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And no one has gotten into the foundation yet. and looking at the ex-cans between connections between what he was doing and what she was doing. maybe she destroyed to 33,000 e-mails because they contained those connections. >> last question, and ive got 44 u.s. code 3401, 1924, 2071. heres my last question. john kerry says the russians are reading his e-mails and chinese are reading his. if this is a server in a bathroom of a mom and pop shop, ive got to believe the russians, chinese, iranians, ...

Attorney general. shannon, good to see you. >> happy st. patricks day. >> and to you. lets just start where i left off with juan. the law is clear separate and apart from of-109 which now we know she dodged or they just didnt offer to her, the law is clear. i refer the audience to 18 usc, u.s. code, whoever having the custody of any federal record willfully and unlawfully conceals or destroys the same shall be fined or imprisoned or both. and shall be disqualified from holding any office under t...

Documents, it says unclassified documents as well if she signed it. >> that document says that she should have --- >> are we holding her to are lower standard than others who work at the department of state? >> if she didnt sign it, is that a nenl. >> its purely a violence of policy and rule its not a legal violation. so she escaped criminal liability there. >> u.s. code section 2071, what is that. >> that is a federal criminal statute that deals with the destruction, the removm of federal docum...

There are security protocols in place to prevent attaching a file -- >> steven, how about -- there is knowledge, theres personal knowledge that the secretary has at certain points that she could just put in a sentence. im not talking about transmitting classified documents. i get all that. but the fact is, people with high security clearances like a secretary of state, what shes exposed to in the situation room with the president, shes walking around with knowledge in her head that she could put...

18 of the u.s. code. what that prohibits is the willful removal and retention of classified information. so in john deutsches case in the case of clinton administration official sandy berger and in the case of general petraeus those are the charges. its not enough to just have something in an e-mail. the question is, are you removing the information, are you retaining it in a way thats not authorized. are you communicating it to someone who is not authorized to receive it which is what we saw in...

Ways we interrogated high-level al qaeda terrorists. >> yes. >> now this is not -- i should emphasize, this shouldnt be entirely news, because the justice department memos are actually addressed to me in 2002. described in rather chilling and graphic detail exactly what i just set forth. and they are, i mean theyre very tough. im not going to say that these techniques, the waterboarding and the steppeded sleep deprivation, im not going to minimize it, these were very tough tactics. >> you descri...

The issue with mr. yeatman is he was wearing three awards which is very rare, which is covered under section 04, if, and this is the caveat with that redone bill which is really not very good, he did it with intent to obtain money, property or other tangible benefits. >> if at the mall there was a sale for veterans, and he went and put on that uniform to take advantage of the sale, then arguably he violated the law. >> he violated the stolen valor act, section 704, but even before that, let me t...

Primarily to address people like the district judge in illinois who had two medals of honor hanging on his courtroom wall, couldnt be prosecuted, because he wasnt wearing them. the issue with mr. yetman is, he was wearing a combat infantrymans badge, cib, three awards, which is very, very rare, covered under section 04. if -- and this is a caveat with that redone bill, really not very good. he did it with intent to obtain money, property -- >> so, for example, at the mall that day, there was a s...

Service that you initiated a law along with your wife pam, president george w. bush signed it into law, unfortunately it went to the supreme court of the united states and they said hey, there is a first amendment right to lie. so what about this guy, because i know the law was then retooled. how does it treat him? >> well, first of all, thank you for having me on today, michael. good to be on tv with you for a change. but i want you to understand theres two types of stolen valor. one type of st...

"restoring valor" and joins us from colorado springs. doug, lets remind folks what went on here. you were offended by so many who were impersonating individuals who had won awards for their military service that you initiated a law, along with your wife pam, president george w. bush signed it into law. unfortunately, it went to the supreme court of the united states, and they said, hey, there is a first amendment right to lie. so what about this guy? because i know the law was then retooled. how...