omar abdel-rahman, the blind sheikh.blicans are raising concerns about a possible deal to release this guy from prison on humanitarian and health grounds. joining me now, ralph peters a fox news strategic analyst. republicans are raising these concerns about a possible release. the state department says there is no such deal and no quote senior egyptian officials have requested his release. what does it tell you? >> they also said there have been no talks recently about it. megyn. how much hard evidence is it going to take for this administration to realize that appeasement does not work? i have no doubt there were talks. whether the administration was going to release his mass murderer we don't know that. but this should have been a slam dunk no we are not talking about it done. but these -- this administration lives in a fantasy world where if you just keep appeasing radical muslims and keep ceding to their demands and repressing freedom of speech in the west, that somehow everything will be fine. megyn: but does it se

. >> you were of course the man who put the blind sheikh, omar abdel-rahman behind bars. there were reports that the recent uprising was spawned by calls for his release. do you think that is plausible? >> sure it's plausible. he is regarded as a totemic, as a heroic figure by many people in that part of the world, people who mean us ill, and there have been repeated demonstrations for his release. in fact, 9/11, osama bin laden's list of grievances included prominently the fact that he was in custody. he was the inspiration behind the assassination of anwar sadat, the inspiration behind the 1993 trade center bombing and planned campaign of bombings beyond that. his followers killed more than 60 tourists in luxor and cut some of them up horribly and put little messages in their bodies demanding his release, and then of course was 9/11. >> the new egyptian president, mohammad morsi, has vowed to pressure the u.s. to release this man. the justice department has said today the assertion that the blind sheikh may be transferred to egypt is utter garbage. do you think there's

for the 1993 world trade center bombing, omar abdel-rahman, many egyptians including the new egyptianhim to be released. there were documentation that protests were planned on the american embassy in cairo. based on that prior to 9/11, the administration is saying they didn't think it was about the blind sheik. but there is a back and foth about that. take a listen. >> let me say as clearly as i can, there is no plan to release the blind sheik. there is no plan. to my knowledge we have not been approached about it recently by any senior egyptians. >> the department do not give categorical denial. other than to say there is no plan now. well, how about tomorrow? how about next month? next year? i want absolute categorical answer that he is not going to be released, will never be released and he is going to die in prison. >> bret: jona? >> it's a bizarre response. in normal politics, if a politician says i have no plan to run, that is generally construed as he is going to run. and to say there is no plan is almost parsing of the word "is" there. it's a very strange thing. representative

suggesting that the obama administration is considering releasing the so-called blind sheikh, sheikh omar abdel rahman was responsible for the initial world trade center bombing back in the early '90s. they flatly denied that. what evidence do you have that they may be considering this request? >> first, wolf, they have not flatly denied it but let me say the basis for the letter, i sent it along with seven other senior house chairmen, committee chairmen and subcommittee chairmen because several months ago, president morsi in his inaugural address said he wanted the blind sheikh released to egyptian custody. then over the last several months, especially the last few weeks, i know my staff has contact with federal law enforcement saying questions are being asked if the sheikh were to be released or transferred, what the procedures would be. also, over the last several months, when i have had contact with different cabinet officials, we don't get a definite no. so the eight of us decided to send this letter to attorney general holder and secretary clinton and what the state department said yesterday, th

jon: a quick question about the blind sheikh, omar abdel rahman. and a number of republicans wrote the administration they heard it was possible he was considered to be released toward egyptian authorities. this was in connection with the first attack on the world trade center. the white house said it was never under consideration. are you satisfied with that explanation? >> no, i'm not. members of my staff were sold by senior people in law enforcement this is being considered. we don't know if it was or not. we were told by people we have reason to believe it was. that's why we contacted the administration. what we have gotten is not unequivocal answers. the state department says there is no plan and there is no recent contact with the egyptian government. we know president morsi has asked for this in the past. i'm not saying there is current plan. why don't they say there is no plan? should say one thing, that the blind sheikh will die in an american prison. that is only answer to this and they refuse to give that. jon: the semantics are importan