system is the best justice system in the entire world. everything that our justice system does should be able to withstand the scrutiny of the light of day. and if another entity needs to come, in like, for example, the inspector general s office and investigate these circumstances to determine whether or not there is any torture, then so be it. there shouldn t be any pride in maintaining any secrecy about the way that he is being confined. eric: jed, i have to think there are a million or two or three or five million people out there watching this right now saying where are we? what have we come to where we are worried about a guy who may have leaked state secrets, now we have to worry about his feelings for being confined for 23 hours in a cell. first off nicole is right. i agree wholeheartedly. the people pushing pushing thise agenda should call in the i.g. and have him look at that where we are right now is in the period between when the investigation began and the time the cha
having read the charge sheets that they re going to be further charges preferred against this guy. and then we will go to trial. i mean, look how long it took to bring the fort hood shooter to trial. it s still, what, a year and three quarters or a year and a half? i mean, it takes a while. it s a big, complicated case. a lot of people, a lot of documents. it s going to take some time. eric: what about that, nicole, the fort hood shooter if he hasn ted of anything yet. saw him shoot 13 or 14 feel and kill him. should he be allowed the same thing that allowed private manng walk amongst the general prison population? our justice system works best when the people within it are treated fairly and the same. that means that we have to be when we are as powerful as we in for it to work well we have to treat the most reviolated of the criminals accused in our system as fairly as the most minor accusation for our justice system to work.
system is the best justice system in the entire world. everything that our justice system does should be able to withstand the scrutiny of the light of day. and if another entity needs to come, in like, for example, the inspector general s office and investigate these circumstances to determine whether or not there is any torture, then so be it. there shouldn t be any pride in maintaining any secrecy about the way that he is being confined. eric: jed, i have to think there are a million or two or three or five million people out there watching this right now saying where are we? what have we come to where we are worried about a guy who may have leaked state secrets, now we have to worry about his feelings for being confined for 23 hours in a cell. first off nicole is right. i agree wholeheartedly. the people pushing pushing thise agenda should call in the i.g. and have him look at that where we are right now is in the period between when the investigation began and the time the cha
defense attorney nicole. i want to start with you. so what if manning is in solitary? who cares? the guy has sensitive state secrets and singing like a canary. well, the reality is that he is accused at this point. he hasn t been convicted of anything. and unless he is a threat to either the rest of the inmates or to himself, then he ought to be handled like any other inmate. there is no reason. eric: we re not talking about a gay, you about a guy who ripped off a 7/11 for cigarettes. he has state secrets that could put troops, dignitaries, lives at risk. so that is the accusation. right now, unfortunately, would he haven t heard anything in a court of law about exactly what the real truth is. and so until he is actually convicted of any crime we have to assume he is innocent until proven guilty. what about it? is this a special circumstance? is this one guy that should be treated just a little bit differently. nicole has it at least
defense attorney nicole. i want to start with you. so what if manning is in solitary? who cares? the guy has sensitive state secrets and singing like a canary. well, the reality is that he is accused at this point. he hasn t been convicted of anything. and unless he is a threat to either the rest of the inmates or to himself, then he ought to be handled like any other inmate. there is no reason. eric: we re not talking about a gay, you about a guy who ripped off a 7/11 for cigarettes. he has state secrets that could put troops, dignitaries, lives at risk. so that is the accusation. right now, unfortunately, would he haven t heard anything in a court of law about exactly what the real truth is. and so until he is actually convicted of any crime we have to assume he is innocent until proven guilty. what about it? is this a special circumstance? is this one guy that should be treated just a little bit differently.