we don't have a jail because they won't use guantanamo bay. they captured a terrorist and put him on a ship for 60 days. the navy is not in the detention business. we don't build ships to make them jails. we build ships to fight wars. so this aversion to using guantanamo bay is going to bite us as a nation. so this legislation allows us to move forward. if you capture someone, you can gather good intelligence. there is a presumption that they are going to be held as an enemy combatant, but there is a waiver provision there. what i don't want to do is start reading rights to everybody we capture in the united states as part of a terrorist organization's plot. we're not fighting a crime. we're fighting a war, and under the rules of war, you can hold an enemy combatant and interrogate them as long as necessary to find out what the enemy is up to. that's what this legislation does to my colleagues. you have written a very balanced approach. and this idea of never using guantanamo bay again is dangerous. the idea that the c.i.a. cannot interrogate

we don't have a jail because they won't use guantanamo bay.d a terrorist and put him on a ship for 60 days. the navy is not in the detention business. we don't build ships to make them jails. we build ships to fight wars. so this aversion to using guantanamo bay is going to bite us as a nation. so this legislation allows us to move forward. if you capture someone, you can gather good intelligence. there is a presumption that they are going to be held as an enemy combatant, but there is a waiver provision there. what i don't want to do is start reading rights to everybody we capture in the united states as part of a terrorist organization's plot. we're not fighting a crime. we're fighting a war, and under the rules of war, you can hold an enemy combatant and interrogate them as long as necessary to find out what the enemy is up to. that's what this legislation does to my colleagues. you have written a very balanced approach. and this idea of never using guantanamo bay again is dangerous. the idea that the c.i.a. cannot interrogate enemy parisse

detention center at guantanamo bay, cuba. we will hear from the pentagon lawyer about the policy next. and remarks from senate republicans opposed to the president's detainee policy. later, one of the leaders of the political movement that led to the fall of the government talks about the country's transition. iraq's because i am a businessman, and i am very proud and connected to a large company, the opposition has attempted to picture me as an opponent of liberty, but i was a libertarian before the word. and before another distortion of the word liberal. >> although he lost the election, he left his mark in political history, speaking out on civil rights and becoming an ambassador for his former opponent, rose about your your he is -- former opponent, roosevelts. >> now the defense department general counsel discusses administration's opposition to part of the bill having to do with the detention of terror suspects. the administration said the provision would limit the president's flexibility in dealing with terrorists. thi

to detain enemy combatants and refused to transfer any further detainees to guantanamo bay, that many of us were waiting for the obvious test case to come along in which a terrorist was captured outside of iraq or afghanistan and needed to be interrogated and detained. now, i know the senator from new hampshire is a member of the armed services committee. does she recall the case of mr mr. warsami, the sew mal the soi terrorist captured at sea? ms. ayotte: the senator is correct. and this test case shows that capturing rather than killing a terrorist we can gain intelligence. instead of sending him to guantanamo, he was held at sea for prl two months, then -- for approximately two months and then law enforcement officials were brought in to read him his rights. i want to address arguments that were made on the floor earlier by senator levin from michigan, the chairman of the armed services committee. he claimed that if my amendment were to pass, that mr. warsame would escape justice because we wouldn't be able to prove that he was, in fact, planning an attack against the united stat s

the company has pulled the plug wikileaks released governmentf documents about guantanamo bay. localrking is pledging a to getty and is about worse. >> we will tell you why it may be tough to find a job in the coming months. >> the president goes west and of helping struggling homeowners. >> pretty nice monday out there. we will talk about tuesday and a big change is coming later in the week. >>> you are watching abc7 news 6 with gordon peterson, bunyan, doug hill. this is abc 7 news at 6:00, on your side. >>> mitch romney is running in presidentialhire race. big surprise. rally thisended a morning. on therent president was west coast. the first stop of his there. announced new rules for refinancing home mortgages. latest pitchon the by the president. >> this is all about the and goingacting congress. without congressional approval, frustrated that cannot get capitol hill to jobs apt. he says there are measures that the rest of the country. he took his plan to the most desperate state and the country. was theozen aid, this cry. yes, we can -- and 2008, this was the cry. >> yes,

why can he not shut down guantanamo bay? the global economy was torpedoed by the malfeasance of wall street, and not one of those bankers is in jail. i think those animal cages at guantanamo would be better filled with some of those wall street bankers, and the people who deny us health care. the lack of adequate health care kills tens of thousands of americans a year, much more than 9/11. that sort of party is created by that economic malfeasance of the super rich. it creates devastating impact for the poor and working-class in this country. as someone with experience working in a progressive democratic office, i am not waiting for that. it is the people who watch your show that make it happen. it is people whose names are not highlighted in history books. whether the president is calling out this community or that, that is almost immaterial to me. my music is made for the people who are willing to stand up and change this world themselves. tavis: what is the pain threshold of the people who listen to your music? >> i think

foreit and gave a interview when he said he would be open to negotiating with the terrorist in guantanamo bayhat includes the master mind of 9-9-9 sheik mohamed. you can't have that as president of the united states and. you can't have the flip flops and it is making the vores hesitant and giving people pause and asking questions about what does he believe truly and how would he govern as president of united states. here in iowa, people want to make sure our nominee is 100% prolife and marriage for a man and women and don't want to see terrorist released from guantanamo bay. that is nonnegotiable. >> chris: we have less than a minute left. a couple of your paid staffers in new hampshire quit this week and one of the reasons that except the for a debate in new hampshire, you hadn't been in the state since june which raises the issue. aren't you in effect all in, in iowa. don't you have to win in iowa or you are gone. >> guest: we have had a great week that last wook and focused on iowa. and spent time in new hampshire prior to that and also in south carolina and here in iowa. we are focused in

critics not only point to fast and furious but also the failure to close guantanamo bay by january of 2010. the decision to send the 9/11 suspects to a new york city court which they would have rights of u.s. citizens. the decision was later reversed and the failure to prosecute two black panthers for voter intimidation and more recently fast and furious. >> guantanamo bay to the black panther case to fast and furious. these are some of the biggest cases before our nation and i don't know that the president is getting the best advice and i believe there is a political component that in my mind is unacceptable. >> the chairman said he believes there is "dodging it best" on fast and furious. >> shepard: despite all this surrounding eric holder he actually does have some support. >> they pointed to an aggressive approach to national security prosecutions such as this week's alleged iran plot. the prosecution of major medicare fraud cases. including a major investigation of the new orleans department and historically low crime rates. >> this attorney general has prosided over the lowest c

detention of facility at guantanamo bay.rges against him will be referred to a military commission which may allow the u.s. government to seek the death penalty. >>> the search continues for 10- month-old baby who disappeared from a missouri home more than a week ago. still no clues as to her whereabouts. they searched a well near the home of lisa irwin near kansas city, but they found nothing. police are preparing to charge the baby's mother. the family has hired a private investigator. >> i am not here to defend or represent anyone. i have been asked to come out here to find lisa the perpetrator. >> the parents reported the girl missing on october 4. they say that if the window was tampered with and they believe someone conducted their daughter while they slept. >>> 62 degrees. still ahead, a day of family fun turns to chaos in massachusetts. the family made a 911 call to police after getting robbed in a corn maze. >> another couple can kick off their dancing shoes for good. who was eliminated last night. ♪ ♪ [ manc announ

obama signed executive order to close the guantanamo bay detention camp by 2010.s eric holder was tasked with the job, three years lateer the camps are open. on a recent trip the executive order could still be seen posted on the detainee notice board. >> in december of 2009, attorney general said 9/11 summits would be transferred from guantanamo to federal court in new york city where they would enjoy the same constitutional rights of u.s. citizens. but after strong dissent from new york city officials and block transfer to u.s. soil hold erica pitch late and sent the case back the military courts. when the reversal was made congress, he took a shot at congress. >> do i know better than them? yes. i respect their ability to disagree. >> reporter: critics point to other controversies, including a justice department decision to drop the case against two black panthers who allegedly intimidated voters and the fast and furious gun running debacle where holder has been subpoenaed. >> if you go from guantanamo bay to black panther and fast and furious i don't know that

woman and they certainly don't want to see terrorists like khalid shaikh muhammad released from guantanamo bay. >> chris: less than a minute left. one final question. a couple of your paid staffers in new hampshire quit this week and one of the reasons they said is that except for a debate about ten days ago in new hampshire, you hadn't been in the state since june which raises the issue aren't you in effect all in in iowa? don't you have to win in iowa or you're gone? >> well, we are replacing the staff that we have in new hampshire. we had a great week in last week and we are are focused on iowa. we spent a great deal of time in new hampshire prior to that and also in south carolina and we are here in iowa. we are focused in iowa. and we are very grateful for it. i won the iowa straw poll. we have a great deal of enthusiasm and support here in iowa. and we are conducting town hall meetings. we are getting to new hampshire and we are getting to south carolina as frequently as we can. we also recognize the process. iowa stated january 3 is now the date so they are number one. we are focusing o

fact as senator from new hampshire appointmented out that 27% of the detainees released from guantanamo bay returned to the fight. not only have they returned to the fight, the fact they were in guantanamo gives them an automatic kind of charisma and ora and leadership in al-qaeda and other terrorist organizations, and is that, do you think the american people find that acceptable that one out of every four that we have released from guantanamo bay have reentered the fight and clearly are responsible for the deaths of at least some brave young americans and may be responsible for the deaths in the future of americans? >> not only i think most americans upset by that, but worried about what comes down the road. that's what i'm worried about the the senate legislation is trying to create a pathway forward for the future. what do you do with these people at guantanamo bay that may never go on trial? what do you do with these people in guantanamo that come from these countries, and if you return them to the country, they'll be back in the fight by the end of the day. we have a bipartisan propos

>> after the american invasion, he was interrogated at guantanamo bay for four years.t happened to hundreds of other taliban members and that is what makes the negotiations difficult. >> only god can forgive them for what they did to me but he will never forgive the horrors that americans oppose the many innocent afghans. >> now we are heading back north to meet back up with the commander at the office of the regional representative of the peace council. the government appointed him to help taliban fighters who want to start a new life. these men have been waiting for help for months and they are starting to get inpatient. the taliban and other militias want to attack us, says the commander. if you cannot protect us, he tells the group, you will need to start fighting again. the head of a local peace committee tries to calm them down, but he does not make any firm promises. nothing is resolved but they say goodbye politely. once outside, the commander suddenly loses his temper. they indirectly threatened to return to the taliban. >> the government is not delivering. th

a congress actually tried to strip the courts over habeas corpus over guantanamo bay, and congress supported tapping, so one thing that has changed in the last ten years is you have a president and congress pretty much in agreement. in fact if anything in the last two years, where president obama has tried to change national policy off sort of war approach, which i described in congress has actually tried to react by trying to stop him, by cutting off funds to move anyone from guantanamo bay into the united states, for example. more directfully response to anyway deep's -- nadine's points about privacy. the policy aspect is i think that the warrantless surveillance program serves as a good illustration of the difference between crime and war. anywhere a criminal justice approach you need to have probable cause a specific target is someone that may have committed a crime or is about to commit a crime, and you have to give that proof to a judge, and that judge issues a warrant. that's very different this the war approach. the war approach, where you have an enemy, and you try to intercept all

lawmakers seeking to question guantanamo bay prisoners about anwar al awlaki's involvement in the attacks9/11. he is the american-born radical cleric killed in a u.s.-led strike in yemen last month. fox news now confirms the house homeland security committee has requested interviews with at least two guantanamo bay suspects as part of an investigation into anwar al awlaki. he is believed to have been the first american on the cia's capture or kill list. investigators say they have linked the new mexico native to the bloody massacre at fort hood, the failed christmas day bombing, and the attempted attack on times square. a warning tonight for women taking birth control pills. a study by food and drug administration links newer forms of the pill to a possible higher risk of dangerous blood clots. the report even singles out one drug yaz as increasing a woman's risk of developing a clot by 75% compared to older birth control pills. health officials are not telling women to stop taking that pill or any others for that matter. we're told the f.d.a. is planning another review in december. offic

continued to track the artist he feared that sooner or later he might end up in prison at guantanamo bay that was when his son decided to make life easier for the special services he set up a site called tracking transience where he posts every single bit of personal information about himself in real time. so you're seeing here you can see that there's a red arrow with some boxes that you can see a city in the image well ok so where's the city looks like there's a river nearby and there's lots of green let's go to a little bit further and we're in this building right here next to a church. as the days and months went by the constant information feed of this one person's life became an artistic project when i first started this project people thought i was out of my mind why would you want to tell everyone every little detail of everything that you're doing. why is that why why why do you want to do that well not even. seven eight years later we have seven hundred fifty million people on facebook. essentially doing the same thing. you have guinea kaspersky is one of russia's most successf

congress tried to strip the courts of jurisdiction to place in guantanamo bay and ultimately supported warrantless wiretapping and changes to the foreign intelligence surveillance act. so one thing i think has changed the last ten years there's a good development is you have the congress pretty much in agreement. in fact if anything in the last two years where president obama tried to change national policy off describing the contras actually tried to react by cutting off funds to move anyone from united states to guantanamo bay. the points about privacy i think there is a legal aspect and important policy aspect. the policy aspect is i do think the warrantless surveillance program serves as a good illustration of the difference between the crime and the war because of the criminal-justice approach you need to have probable cause to a specific target if someone may have committed a crime or is about to commit a crime and you have to give that proved to a judge and that judge issues a warrant. it is different than the war approach and you have an enemy and you try to intercept all the c

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in january of 2009, president obama announced he would close the guantanamo bay detention camps withinthat job to eric holder. that deadline was not met, and right now there's no timetable to close the camps. then in november 2009 the attorney general said the 9/11 case would be prosecuted in a federal court in new york city, but about a year and a half laettner april of this year holder said the case would go back to the military courts at guantanamo bay, and a leading critic of holder lays it out this way. >> there have been some major, major faux pass coming out of the attorney general's office. the guantanamo bay, fast and furious, these are some of the biggest cases before our nation, and i don't know that the president is getting the best advice, and i do believe there's a political component that, in my mind, is unacceptable. >> reporter: we asked the justice department to provide fox with a list of what they called the attorney general's accomplishments and suggest a surrogate that we could talk to, and we're still waiting for a response at this hour. but just this week the jus

guantanamo bay, military commission, operations in libya, legal condor's of counterterrorism efforts, don't ask don't tell, bradley manning, state secrets, google search my name and you will find a number of hits about the controversy i stirred when i sent a letter to congress stating dod's opposition to a bill to rename the department of the navy the department of the navy and marine corps. on a regular basis now when i read the newspaper in the morning i discovery store and op-ed with a public account of private legal advice are supposedly offered in internal government deliberations. particularly as i look around this room and see all of the distinguished visitors and journalists i find that some people are actually interested in what the general counsel of the department of defense has to say. therefore, policy and politics aside, in every opportunity i have before civilian audiences such as this i devote part of my remarks to paying tribute to the sacrifices and dedication of men and women in the u.s. military. it is the case that less than 1% of the population does the fighting

i would never agree to letting hostages in guantanamo bay go, no, that wasn't the intent at all.on of the reagan approach, peace through strength and clarity. if we clarify who our friends are, clarify who our enemies are and stop giving money to our enemieses, then we ought to continue to give money to our friends like israel. >> you have 30 seconds. >> i don't want to make a statement. i want to ask a question. are you all willing to cut down on ald reagan for exchanging weapons out of iran. we all know that was done. >> iran was a sovereign country. it was not a terrorist organization, that's number one. >> they were our good friends. >> they're a sovereign country just like the palestinian authority is not the good friends of israel. >> he negotiated for hostages. >> there's a role -- we negotiated with hostages at the soviet union. we've negotiated with hostages depending on the scale. but there's a difference between releasing terrorists from guantanamo bay and -- >> they're all suspects, they're not terrorists. you haven't convicted them of anything. >> thaen than negotiat