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I would say the investigation by the Joint Terrorism Task Force is a solid example of why Bush administration had national security and anti-terrorism wrong in many respects. This illustrates the integral role that law enforcement and intelligence gathering play in fighting terrorism here at home.

As excellent guest on Lopate's show yesterday pointed out: Cheyney has a supreme self interest in all of this, the guest said he was a "torturer" -- should his assessment of the situation count as much as our President's?

his job wasn't to be liked by the white house.

no one asks tough questions, there's too few who care for the answers.

Gregory did ask some good questions. Then he was lied to, and never did any follow-up, lest he appear rude. Ergo, he basically just gave people a forum to lie on television, because contradicting them would be "biased." That's what passes for good journalism? Enjoy the war...

Brian - please point out to DG that it doesn't matter if one hundred percent of the public is for waterboarding. It's a federal crime, and it's against international law. Torture or not (and it clearly is), you can't do it. Challenge him!

Exactly "former" VP, we did not hear a word from him when bush was in office, all of a sudden he needs a high media profile?? please.

Brian, you're doing a really good job trying to get something substantive here, but Gregory is a bit of a lost cause. We don't have enough prisons to keep these people in? We have more than any other advanced society, so I think we're doing OK there. You *almost* got him to admit this topic is nothing more than shameful fearmongering, but then, that's his job, too, so he's not likely to admit his part in the sick joke. Outstanding attempt, though.

How about that prison offered last night on Olbermann's show in Montana? There was a representative of the town where a brand new high tech super secure prison in the middle of beautiful Montana that is empty and the town it's in has 47% unemployment. This guy offered that prison for the Guantanamo prisoners. What happened to that?

Oh whateva! We have more dangerous criminals locked up in some state penitentiaries than in Guantanamo!

My question is; what's wrong with our federal prisons? Do the members of Senate feel that our prisons are not secure enough to hold these prisoners? Do they know something we don't know? These prison are already holding very dangerous and violent Americans. Are we safe from them?

There is strong opposition toward "hate-crimes" legislation...... the theory being : murder is murder..... and the motivation is irrevilent.
Why does locking up a terrorist for murder terrify these same individuals ? Suddenly crimes committed w/ intent to terrify need special treatment.

David Gregory could learn a thing or two from Brian Lehrer about interviewing people. Brian Lehrer should have David Gregory's job.

David Gregory utterly fails to understand three key points:

1. Guantanamo is a problem entirely of our own making. We should never have imprisoned the vast majority of them, denying them *all* rights in the first place.

2. Many detainees have already been released. The Times has a story reporting claims by the military that 1 in 7 released detainees return to terrrorism. We have *only* the military's claims about this. But it is worth asking how many of each 7 were ever terrorists in the first place.

3. The whole point of a right is that it is inviolable. This is why we have a Bill of Rights. Rights are not subject to compromise.

Wasn't John McCain in favor of closing Guantanamo to?

Regarding the alleged Riverdale terror plot, surely some questions must be asked about FBI and NYPD tactics. Would any of the alleged plotters have been anything more than angry and vocal (or whatever they were) if not for the FBI/NYPD cajoling, coercing, collaboration?

What would happen if the FBI or NYPD thought they had everything under control and then found out the awful way that they didn't?