lawyer. you ve been look noog this guy. what about him? mr. fidell is one of the founders of the national institute of military justice. one of the interesting things about him is that he s kind of created a career on his own in terms of putting in amicus briefs to court of appeals. amicus means a friend of the court brief. he s been a friend of the court trying to protect the right of so-called terrorist detainees, enemy combatants. in several cases, the hamdan case, and others, he s spoken out on behalf of detainees, enemy combatants, at guantanamo bay. he s been he is used to working against the u.s. military complex? he s expert on military law, but his institute has made it one of its specialties to put in these amicus briefs on behalf of
watching fox & friends. welcome. brian kilmeade off today. peter johnson, jr. is in and it s a perfect day to have a lawyer in the seat, isn t it? sure is. peter johnson, jr., always great to see you and thanks for starting your day with us here. we have a fox news alert for you. fox & friends confirming that bowe bergdahl has hired a civilian lawyer. we spoke to the lawyer earlier, declined to come on of the with you we found out information here. that they spoke as late as last week and that they actually met in person. that lawyer is eugene fidel and peter johnson, jr., we understand you have some interesting information. he s a coast guard veteran, but also a co-founder of something called the national institute of military justice. he s been active in preparing so-called amicus briefs to the united states supreme court. it s friend of the court brief. he s been a friend of the court with regard to the issue of enemy combatants.
a double standard in the ft. hood shooting massacre. you may recall the case. army psychiatrist major nidal hasan is accused of killing people last november. last week they began making some of the evidence available to hasan s civilian attorney. that attorney says the military judge issued a gag order for bidding him from divulging information from the evidence but he claims there is no gag order for the army prosecutors. now he has started a blog to state his case, so let s talk about all of this with eugene bidel, president of the national institute of military justice. good to see you. good morning. so i wonder does this attorney have a point that it s unusual that a gag order would be imposed on just the defense and it s not being imposed on the prosecutors? do we know that for sure? well, we only have colonel