lou: senator lindsay gramm rail against the government's handling of the boston marathon bomber case. believe tear at toward the fighting crime and these are wavered people and this is not that big of a deal. give him of lawyer and reid and his rights and we will plea-bargain we're not fighting international radical islamist to hate our debts and we're sending the signal to disarm ourselves at a time of great threat. lou: he had of bellyful of the nonsense since boston and the fellow who was no longer the enemy combat and. least we'll joins us former criminal attorney arthel neville joins us. whether they doing in boston? how would you feel about what he said? >> el think they could try him as the enemy combatants. it was a crime, a terrorist attack on u.s. soil by a u.s. citizen. that equals a federal court the did mirandize ma couple of. lou: the people of the administration's aid could god and kill an american citizen with the missile from a drama you cannot call him an enemy combatants? >> i am upset because i said i would only do the segment if she took her normal position everyb

these people like john mccain and lindsay gramm have radicalized these people, haveuding the chechens who u can listen to my c-span call and you have the former cia bin laden head. he warned us that our foreign policy interventions in the muslim world, all of these neocon-motivated interventions. i notice that c-span has not been talking about it. i have great respect for c-span, but they have not talked about the senate just passed a resolution that basically gives israel carved blocks to attack iran. blanche. host: there's concern about losing intelligence if the suspect is not interrogated as an enemy combatant. caller: that might be invalid, but if we don't address the foreign policy, we will have waves ofeople attacking our cities. look at what they were able to do in boston -- shut down a whole city. been on "russia today" talking about the neocon agenda for syria. from now to gabriel laurel, maryland, on our democrat line. caller: good morning. first-time caller. i think these guys should not be classified as an enemy combatant, because he is a u.s. citizen. ,f he was timothy m

we want to play a clip of lindsey gramm is today, senator lindsay gramm on the "face the nation."deo clip] thehe fbi investigated obama brother but never shared the information with the people in boston. when he goes back to russia in january 2012 the da test does not share the information -- the dhs does not share the information with the fbi or cia. he creates a you to the channel where he gets radical extremist videos that he is interacting with. it is a failure to share information. these obvious warning signs -- we are going back to the pre- 9/11 still typing. your thoughts on information sharing? caller: it is always a challenge among state and federal authorities. it is early two 0.2 far into what was and was not shared. we do know that his information was untied. to whether or not that information was fully tapped, utilize, and extrapolate it is the real question here. months traveling overseas in russia is where you are quantified a lot of information and clues that and hopefully put together the entire mosaic of the investigation. want to talk about the issue of still pi

it shows lindsay gramm saying he was leery about chuck schumer. talked-about how marco rubio joined, and so on. that's the new york times this morning. back to your phone calls about the boston bombing, getting your reaction this morning. ben in st. paul, minnesota, a democrat. thanks for waiting. had specific things to say and then the militia caller called. i think he got everyone's attention for the wrong reason. one of our big problems as americans, we overlook dissenting arguments that are not ours and brush them off as wild or crazy instead of listening to what they have to say. that young man was obviously very passionate about what he felt. americans start getting into more discussions instead of find blame with al qaeda militia groups, and just look at what each other are saying, and we might not agree, like gay marriage and all those things. just because we don't agree, does not mean we can infringe on other people's opinions. thank you. host: rob in stockton, california, republican. caller: the sad thing is americans have been sold to s

air war college and was added to the panel at the request of our friend and colleague, senator lindsay gramm for serving our country, floor is yours. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member should -- crews. i come to you today from an you, and i will speak in generalities that level for my military experience relented use of remotely piloted aircraft for target the killings. i use the time -- term remotely piloted aircraft instead of drone's because that is part of the challenge. there's never permission operation campaign by al qaeda going on against us, and the word trone actually has a connotation that we have these autonomous vehicles flying around and striking a well without a whole lot of scrutiny in riverside . so the military does use the term remotely piloted aircraft to explain and to paint the picture that it actually takes a 200 individuals to keep one of these aircraft airborne for a 24-hour bit, and 200 individuals includes the operators, intelligence personnel, the maintenance personnel, equipment people call lawyers, and as part of the process you have literally hundreds o

we want tolay a clip of lindsey gramm is today, senator lindsay gramm on the "face the nation." [video clip] >> the fbi investigated the obama brother but never shared -- the older brother but never shared the information with the people in boston. when he goes back to russia in january 2012 the da test does not share the information -- hee dhs does not share the creates a you to the channel with. it is a failure to share information. these obvious warning signs -- -- missing obvious warning signs. we are going back to the pre- 9/11 stillyping. host: yourhoughts on information sharing? caller: it is always a challenge among state and federal authorities. it is early two 0.2 far into what was and was not shared. we do know that his information was untied. which is a big database. it is a watch list of sorts but that is not the formal name. as to whether or not that information was fully tapped, utilize, and extrapolate it is the real question here. i think the six months traveling overseas in russia is where you are quantified a lot of information and clues that and hopefully put