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>>brit: you do now know if he said that or not. what we know, when that affidavit came to him, filled with assertions that this reporter was doing his job and acting in a criminal way, he okayed it. >> we know that he recused himself in the a.p. case because he was a potential leaker. >>brit: we are not talking about that. >>juan: with the rosen case he was signing an after date. >>chris: we have to take a break and i will give an early tease and say panel plus, we will continue this discussion ...

>> he is the exact right person as attorney general of the united states to see what prosecutors did and how they came to this conclusion. >> he saw -- shouldnt he seen all that before the sign -- >> you cant see everything. the he said these are good people. he trusts his people. now its time for someone -- >> we want -- >> whether he has -- >> we dont know whether he said anything like that or not. we all know when that affidavit came to him, rife with assertions that this reporter was acting ...

He said -- juan, you dont know whether he said anything like that or not. what we all know is that when that hoo affidavit him to him reporting live, with assertions that the reporter doing his job was acting in a criminal way he okayed it. >> what we know is. >> chris: we are running out of time. >> he recused himself in that case because he was a potential leaker. >> i understand that. we are not talking about that case. >> in the rosen case he had nothing to do with. all he was doing was sign...

>>brit: you do now know if he said that or not. what we know, when that affidavit came to him, filled with assertions that this reporter was doing his job and acting in a criminal way, he okayed it. >> we know that he recused himself in the a.p. case because he was a potential leaker. >>brit: we are not talking about that. >>juan: with the rosen case he was signing an after date. >>chris: we have to take a break and i will give an early tease and say panel plus, we will continue this discussion ...

Attorney general and assertions from the president. for much of the past 600 days and he died 600 days ago his case is litigated through leaks from administration. im willing to concede maybe everything they say is true about him. its not about who he is but us as a society. how we treat the most rep henceble of our citizens says a lot about who we are. if we have the evidence, what was so dangerous we couldnt seek the indictment? i should say almost no one ever talks about this. the first time ...

Local book shop. "dirty wars," film maker of "dirty wars" premiering in select cities across the country june 7th. jeremy, thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> those factual allegations are part of an important political argument about why that targeted killing was okay. what do you maybe of those factual allegations? >> it was really interesting today, because the president also said that if he had the opportunity, he would have detained and prosecuted anwar awlaki. if thats tr...

Like chock-a-who wiaholics, republicans cannot let go of the idea that president obama had a hand in the targeting of conservative groups, no matter what the facts, independent investigation and sworn testimony would seem to suggest. >> its pretty inconceivable to me, that the president wouldnt know. its hard to imagine that it wouldnt have come up in some conversation. >> while you think hes in the middle of it. >> you dont think that the administration is in the middle of this? you dont think ...

A lot of critics of the president on this issue from the left have said that he has called for the closure of guantanamo bay but has not been willing to expend political capital. did these efforts that hes outline to you read like real action or just more words and more assertions? >> the key challenge is the president has to have a capital on capitol hill to close guantanamo and that hasnt been the case. there are a number of sfep could move that forward. until congress is willing to look at th...

They have already admitted it. >> you say obama is in the middle of it. >> they have admitted it. >> dan pfeiffer said the chief of staff was aware of it in april and he was not aware this was going on at the irs. >> how do you know? >> im going on what pfeiffer said. if you have something different you need to share it. >> what i am saying. >> pfeiffer didnt say what i think youre suggesting. they were worried about the white house in april but not worried whoever directed this and if that info...

You have made an opening statement, in which you made assertions of your innocence, assertions you did nothing wrong, assertions you broke no laws or rules. additionally, you have authenticated earlier answers to the ig. at this point, i believe you have not asserted your rights, but in fact have effectively waived your rights. would you please seek counsel for further guidance of this matter while we wait. >> i will not answer any questions or testify about the subject matter of this committees...