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and, or, importantly, the obverse of that is that it could also indicate what we do not know about a foreign nation. which could give them some form of reassurance, particularly if its an adversary. so, nuclear capabilities, number of weapons, how many are on alert, maintenance status, training status of their personnel or command and control, there is a whole plethora of kinds of information pertaining to a nuclear offense or defense that could be revealed or information could be infe...

The fact that barr was sort of known as attorney general as someone who had a very strong belief in, you know, the power of the executive branch, the power of the president himself. and now, he seems to be saying that, you know, trump really does not have a valid executive claim. perhaps this is all just because of the bitter taste left in his mouth after all that trump has said about him, and the way that he departed administration. but barr has had a bit of a shift here when it comes to trump....

This committee is pursuing the phone records of others with ties to former president trump. more on that in a minute. first, cnns paula reid with this new strategy by one of trumps closest allies. >> reporter: a significant blow for the house select committee investigating january 6th. as former trump chief of staff mark meadows says he will no longer cooperate. in a letter obtained by cnn, today meadows attorney informed the panel, we agreed to provide thousands of pages of responsive documents...

Their deadlines. in the subpoenas. for handing over documents and testifying to the committee. some of these figures are apparently complying, some of them are not. now the committee has pretty explicitly said that they are not going to say take square you for an answer, they keep saying theyll pursue -- who blows off the subpoenas. but we dont know what that will look like it. in addition, president bidens white house counsel dana wray miss tonight, formerly notified the national archives that ...

Are exempt has been rejected by circuit after circuit. we dont know the answer yet as to president trump. theres only one -- >> why do you say its been rejected circuit after circuit when its not relevant because it doesnt deal with the president? the whole question is about the president. hes in charge of investigations. the doj is under him. theoretically he could start and stop any investigation he wants to, no? >> chris, that theory has also been rejected, for example, in the morrison v. ols...

The theory that public officials are exempt has been rejected by circuit after circuit. we dont know the answer yet as to president trump. theres only one -- >> why do you say its been rejected circuit after circuit when its not relevant because it doesnt deal with the president? the whole question is about the president. hes in charge of investigations. the doj is under him. theoretically he could start and stop any investigation he wants to, no? >> chris, that theory has also been rejected, fo...

It. >> you said the exact problem and that is if you cant be held accountable for facilitating war crimes, something they dont really discuss in this report, then when can you be held accountable? this is it. the worst case scenario. what the justice department has done is carved out for itself a standard that it can never fail. that even supporting torture is just bad judgment. in this report, its astonishing what you read. bybee, who is a judge, is sitting in judgment of others right now, is a...