case. sara, thank you very much for sharing your exclusive reporting with us. joining us to discuss are edi r editor-in-chief of the daily beast john avlon and chris cillizza. john avlon, the idea that he is no longer agitated about the russia probe, that is newsworthy and notable. it sounds as though he is sort of transferred his ire to christopher wray, head of the fbi. this is some of maggie haberman s reporting, in addition to sara s. what s fascinating is the reason the president is incre e increasingly feeling he is going to be exonerated comes from the lawyer. expect a big exoneration. it will all be okay. there is light at the end of the tunnel. the dangerous trap is if there is not an exoneration, an
the first major test of president obama s plan for to try detainees there. seven military officers have been selected to sit on the jury. the defendant has been in custody since he was 15 years old. nbc s national investigative correspondent michael iskof is live in guantanamo bay. one of the things i m curious about is how much of this trial are you going to be able to observe? well, i was just watching the opening statements. they began just a little while ago. and it s a very high stakes trial for the administration, for the pentagon. the chief prosecutor started off with a bang quoting omar kha di r s own word he s gave to fbi interrogators when he first came to guantanamo in 2002. he said, quoting khadr, i m a terrorist trained by al qaeda. asked what he was most proud november his life, khadr replied, conducting operations