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Community, the personnel who were working these agencies, they have not themselves split. the way in which the cia united around gina haspel put aside and the countrys issues about interrogation policy to say this is a strong leader, we think we can unite behind her, the way in which chris wray, appointed by president trump to head the fbi has been a true leader for the bure bureau. the worst thing while the president is attacking these institutions is that they split and theres no sign of that ...

>> well, i can tell you i met with the white house thursday last week with general kelly and their top national security people talking about incidents just like this. there is more of this coming to our shores as isis gets broken apart over there theyll start radicalizing people over the internet in our backyard. some who went to syria are coming back to america. we had a discussion what to do in the future if someone commits an act of terror, how should they be handled. should we use the obama...

Administration intended not to follow. importantly, we learned that judge gorsuch advocated for the bush administration to issue a broad signing statement. he said it could be used to, and i quote, help inoculate against the potential of having the administration criticized sometime in the future for not making sufficient changes in interrogation policy. in light of the mccain portion of the amendment. this statement clearly, and in a formal way that would be hard to dispute later, puts down a m...

Administration intended not to follow. importantly, we learned that judge gorsuch advocated for the bush administration to issue a broad signing statement. he said it could be used to and i quote, help inoculate against the potential of having the administration criticized some time in the future for not making sufficient changes in interrogation policy in light of the mccain portion of the amendment. this statement clearly and in a formal way that would be hard to dispute later puts down a mark...

Highlight parts of the law the administration intended not to follow. importantly, we learned that judge gorsuch advocated for the bush administration to issue a broad signing statement. he said it could be used to, and i quote, help inoculate against the potential of having the administration criticized sometime in the future for not making sufficient changes in interrogation policy, in light of the mcclain portion of the amendment. this statement clearly, and in a formal way that would be hard...

Nonresponsive. for example, i asked judge gorsuch what he meant when he suggested that a signing statement could inoculate the administration if they were later criticized for not making, quote, sufficient changes to the interrogation policy, end quote, based on the mccain amendment. judge gorsuch responded once again that he was, quote, a lawyer advising a client, end quote. and that his client, the government, was arguing that the mccain amendment simply codified existing policies. judge divor...

Gorsuch what he meant when he suggested that a signing statement could inoculate the administration if they were later criticized for not making "sufficient changes" to the interrogation policy, end quote, based on the mccain amendment. judge gorsuch responded, once again, that he was "a lawyer individualsing a client." and that his client, the government, was arguing that the mccain amendment simply codified existing policies. judge gorsuchs defense is that he was only doing what his client wan...

Gorsuch what he meant when he suggested that a signing statement could inoculate the administration if they were later criticized for not making quote, sufficient changes to the interrogation policy, end quote, based on the mccain amendment. judge gorsuch responded once again that he was, quote, a lawyer advising a client, end quote. and that his client, the government, was arguing that the mccain amendment simply codified existing policies. judge gorsuchs defense is that he was only doing what ...

>> the problem with what i just described is, when you are talking about a signing statement, waterboarding was still happening and you are saying in your email, i want to essentially codify existing interrogation policy. there is an inconsistency there which will have to wait until the second round to resolve. >> okay. >> let me read this to you and ask you. there is a statement by steve king of iowa and he said you cannot rebuild your civilization with somebody elses babies. you have to keep y...

Binder. let me just hold up the answer and well get you the documents. let me do the next question. in december 2005 after the passage of the detainee treatment act, you advocated that president bush should issue a signing statement to accompany the law. in an e-mail you sent to steven bradbury and others, you said the signing statement would, and i quote, this is your quote, help inoculate against the potential of having the administration criticized some time in the future for not making suffi...