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Of tragic about it insofar as this seemed to me an individual who if embedded in a system that was not corrupt and abusive would have been a perfectly good public servant but proved inadequate in the face of abuse and corruption. >> i think that thats absolutely right. i disagree with the decision that the dni ultimately reached, but ill tell you what i think his reasoning was. there was an executive privilege issue at stake, and the only problem as you point out that it was a corrupt white hous...

Joyce, today watching maguire there was something almost kind of tragic about it insofar as this seemed to me an individual who if embedded in a system that was not corrupt and abusive would have been a perfectly good public servant but proved inadequate in the face of abuse and corruption. >> i think that thats absolutely right. i disagree with the decision that the dni ultimately reached, but ill tell you what i think his reasoning was. there was an executive privilege issue at stake, and the ...

So if you could, describe your thoughts on that. and i was very interested in your discussion on the issue of executive privilege because theres been much made of the fact that the law says on the whistle blower statute that usually. clearly you have a conflict of laws when you have the executive privilege issue and the issue of the word shall. so, first, could you tell us the importance of the whistle-blower statute with respect to accountability of the intelligence commute and our role of over...

In your discussion on the issue of executive privilege because there has been much made of the fact that the law says on the whistle-blower statute that you shall. clearly you have a conflict of laws when you have both the executive privilege issue and the issue of the word shall. first can you tell us the importance of the whistle-blower statute with respect to accountability of the intelligence community and our role of oversight there, and then your process, your effects of being stuck in the...

The intelligence community. if you could describe your thoughts on that. and then i was very interested in your discussion on the issue of executive privilege. because the -- theres been much made of the fact that the law says on the whistleblower statute that you shall, clearly you have a conflict of laws when you have the executive privilege issue and the issue of the word shall. so first, could you tell us the importance of the whistleblower statute with respect to accountability of the intel...

Least. of course, we have to remember that the law and the regulations that apply to the special counsels work dont require any sort of summary to be provided as we anticipate today, and i think that that will likely lead to the classic no good deed goes unpunished sna scenario whereby vi provided, congress doesnt think its enough and asks for more detail nap . that is going to cause a series of negotiations between doj and the white house with respect to executive privilege issue and congress t...

That nixon, u.s. versus nixon t settle that issue. in order to ask about presidential commune kications s got to show the evidence needs is very important and got to show he cant get it from anybody else. if he goes into a court and says i want to talk about obstruction, rudy giuliani will say wait a minute, what evidence do you have of obstruction. your view of the law of obstruction is wrong. hes going to get tied up in court for a long time. i think mueller knows that he might not win on the ...

And said this guy will talk to me. i think one reason he hasnt done it is i dont think he necessarily wins in court. i think a lot of people assume that nixon, u.s. versus nixon settle that issue. in order to ask about presidential communications hes got to show the evidence needs is very important and got to show he cant get it from anybody else. if he goes into a court and says i want to talk about obstruction, rudy giuliani will say wait a minute, what evidence do you have of obstruction. you...

Me. i think one reason he hasnt done it is i dont think he necessarily wins in court. i think a lot of people assume that nixon, u.s. versus nixon settle that issue. in order to ask about presidential communications hes got to show the evidence needs is very important and got to show he cant get it from anybody else. if he goes into a court and says i want to talk about obstruction, rudy giuliani will say wait a minute, what evidence do you have of obstruction. your view of the law of obstructio...

Here is something that is very interesting that i dont believe anybody has talked about. remember, in the watergate years, you had u.s. versus nixon where the supreme court rejected president nixons blanket claims of executive privilege, but in that decision, they pointed out that leon jaworski, the special counsel, had been explicitly granted the power to con sex executive privilege. im not sure bob mueller has the power under his appointment from rosenstein or the regulation to go in and chall...