this is supposed to be the easiest trial to conduct. i guess the question is do you have any choice now except to hold all of the terror detainees at gitmo or either give them military trials or hold them indefinitely? i think the verdict needs to be put in a larger context. the sentence for what he was convicted of is 20 years to life. that is a significant sentence. secondly, some of the challenges in the courtroom would be the very same challenges before a military commission about whether or not certain evidence could be used. thirdly, we do believe that what are called article three trials, in other words in our civilian courts, are appropriate for the vast majority of detainees. there are some for whom it is not appropriate. you will get no argument from this administration on that point. when you look at the success record in civilian courts of convicting, sentencing, detain in maximum security prisons by the civilian courts it
detainees, at gitmo, and either give them military trials or hold them indefinitely. chris, i think that the verdict needs to be put into a larger context. the sentence for what he was convicted of is 20 years to life. now, that is a significant sentence. secondly, some of the challenges in the courtroom would be the very same challenges before a military commission about whether or not certain evidence could be used. thirdly, we do believe that what are called article 3 trials, in other words, in our civilian courts, are aproecht for the vast majority of detainees. there are some for whom it is not, a property. you ll get no arguments from this administration on that points. but when you look at the success record in civilian courts of convicting, sentencing, detake and maximum security prisons by the civil union courts it
older planes are not necessarily dangerous. the canadian government last week announced plans to phase out the plane in 2017. bill: it has an excellent history this plane the c-18. it does. it s had a good success record in the field. bill: there were eyewitnesses who said they heard a pop, pop, pop. what kind of a clue does that give you? it s really hard to say. there is no official word as to what caused the accident yet. it just happened on friday, so the authorities when they do their investigation release their reports, it s really hard to say. this guy is really lucky to be alive. bill: they saw sparks come out of one engine that is another clue that something was not right inside that plane. he was ejected and knocked unconscious. he was dragged for a while on the ground. witnesses say it looks as though he was dragged for several hundred feet. it s remarkable he got out of it as well as he did. bill: he has a sore back,
preamble has any impact. we are moving ahead with the missile defense. chris: with all due respect we are not going to solve this here and guys if i can move on to another subject. i know this is something particularly you senator graham want to talk about and that is about terror detainees and how we handle them. we had secretary of state clinton on fox news sunday last week and despite the fact that the alleged coconspirator, i guess he has now been convicted in the case of the bombings of the u.s. embassies in africa, although he was convicted on one count he was acquitted and all of the other 284 counts. despite all of that here is what secretary clinton said last week about the handling of detainees in federal civilian trials. let s look. when you look at the success record in civilian courts of convicting, sentencing, detaining in maximum security prisons by the civilian courts it surpasses what yet has been accomplished in the military