retired air force colonel morris davis was formerly the top prosecutor for terrorist suspects held at guantanamo bay. colonel davis spoke at the national press club recently, explaining what he sees as the problems with the military trials at guantanamo bay. all right. good morning, everyone. is this on? can you hear me okay? sure. okay, it s a small room. i m loud. good morning. thank you so much for joining us. i am molly mcincludeky. i m a member of the board of governors here at the national press club and a freelance journalist, and i m so proud to welcome colonel morris davis to this newsmaker this morning. during an election cycle that has seen an increasing crackdown on press freedoms and an administration that has also become known for censoring its critics and journalists alike, i can think of few more relevant guests than colonel davis to join us day. now, morris davis was the former chief prosecutor for the guantanamo military commissions, and he later spoke out
justice joins a discussion on and the courtip and a panel talking about transparently in the nation s highest court. later, a look at veterans mental healthcare issues. woodruff of pbs news on womenrates an event leadership in the judiciary. from supreme court a former member of the israeli supreme court. this event was held by the museum of women in the arts in march. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the national museum in the arts where leadershiparts, and come together every day. and we are so glad to have you for this evening with our three justices. to be very pleased partnering once again with the embassy of france and especially want to give a thanks to madame sofie for being a a us.erful partner with [applause] my remarks tonight are logistics. willuldville this we have this wonderful conversation this evening and that will end with q&a. at 6:00 we will go to the third floor for a reception and then b
that s where you may see an agenda. my question really is, i know in the united eight we have places inre judges are elected. canada and israel, are there some judges and court systems where there is an election? are you kidding? i remember in judgment at nuremberg there is a scene where marlena dietrich is walking with spencer tracy. i love movies. oscar night for me is a religious night. she said, this is your country? i remember it was so odd the notion that you are directly responsive to the public for the decisions where you have to choose a side that may not be the one giving you the money. who do you go to for fund raising? i m not saying there are very good judges who are elected. theory ofg about the an election where you are directly responsible to the majority for decision-making. , ifou are doing sentencing you are doing constitutional rights, you are having to decide a minority versus a majority interest, and if you really like hearing a judge and you want to g
coming up later today, remarks by kevyn orr, the emergency manager for detroit. asis overseeing the finances they emerge from bankruptcy. he announced it tension agreement with a number of detroit employees. live coverage of his remarks scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. eastern. this past tuesday, the supreme court heard arguments in a case andlving the aereo company whether it in french on rights of networks by offering programs without paying copyright fees. you can hear that argument and comments from the attorneys tonight at 8:00 eastern. at 2:15 eastern, whistleblowers talk about the challenges they face in exposing wrongdoing. here s a portion of the program. snowden looked at these look at chelsea manning, assange, realize he had to be out of the country if he was going to put out this amount of information and to be able to tell what he had done and why he had done and to comment as he has been doing. speak i was out on bond throughout my trial and i was able to spe
this. i m anxious to hear today thatn the near future is the discussion will continue. bere may be things that can tried, there may be alternatives. but what i do not wish to do is to simply have the issue put to rest. at this time. because i am concerned that there may be a better mouse trap, i m not sure. following the shooting incident i discussed airport security issues with leaders of the american alliance of airport police officers. our discussion i wrote t.s.a.r to two administrator in which i recommended that law enforcement withins be stationed 300 feet of t.s.a. passenger screening checkpoints. and i have a copy of that letter today and with the committee s consent i will include it in the hearing record. i was pleased to learn that t.s.a. was responsive to the raised in itsi report. specifically t.s.a. issued standards calling for an increased presence of law highcement officers at traffic locations within the peak travelh as times and checkpoints and ticket counte