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Potentially. so thats why they have stricter rules and regulations. >> in america, we put checks and balances in place. abuses will occur. >> police say that they follow much stricter protocol than hobbyists. >> melissa: thank you for that that. the presidents meeting with all of the senators in the g.o.p. we hope to hear from them soon. plus president trump explains a voter fraud and its mission. why its already off to a rocky start. >> if any state doesnt want to share this information, one mu...

What this adoption issue is. the adoption is the red herring. what happened is the united states passed sanctions not against russia as a country, as an economy, but against a specific series of russian oligarchs and officials around putin who were accused of human rights abuses and corruption. those guys who are really the russian power elite, they want to be able to send their money a abro abroad, they want to be able to send their daughters and sons to boarding schools in england and their mi...

Nepotism. it draws people close because of this comfort factor, but it almost always results in great vulnerability and often great damage. what do you think? the last notorious pardoning was president clinton pardoning -- what do you think about trump saying im going to pardon these people preemptively? >> he can. one of the greatest abuses back then was when bill clinton pardoned his own brother, which was outrageous. the problem is that if you push down on the criminal side, it tends to push ...

Lets get to this. why do we have nepotism laws, and why are the trumps getting away with breaking the spirit of them? >> well, nepotism laws have existed in various countries for centuries. the term nepotism actually comes from papal abuses where people were given cardinal hats. it was abusive back then. it almost uniformly worked against the sponsors because, as youve already noted, it adds a vulnerability to you because a failure of a family member becomes your failure. people like the clinton...

The term limit say ceiling not a floor and while influence is critical and this committee intends to closely examine the circumstances of mr. comeys firing, history shows that the ten-year term limit isnt there to protect the fbi director from politicians or politics, its there to protect -- to help prevent the fbi director from overreaching or abusing power. for more than 50 years the fbi was run by j. edgar hoover, arguably the most independent fbi director in history. the very people charged ...

Nominees knowledge of the justice departments legal justification for the cias use of torture during the bush administration as well as his knowledge of detainee abuse by the military in iraq. i have said before that the cias use of torture as part of its detention and interrogation program are a stain on our nations value and our nations history. the senate intelligence committees torture report was issued in december of 2014 when i was chairman of that committee. it outlined in specific the ho...

And at one point it quieted for a while and it did cause disruptions, and maybe a handful of cases nationwide, maybe one instance in my state. i think we should look at that, because there are misconceptions about how the program was run, whether there were any abuses of it and if there was, we need to work on that, but sending uncertainty out there could have a chilling effect on the investment local law enforcement will take that will assist them better to work with the agency that im convince...

And while independents from partisan influence is critical and this committee tends to closely examine the circumstances of mr. comeys firing, history shows that the ten-year term limit isnt there to protect the fbi director from politicians or politics, its there to protect -- to help prevent the fbi director from overreaching or abusing power. for more than 50 years the fbi was run by j. edgar hoover, arguably the most independent fbi director in history. the very people charged with constrain...

More about the nominees knowledge for the cias use of torture during the bush administration and knowledge of detainee abuse in iraq. the cias use of torture are a stain on our nations values and history. the senate intelligence committees torture report was issued in 2014 when i was chairman of that committee. it all lined the horrific abuses of detainees and the flimsy legal reasoning used to justify such practices. christopher wray was the assistant deputy attorney general when the office of ...

Knowledge of the justice departments legal justification for the cias use of torture during the bushed ed administra. as well as his knowledge of detainee abuse by the military in iraq. i have said before that the cias use of torture as part of its detention and interrogation program are a stain on our nations value and our nations history. the senate intelligence committee commreport in 2014 wh was chairman of that committee. it outlined in specific the horrific abuses of detainees as well as t...