Botched Plan?

" It's. All right after taking office President Obama made closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay one of his top priorities and said he would get done by late January. With the deadline a little over two months away there are still some 200 detainees in legal limbo. Now senator Lindsey Graham one of the few Republicans to support the president's decision -- says the administration. Botched the plan he says there's a war inside the White House. Over how to get it done senator Lindsey Graham joins us now live on Capitol Hill senator welcome to you -- When you sit there isn't -- war within the White House about what to do on gitmo. Who exactly is fighting that -- in your estimation."

" Well I think there's some people and that Justice Department -- and some of the -- levels that did not wanna recognize their world war my my concern has been. That closing gitmo has to be done the right way is being used by enemy as a propaganda tool and recurring go -- to starting over would be good. But if we're gonna close gitmo and send the detainees in the federal civilian court. And get away from the military modeling go back to the law enforcement model. And they've lost me we tried the law enforcement model in the ninety's in the first -- World Trade Center bombing. -- evidence wound up in the hands about KF. Civilian courts not the way to try these people should be in military courts have been told that Sheikh Mohammed the mastermind and 9/11 they go to federal court. In New York can be given the same constitutional rights as any American citizen that would be huge mistake and they would lose -- if they did that."

" Well again and quite frankly you have said. And -- Catherine Herridge has worked this on this because she's been covering this for quite some time you have -- you would like some are as the Defense Secretary Robert Gates. If he would specifically like this she can't -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed tried. In a federal court and the concern is. That that that he would get the constitutional rights of all Americans do you believe the White House. Wants Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to get the constitutional -- rights of all Americans."

" I think there's some people in the White House believe could be taken to federal court you're getting away from the bush. Years well if you take in the federal court like they did the blind -- In the 1990s. You'll have to share with the defense intelligence information in the 1990s that information wound up in the hands of al-Qaeda. The un indicted co conspirator -- judgment Casey the former attorney general."

" With the judge in that trolleys that federal courts will be a disaster the military courts -- what we've been doing for 200 years."

" To try people who have taken up our kids in our states or -- stopped the people at gitmo are not accused of robbing a liquor store. They're accused of taking up arms against the country that's a big difference."

" Yet when you say turn this over we're talking of course about the process of discovery where you have to turn over all the evidence to the defendants I want you said the president screwed this up senator. And I -- reaching out what we have just gotten from Mike Emanuel reaction from the White House they're saying and quoting here I would note. But the president established an inner agency task force at the beginning of the administration to carefully review the evidence. And intelligence relating to each detainee. The previous administration succeeding. In prosecuting only three detainees and more than seven years. This administration. Is committed to pursuing swift and certain justice where ever possible. For those in Guantanamo who have killed Americans committed acts of terrorism or enabled others to do so your reaction to that comment --"

" I hope so what what they're ready to be tried right now we have a courtroom at Guantanamo Bay against the pound the best courtroom in the world from the security point of view. Sheikh Mohammed is ready going to court and tell us what he did. And nine elevenths so my challenge to the administration as we reform the military commissions embrace teasing them. Tell us what you're planets. Where we gonna put these detained. Are we gonna try the what constitutional rights will they be given. Other recidivism rate is going through the roof for people were releasing here recently. So what I'm looking from the president as a detailed plan that recognizes where war. These people are not common criminals and what are we gonna do -- them if we bring them to America that's been missing. He told us on this very first day it will come close gitmo and asset less try to do that -- months later we have no idea what we're going."

" That South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham senator thank you sure we that we should also -- that 9/11 families 200 of them have now signed on to this letter. To the White House saying that they want. These 9/11 terrorists tried in federal courts I'm sorry in military courts not in federal court senator Graham think --"