>> the pentagon refused to acknowledge that this was an incident in the sort of larger global war on terror. >> there's a reason. if they label him a terrorist giving the very deserving people purple hearts and the families of the people who died purple hearts then that makes the defense say, oh, you've labeled him a terrorist. he's got no chance for a fair trial. let's throw it out. please, just wait. it starts may 29th. >> a military tribunal so the viewers understand. a military tribunal. the truth is what you do in the field of battle, if someone is a perpetrator, they don't get a trial. they're no longer entitled to a fair tropical. >> but u.s. soil and complicated. they'll get the purple hearts. >> there's a counter point. after 9/11, the people who died in the pentagon got a purple heart haen that did the no have an affect on the trial. so i think that's not necessarily a great argument for this. for denying our heroes what they deserve, the purple hearts and,