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The bad guys. the bad guys, the al qaeda affiliates, russian intelligence services, chinese intelligence services, the force that operates terrorism events all around the world, those are the folks we need to focus our attention and our energy on in order to keep america safe. >> it seems to me what both of you are saying you havent liked this focus on the nsa and complaints about the nsa in terms of the breadth of what theyre collecting. >> well, i would argue it allows them to focus on the pro...

A contractor at the facility. that system did not utilize the background checks system that the federal -- or department of defense required. im sorry. im getting a tremendous amount of background noise. >> i apologize. hopefully we can fix that. well do the best we can and muddle through and hopefully youll stay with me. could convi congressman, i want to take you back to the beginning of the shooters career and ask you how he got into the navy reserves in the first place when he had an inciden...

Uh-huh. the ways and means chairman calls it must stop immediately and others in congress say the irs investigation must go much deeper. >> the public deserves to know. and the congress is conducting a legitimate oversight function in doing this. so, yes, there is some explaining to do, and i think were asking for that explanation on behalf of the american people, on behalf of people from the right and the left who believe in free expression. >> irs officials say they have made changes. they say...

Potential prosecution? >> im not at all. i mean, i think the attorney general, he just doesnt appreciate congress oversight function, stent think we should be getting involved in his business and basically he said we had to allege that rosen was a co-conspirator to satisfy the statute and get the warrant, so he kin of dances around about whether they actually considered him to be a criminal suspect. he did acknowledge he approve the warrant. but he responded about why they sought a protective or...

Potential prosecution? >> im not at all. i mean, i think the attorney general, he just doesnt appreciate congress oversight function, stent think we should be getting involved in his business and basically he said we had to allege that rosen was a co-conspirator to satisfy the statute and get the warrant, so he kin of dances around about whether they actually considered him to be a criminal suspect. he did acknowledge he approve the warrant. but he responded about why they sought a protective or...

Possible, but if he still is at the top of the justice department, i dont think youre going to get the resolution that the american people wants on any of these issues. >> greta: speaking of the irs investigation, steve forbes said there should be a special prosecutor appointed by the attorney general. would you have a problem with him if theres a special prosecutor, would the attorney general be the one to select the special prosecutor to investigate the irs targeting? >> i would. ideally we sh...

Accountable. if he is still at the top of the justice department, i dont think youll get the resolution that the american public wants on any of these issues. >> greta: steve forbes said there should be a special prosecutor that would be appointed by the attorney general. would you have a problem with that to investigate the irs targeting? >> i would. ideally we should have a special prosecutor. if the attorney general appoints somebody that is going to run interference on an investigation, that...

Accountable as expeditiously as possible, but if he still is at the top of the justice department, i dont think youre going to get the resolution that the american people wants on any of these issues. >> greta: speaking of the irs investigation, steve forbes said there should be a special prosecutor appointed by the attorney general. would you have a problem with him if theres a special prosecutor, would the attorney general be the one to select the special prosecutor to investigate the irs targ...

Possible, but if he still is at the top of the justice department, i dont think youre going to get the resolution that the american people wants on any of these issues. >> greta: speaking of the irs investigation, steve forbes said there should be a special prosecutor appointed by the attorney general. would you have a problem with him if theres a special prosecutor, would the attorney general be the one to select the special prosecutor to investigate the irs targeting? >> i would. ideally we sh...

Issues. we have to be a counterweight to the forces of extremes that obviously want to perpetuate the status quo. >> when something happens like the irs, clearly misbehavior, misconduct, we dont know whether legal or illegal. but the president said, unacceptable, outrageous. so theres an oversight function, an important one, divided governments, the house side is controlled by republicans. the senate side, by democrats. is there a way for congress to conduct its oversight so that it doesnt get o...