COULD’VE BEEN THOUSANDS MORE
VICTIMS. PETE: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
PETE: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET’S BRING IN SHANNON, THE "FOX
NEWS SUNDAY" ANCHOR.
THE FOX NEWS CHIEF LEGAL
CORRESPONDENT.
WE ARE EXCITED FOR YOUR SHOW
TODAY.
WE ARE ALSO THE HAPPY TO HAVE
YOU HERE ON 9/11 AND HEAR YOUR
MESSAGE.
>> IT’S INTERESTING TO LOOK BACK
AT THE LEGAL DRAMA THAT’S GONE
ON FOR 21 YEARS WE HEAR SOMEBODY
OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND LOVED
ONESELF BEHIND THAT SAY WHY IN
THE WORLD HAD PEOPLE CONNECTED
TO THIS DATA BEEN HELD AT
GUANTÁNAMO BAY FOR TWO DECADES,
NOT BEEN HELD LEGALLY
RESPONSIBLE IN SOME WAY.
THERE’S BEEN A HUGE DEBATE
ONGOING WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE
IN CIVILIAN COURT AND WHETHER
THE TRIBUNALS ARE WAIT TO GET IT
DONE.
SO MANY DELAYS OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
I CANCEL HEREINAFTER CANCEL
HEREINAFTER CANCEL HEARING.
WE HAD COVERED THAT MESSED UP
EVERYBODY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS
BUT PRIOR TO THE 18 - 19 YEARS
OF NOTHING GETTING RESULTS FOR
THESE FAMILIES.
NOW A TALK OF A PLEA DEAL MAYBE
THEY WOULD FACE THE DEATH
PENALTY.
A LOT OF FOLKS SAYING THIS IS IN
A DEATH PENALTY CASE.
IF THAT IS SOMETHING YOU BELIEVE
IN THERE WOULD NOT BE ANOTHER
CASE THAT WILL QUALIFY.
FRUSTRATION FOR THE FAMILIES AS
THE LEGAL BATTLES CONTINUE IT
SEEMS LIKE WE ARE NOT CLOSER
INCHING TO A RESOLUTION OF THE
NUMBERS OF MEN WHO HAD BEEN
CONNECTED TO MONEY TRANSFERS ARE
HELPING IN PLANNING THE 9/11
ATTACKS THAT’S THE VERY LEAST
THAT WE ALL THESE FAMILIES AND
LOVED ONES LEFT BEHIND IN THE
FIRST RESPONDERS WHO BRAVELY RAN
IN AND MADE THE SACRIFICE ON
THAT TRAGIC DAY.
RACHEL: IS SUCH A GREAT POINT
SHANNON.
WE HAD A GUEST HERE TIM
FROEHLICH WHO SAYS WE NOW HAVE
PROOF THAT THE FBI IS PROVIDING
PROOF THAT THERE ARE MEMBERS OF
THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT, NOT JUST
INDIVIDUAL TERRORIST BUT HE SAYS
THERE ARE CONNECTIONS TO THE
SAUDI GOVERNMENT AND THAT’S
ANOTHER AREA THE SUM OF THE
VICTIMS FEEL HAS TO BE EXPLORED
AND JUSTICE HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO
BEAR ON THOSE PEOPLE AS WELL
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAUDI
GOVERNMENT.
>> THERE HAS BEEN CALLS FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS ALL KINDS
OF PLANES AND POTENTIAL ISSUES
IN PARTIES INVOLVED.
THESE FAMILIES SIMPLY WANT
ANSWERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
I THINK ALL OF US AS AMERICANS
FEEL THAT TO.
THERE NEED TO BE ANSWERS AND THE
NEED TO BE RESOLUTIONS
ESPECIALLY WITH ONGOING CASES.
THERE HAVE BEEN CIVIL MATTERS,
CRIMINAL MATTERS AND YET WE
STILL HAVE THE MEN SITTING AT
GUANTANAMO BAY.
THEY SAID WE DON’T WANT TO WIN
THE TALK OF CLOSING IT DOWN AND
MOVING THEM ELSEWHERE.
THEY DID NOT WANT TO MOVE TO
ANOTHER PRISON BECAUSE THEY LIKE
TO SET UP AT GUANTANAMO BAY.
I DON’T THINK MOST AMERICANS ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT LIKING THE SET
UP THAT THEY GOT.
THEY WANT ANSWERS AND JUSTICE. IT SEEMS LIKE 21 YEARS AT THE
IT SEEMS LIKE 21 YEARS AT THE
LEAST WE CAN DO.
PETE: IT IS SO TRUE I WAS A
GUARD IN 2004 - 2005 WHEN THERE
WERE 700 INCLUDING K SM THEY
WERE SETTING UP MILITARY
TRIBUNALS HELPING THEY CAN EXPEDITIOUSLY DO IT.
EXPEDITIOUSLY DO IT.
HERE WE ARE 15 YEARS AFTER THAT.
REAL QUICKLY WANT TO GET TO YOUR
SHOW.
YOU SAID THE WHY, WHAT IS THE
WHY IN THE BIGGEST BLOCKAGE OF
THIS PROCESS MOVING FORWARD IN
YOUR LEGAL ASSESSMENT?
SHANNON: PART OF IT, THE FACT
THESE MEN UNDERWENT, I THINK WE
COULD SAY EASILY NONTRADITIONAL
INTERROGATION OF THE ALLEGATIONS
OF TORTURE AND REPORTING AND HOW
THAT FIGURES IN TO THE WAY THAT
THE EVIDENCE WAS GLEANED FROM
THE PROCEDURES CAN BE USED.
IT’S AN ONGOING LEGAL BATTLE
OVER THAT.
SOMETHING THEY NEED TO MOVE
FORWARD.
WILL: THAT’S THE ISSUE WHY THERE
HASN’T BEEN A CIVILIAN TRIAL,
WHY THERE HAS BEEN A MILITARY
TRIBUNAL IN THE SAME IN A
SIMILAR ACCOUNTABILITY IS A
GREAT QUESTION.
TODAY AS WE MENTIONED TAKES OVER
THE REINS OF "FOX NEWS SUNDAY"
STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. EASTERN
TIME.
SHANNON WHAT CAN WE LOOK FORWARD
TO ON YOUR INAUGURAL SHOW?
SHANNON: OF COURSE ARE GOING TO
RECOMMEND 9/11 THROUGHOUT THE
SHOW.
THE SOMBER DAY BUT WANT TO
CELEBRATE OUR HEROES AND TO
REMEMBER THE PEOPLE LEFT BEHIND.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE QUEEN AS
THE WORLD IS MOURNING HER DEATH.
LIVE COVERAGE IN LONDON AS YOU
GUYS KNOW.
THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UK
WILL BE WITH US TO TALK ABOUT
THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE TWO COUNTRIES IN ABOUT THE
QUEEN’S LEGACY.
THEN WE WILL GET POLITICAL
BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THE SHOW IS
ABOUT AT ITS CORE.
SENATORS FROM BOTH SIDE OF THE
AISLE ON TESTING TIM SCOTT TO
TALK ABOUT THE HEATED RHETORIC
AND ACCUSATIONS AGAINST MEGA
REPUBLICANS AND WHAT DOES IT
MEAN AND HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD
FROM HERE.
WE ALSO HAVE AT THE 9/11
REMEMBRANCES NEW YORK YANKEES
RETIRE PICTURE, HE WAS THERE THE
NIGHT PORT UNDER PRESIDENT
GEORGE W. BUSH THROUGHOUT THE
PITCH IN 2003 AS A UNIFIED
MOMENT TO SEE HOW SPORTS BROUGHT
US TOGETHER.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT IF THAT’S
STILL POSSIBLE IN SPORTS CAN
WORK TODAY AND HOW HE’S DEALING
WITH FIRST RESPONDERS AND TITLES
TO TOWERS NOW.
RACHEL: 70 PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT
YOU TAKING THE HELM I GET