suspect apprehended can be admissible in court even if they are asked before miranda and the rights are read. someone asked where s the gun? they pointed to where the gun was. that was allowed in the criminal proceeding. how long does that public safety last? abdull abdull abdullah, the christmas day bomber. it will depend in part on the health of tsarnaev and how quickly they ll able to get answers from him. in the way he s coe herein and understands the questions and engage with him. i m not trying to be cavalier about it. i m not accusing you of that.
of civilian trial versus enemy combatant. the obama administration trying to demonstrate civilian tools are adequate and tough enough to make everybody safe. in that process the public safety exception seems to be evolving for terrorism purposes. for example, just to sort of track we remember that the so-called christmas day bomber who was briefly interrogated under the public safety exception but then very quickly given his miranda rights. that set off a fire storm of criticism not being tough enough on terrorists. the next high profile veevent w the fire square bomber. you can ask somebody where there s a reasonably objective
coffee, it s good to have you with us tonight. thanks for joining us so late at night. caller: thanks for including me, rachel. it became big news that dzhokhar tsarnaev was not read his miranda rights and might not be at the initial portion of his interrogation because of the public safety exemption. is that an unusual decision? would you have expected that? it s a matter of degree. this comes against a backdrop as you were talking about, rachel, of civilian trials versus enemy combatant, military tribunal status. in the obama administration, they were trying to demonstrate that civilian tools are adequate, they re tough enough to make everybody safe. so in that process, the public safety exception seems to be evolving for terrorism purposes. for example, just to sort of track, we remember the so-called christmas day bomber who was
so much erroneous information provided, that undermines public confidence and when public confidence is undermined it impairs the ability of the public to participate in the solution of these situations. if you think about the terrorist events that have been disrupted and solutions that we found, whether it is the shoe-bomber, christmas day bomber, the times square bomber in recent years, the public has been very aggressively involved and at the forefront in helping with these solutions and it is important when we deal with the public we give them sound information that does not contain error because error undermines trust. bill: john ashcroft, excellent point at the end there. we really appreciate your feedback and your insight today and your counterpart eric holder is briefing next hour. we ll be listening for headlines from him as well. former attorney general john ashcraft. thank you for being with us today. my pleasure. bill: we ll talk to former massachusetts senator scott
2009. christmas day bomber, hurricane sandy and the cyber threat and now, the boston attack, it s easy to become concerned with this budget request. under the president s new budget, the department of homeland security s hospital preparedness program would take a $120 million hit. a cut of 32%. i want to bring in dr. redliner, director of the national center of preparedness. the hospitals here in boston have been credited with their quick, coordinated response, how it saved lives and let me just play devil s advocate, which isn t an enviable position. when they observe these cuts, some might suggest they just need to be more efficient. what would you say to them? i think first of all, it was a remarkable response by the boston medical community both on the scene and in the hospitals. in addition to that, the citizen reaction. all fantastic.