patrick murphy. thanks for being here. seema, i want to start with the whitey bulger case and that question. do you expect him to testify? overall, what s the defense s strategy? krystal, dear, i hope not. hasn t he said enough? any time we ve seen that man in court, he s basically getting bleeped for cursing. so can you just imagine what he s going to say? it would be great tv. of course, of course. that s why we re here. however, at this point president defense has done enough to set up some sort of reasonable doubt in this case. if he testifies like within every other case, state or federal, in this country, when a defendant testifies, the case becomes all about the defendant. in this case, whitey bulger has said so much damaging that s not on the record it could only get worse. my advice is he won t. let s see what murphy says. i want to talk about edward snowden, the man we say has been eating cinnabon after cinnabon
leaks that may endanger lives. it s a serious charge. seema, i want to look at that in the context of the manning case. different than snowden in that it s much farther along, although he would presumably face very similar criticism. there is an espionage charge pending against him if he would ever return to america. in the manning case, and we ll hear the verdict tomorrow, take a listen to something a law professor wrote about how far some of these prosecutors theories have gone. he writes, the courts has taken a step to validate the prosecution s extreme theory that by leaking materials to the press, the source of classified materials is communicating with the enemy indirectly. the source gives materials to the journalists. the journalists publishes. the enemy reads that publication and presto, the source is now guilty of the offense of aiding the enemy. that is a new and rather aggressive approach. it may resolve a lot in what we hear in this verdict tomorrow.
seema, again, for those instructions, beyond a reasonable doubt, there was still reasonable doubt. even though she still felt he was guilty, there was still reasonable doubt. it is what it is. i wish he was found guilty. we also have to remember, these are ordinary citizens. they re not trained people. they re there to do a service. so i have a lot of empathy for her in that regard. seema and patrick, i ve been watching you guys together all summer. it s great to actually have you on and be here with you. thank you so much for joining us again. thanks, everybody. all right. up next, abby s inaugural spin cycle, and it is a talker. weiner, filner, what are you guys thinking? oh, bo i. being sixteen, alex thinks he s invincible. his dad knows he s not. that s why dad got allstate accident forgiveness. it starts the day you sign up. [ female announcer ] with accident forgiveness from allstate, your rates won t go up just because of an accident, even if it s your fault.
we are in the middle of three major legal cases today, each with its own bit of intrigue. in the court-martial of private bradley manning, the judge will reid a verdict tomorrow. manning is looking at a possible life sentence if convicted of aiding the enemy and faces 20 other countries, including espionage. on the international level, attorney general eric holder has informed russia that the man behind the prism leak, edward snowden, will not be tortured and will not face the death penalty. and in what may be the most dramatic proceedings, the defense began presenting witnesses in the priel of whitey bulger today. they re looking to convict on gambling, extortion, drug trafficking, and 19, yes, 19 murder charges. a question on everyone s mind is, will whitey testify? he has apparently told a friend he wants to set the record straight. joining us are the captains of our legal team, attorney seema ayer, and former prosecutor
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