmo to the international case of collegian shaikh mohammad president obama has done an about face on campaign promises so did he cave to political pressure from syria. in. a row to his lawyers and so forth it will rise to the. just the way he lived. is that true given libya is it possible the u.s. with intervene in syria now. and from libya to the trial of khalid shaikh mohammad a former u.s. governor read between the lines to expose the secrets the government does not want you to know this will be juicy as artie's speaks with jesse ventura. from foe to friend of washington how does this happen well as mail start with a one stop shop make over on k. street. good evening it's tuesday april fifth seven pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster your watching r.t. now he's a former wrestler and former minnesota governor he is the author of sixty three documents the government does not want you to read and self-proclaimed scorch of the mainstream media he claims imus n.b.c. cut him off the air because of his views of iraq and even rumored to possibly be consid

i mean already we've seen obama not be able to deliver on his campaign pledge to close gitmo and even he said it just proved to be too politically difficult so with the opposition that is beyond just the restrictions from congress we've seen more recently do you think it really could have happened is that a little optimistic to believe that it happened. no i mean and in fact this was a cornerstone of his campaign was closing guantanamo bay and bringing these people to justice and yes closing guantanamo bay is challenging because there are still one hundred seventy two detainees there but we're talking about five people being brought to the united states for trial that could have been done without the approval of congress we have a no a system in place that can handle federal court trials that can handle terrorism trials we have another going to mo detainee who was transferred here to new york for trial was tried was convicted has been sentenced to life in prison without parole but all happened perfectly smoothly perfectly quietly the new york federal court system is actually the most

interrogate rs at gitmo say that they may have provided support to groups such as al-qaeda. >> homeland security secretary janet napolitano is expected to visit the bay area today. she is expected to host a student forum this afternoon on cyberspace security. the discussion is intended to highlight the important contributions made by the science and engineering communities in maintaining national security. >> bart is calling in consultants to help design the interior of the trains. the consultants are the riders themselves. >> i was invited to a first look of bart's new research lab before it rolled down the track sand introduced to the public. >> this is bart's lab, an interactive demo for fleet of the future. the goal is to allow consumers to give feedback about the future sideline for new train cars. >> we have to get a whole new set of train cars. >> some of the questions being asked, there are questions about interior design, such as layout of the seats and accommodations for bikes and people with disabilities. >> riders will be asked to fill out a survey where they will be asked a

interrogate rs at gitmo say that they may have provided support to groups such as al-qaeda. >> homeland security secretary janet napolitano is expected to visit the bay area today. she is expected to host a student forum this afternoon on cyberspace security. the discussion is intended to highlight the important contributions made by the science and engineering communities in maintaining national security. >> bart is calling in consultants to help design the interior of the trains. the consultants are the riders themselves. >> i was invited to a first look of bart's new research lab before it rolled down the track sand introduced to the public. >> this is bart's lab, an interactive demo for fleet of the future. the goal is to allow consumers to give feedback about the future sideline for new train cars. >> we have to get a whole new set of train cars. >> some of the questions being asked, there are questions about interior design, such as layout of the seats and accommodations for bikes and people with disabilities. >> riders will be asked to fill out a survey where they will be asked a

there will be tried by military commissions and gitmo. sti -- holder said he still wants to try them in new york but congress forces and. > -- forced his hand. >> i always thought that with these guys, a military commission was at a reasonable thing to do. when you have to do is make sure that they are fair enough to pass constitutional muster. the last time the president tried to do it, he did it on his own without congress and they were to rfare and president bush -- >> the military knows how to do this. >> they do it and they should be able to do it. these people were involved in the biggest attack on the united states shores ever by a foreign power. i don't know why that isn't war and you shouldn't try them in a military trial. >> what took them so long? >> they made a strategic error in deciding to close down guantanamo. >> he promised it in his campaign. >> but they should have known what they're talking about and had an idea offhat can of pushback they would get. and after they got sworn in, they got their heads handed to them. tha

today, holder said all five men will face a military tribunal at gitmo. >> ahead on nbc bay area news at 5:00, the latest from japan as the stricken nuclear power plant spills millions of gallons of radioactive walter into the pacific. >> governor and his comic book, arnold schwarzenegger becoming a hero he never played before. >> giants fan, brian stow remains hospitalized with critical head injuries the coming up we'll talk to doctors about the treatment of those injuries. >>> good afternoon, i'm chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri, clear, sunny skies, and big-time warming. still holding on to mid to upper 70s from the north down to the east bay. coming up we'll talk about little bit cooler weather coming for tomorrow's forecast. and evenss eek' nain- in this week's seven-day forecast. straight ahead. are you listening to me? marcel! [ male announcer ] don't miss a second of ncaa march madness with my multiview, only from at&t u-verse. just $29 a month for the first 6 months. dvr included. in the network there are no hard choices. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles

prison gitmo, guantanamo bay in cuba. they reveal mest of the remaining prisoners, 172 individuals, to be exact, are a high risk of posing a threat to the u.s. if released. but the documents showed an even larger amount of prisoners who were also released were also designated high risk before they were freed or otherwise sent to other countries. >>> it's been more than three months now since gabby giffords was shot when she met with constituents at a tucson, arizona, grocery store. tonight, we have good news and information on her recovery. janet with us tonight from houston with that story. good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. this is going to be a quick trip for her, but doctors say it's also a good break and a goal she's been working towards. it was news gabrielle giffords reportedly greeted with a fist pump and the word awesome. doctors calling her medically able to travel to florida's kennedy space center for friday's launch of the space shuttle "endeavour." it will be her first trip out of the hospital. she will wa

turnaround for the obama administration, after the president vowed on his first day in office to shut gitmo down within a year. new york's mayor and police chief fought against bringing the terror trials there and congress rebelled, blocking detainee moves to the u.s. in an interview with nbc the attorney general said he had no choice because congress put federal courts off limits. >> i only come to this decision reluctantly after congress has passed statutes that ultimately tie my hands. >> reporter: what of those who would say the attorney general should have seen this coming, that he should have seen that he could never sell the idea of these trials in the u.s.? >> it was always my belief that the american people, if they had an opportunity to look at these cases and hear both sides would have made the determination that the best thing is to go with the tried and true, to go with the system that has served us well and distinguishes us as a nation. >> reporter: republicans in congress today called it the right thing to do. >> the american people realized how wrong it was to hold a civilia

gitmo looks like the place. jeff? >> bob orr in washington. thank you very much. >>> the uconn huskeys are champions for a third time. they were leading going to halftime, but the huskeys clamped down and butler shot the ball terribly making 18 of the shots. the lowest ever for a title game. uconn takes the trophy, 53-41. >>> after the game, thousands of fans had a wild time celebrating in the pavilion where the huskeys play their home games. others hit the streets and more than a dozen arrests were made. 16 minutes past the hour. not the world's prettiest game, guys. not at all. >> happy to see someone break 30. >> congratulations this morning. >>> back from the final four here in houston. a check of the weather this morning. >>> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now back over to erica and chris. >> nice to have you back. >>> still ahead -- the search for a possible serial killer continues after the remains of three more young women were found yesterday. >> the very latest. just ahead, you're watching "the >> the very latest. just a

what you think here's today's question or republican stop sabotaging the president's efforts to close gitmo your choices are no even though wiki leaks exposed that detainees were picked up for wearing casio watches because they could be a timing device or yes republicans will see the light so far every last one of you voted no log on target dot com let us know what you think the poll will be open until tomorrow morning. coming up there's a battle brewing in the mediterranean between google and spain after the break i'll tell you why internet users are demanding they have there is three to leave. early. and get. into it only one military mechanisms do not work out to prevent just the sort of. i have every right to know what my government should do if you want to know why i pay taxes. well i would characterize obama as the charismatic version of american exceptionalism. you know sometimes you see a story and a scene so. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't. charge is a big issue. a

anything the recent treasure trove of revelations from wiki leaks proves that the people we had in gitmo were considered a danger the vast majority of them were high risk and if you look at the people we've released look at the large numbers hundreds and hundreds that we released the recidivism rate is outrageous it's thirty percent plus are in the back on the battlefield or living in yemen leading al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and fighting us in afghanistan and iraq so i mean even the ones we let go are bad guys the ones we still have a ridiculously bad guys and can stay in jail until we either convict them of a crime which i hope we do or through the end of the they can declare jihad off whenever they want to go to heaven i want you to chime in here i want your opinion do you think that these documents. made it very clear that we have a lot of bad guys or is it made it clear that we have fourteen year olds eighty nine year olds people that we were detaining just because they wore a specific type of watch that apparently was handed out in some bomb making sessions somewhere in afgha

and justice system are twisted to make up for our wrongdoings but that obama's promise of closing gitmo is nowhere near close to becoming a reality joining me to discuss this is shah had to try executive director of the bill of rights defense committee thanks so much for being here tonight let's talk about this ruling although there is no evidence that the man was ever in fact involved with al qaeda just because he was in the same area and same location that means we can keep him indefinitely apparently no it's guilt by association according to the d.c. circuit it is enough to justify the indefinite detention of someone without having to prove that you and i would expect in civilian courts guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in the detainees context it's just a preponderance of the evidence and it's interesting because the trial judge who did the trial found that the government's case which did amounts of nothing more than built by association was not enough to overcome the more likely than not standard but the appeals courts and a few others but i find that absolutely. incredible had reall

when they were doing the gitmo thing, why didn't they put the pay for members in there? why didn't that occur? and i know the talking point is that this is -- this is one of the talking points we're hearing from the other side, well, you should have gotten this done last year. well, we can get it done today, we could get it done today. we have gone more than halfway on a compromise, and this is no longer about the cuts, this isn't about the money. this is about an extreme agenda, and latonya's paycheck hangs in the balance, and her friends in the break room at the v.a. hospital. let's review what happened last year on the budget. the republican party participated in every appropriations committee in the senate and every appropriations committee passed a bill, and at the end of the year, that bill was brought to the floor because the appropriators believed that the republican appropriators were supporting the bills they helped write. in fact, those republican appropriators stuffed that bill full of earmarks for republicans. hundreds of earmarks for republicans were stuffe

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if in a federal court in new york but holder said all five men will now face a military tribunal at gitmomed the reversal in congress for being transferred to the u.s. even for trial. families who lost loved ones to the terror attacks offeredixed reviews of the decision announced today. >>> workers at crippled fukushima nuclear power plant in japan began pumping more than 3 million gallons of contaminated water into the pacific today. that will freeze storage space for even more highly radioactive water. the plant's cooling systems were knocked out by the earthquake and tsunami three weeks ago. experts say radioactivity is quickly diluted in the ocean. >>> those curly-q shaped light bulbs buying now to conserve energy is harmful to the environment if not recycled. cfls contain up to 5 milligrams of mercury an environmental contaminant. is growing due to state and federal mandates for these high-energy lighting, more are being thrown away. only 2% of residential consumers and one-third of businesses actually recycle these bulbs. bottom line experts say we should all recycle our energy effi

frank rich who, you know, calls, you know, americans who wouldn't take on the issue of torture in gitmo good germans who called john ashcroft the best goerbles of them on and committed religious believers with islamic extremists, maureen dowd who equated the male domination of the catholic church to the taliban. who said that because christian -- the christian right was gaining force during the bush administration that, god, we really are in a theocracy. the arizona shooter -- the arizona anti-immigration or anti-illegal law was met by linda greenhouse with an image that came out of nazi germany. so, you know, i think -- that the "times" and the left has a lot to answer, too, and maybe that's because the internet and maybe get more slashing and want attention, but i think that these -- it subtracts from the gravitas and the credibility of these people by using terms like this. >> mike, why don't you take the last word. >> yeah, i'm against nazi analogies in most cases unless you can make a really precise analysis that the nazi government did that you can relate to today and you can make

reversal for president obama who forcefully opposed military trials as a candidate and vowed to shut gitmo down. >> we'll win this fight on our terms. >> reporter: new york's mayor and police chief pushed back against holding trials there and congress blocked moving any detainees to the u.s. >> the reality is, though, i know this case in a way that members of congress do not. i have looked at the files, i've spoken to the prosecutors. i know the tactile concerns that have to go in these decisions. >> reporter: in an interview with nbc holder says the u.s. loses an opportunity to demonstrate the fairness of the u.s. justice system. >> it is, in fact, the best one in the world. and i am not happy about the fact that we will not have that opportunity. >> reporter: you know, some people are saying if the attorney general had looked at this a little further, talked to the people of new york, he could have come to this decision two years ago. >> i made my decision based on the facts, based on the law and based on where i thought these cases could be best tried. i only come to this decision reluc

. >> on the president's promise to shut down gitmo and try as many as can be tried, the civilian court has there been any conclusion as to why that promise wasn't able to be carried out? the consideration of congress, why is this and the promise that he's not been able to fulfil? >> you know the history very well about this process, and congressional reaction to some of the goals that were set out. what i'd ask you to do is listen to what the attorney general has to say about this particular decision to be today and then just tell you the president remains focused on everything he can do every day to get the economy growing, jobs created, the pretty the american people set for him and he takes very seriously. >> he covered it in 2008, this was a big issue he brought up on the campaign trail and is obviously a failure. >> i would say that again what has transpired over the last several years with regards to these issues is well known to everyone, congressional opposition to the decisions creates an obstacle that made it very hard. it became very hard to overcome and the president is ver

. -- gitmo dilemma. this is a jay carney statement from the white house.his does not make them new to us than they were part of the materials the obama administration poured over during its guantanamo review in 2009. it condemns the release of documents. it warned of possible consequences. there could be an impact on operations -- as the to chantilly, va., the republican line. good morning. caller: i want to thank you for the program. i do not call them whistleblowers. i call them truth tellers. just like jesus, he came to tell the truth. the guy with wikileaks, he should get a medal. he did something that not too many of us are willing to do. it takes a lot to do what he did. my favorite whistle-blower, thanks to him i am alive right now. i lost weight, and i will never get sick anymore after i got into a contract with this guy. kevin trudeau. he has lots of information. he is a whistle-blower. he is not afraid of the government. the government is trying to put him into jail because he wrote a book that reveals things that they do not want you to know. an

so i just want to talk about the politics of gitmo.the administration wanted to do regarding whether they were trialing in new york or bringing the detailees on to u.s. soil are confound and not only by federal politics, but obviously you have to remember by local politics. these are -- when you say i want to bring detainees to the united states, you are not bringing them to the united states, you are bringing them to a state with a governor or jurisdiction with mayor and county commissioner. whatever it is going to be. those are multiplied because are dealing with the homeland. i want to leave time for question and answer. let me go through a few things that i think are challenges and changes as we approach the ten year anniversary. i think in, and it'll be interesting to hear, i think intelligence sharing with state and locals is still incredibly hard. the bush administration trying to begin to bring down and share intelligence. we continued to do that in the obama administration through a number of programs, fusion centers, whatever

i'm not -- i am a lawyer but i don't practice any more so i just want to talk about the politics of gitmo and that the administration wanted to do regarding whether they were trials in new york or bringing the detainees on to u.s. soil are confounded not only by the politics but to have to remember by local politics. when you say i want to bring detainee's to the united states you or not, you are bringing them to a state with a governor and the jurisdiction of a mayor or commission whatever it's going to be in the those are just multiplied because we are dealing with the homeland so i want to leave time for questions and answers. let me go through a few things i think our challenges and changes as we approach the ten year anniversary. i think people just need to hear 1i think intelligence sharing with state and local is still incredibly hard. the bush administration tried to begin to bring down and share intelligence. we continue to do that in the obama administration with a number of programs infusion centers and whatever else to share information. but for the most part the intelligence