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Everybody knows, or they should know, that but for the kind of journalism that will be chilled by this indictment, we wouldnt know nearly as much as we do about the bush administrations interrogation abuses, we wouldnt know about the obama administrations drone program, we wouldnt know about warrantless wiretapping. theres tons of stuff we wouldnt know about government conduct and government policy that the public has a right to know. and this indictment is, i think,ment to send a message to the...

Know nearly as much as we do about the bush administrations interrogation abuses, we wouldnt know about the obama administrations drone program, we wouldnt know about warrantless wiretapping. theres tons of stuff we wouldnt know about government conduct and government policy that the public has a right to know. and this indictment is, i think,ment to send a message to the very journalists who do that kind of reporting. >> maybe a dumb and tactical legal question, but ill ask it anyway. do you ha...

Doing just that? >> reporter: one of the problems it is a large group. when it arrives in another country, a foreign country it has a pretty large footprint. that is in itself is a problem according to congressman rogers. and technically the group wasnt stood up until august of this year but last years christmas bomber, the underwear bomber, is a good example how congressman rogers says the intel community is having to mirandize suspects and in the process lose valuable potentially actionable in...

The shots here is the president, not the attorney general. >> before you go any other observations youd like to share? >> i think that we got to ask a lot of questions about how this is being investigated, whether that high value interrogation group that was supposed to have been formed has already been formed. its interesting the priorities, theyre already investigating c.i.a. agents for alleged interrogation abuses. thats already under way. but it will be interesting to know whether the high v...

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