system. it poses a danger to national security. >> gregg: eric holder writes a letter to the senate leaders, and here's the screen, the relevant part of it. it would set a dangerous precedent for congress, he writes, to restrict the distress of the executive branch to prosecute terrorists in these venues, the exercise of prosecutorial discretion is -- has always been and must remain, an executive branch function. >> she's write. . listen, gregg, this is a foreign policy matter. there are terrorists without question, who are there, the question is what will we do now about them? the gitmo thing has extensive political connotation and, there are people on both sides of the issues. but look at the place, is it helping us or hurting us internationally and i think it is hurting us greatly. we have human rights abuse there, they have suicides there and people are starving to death there and there are tremendous things going on there that are breeding grounds for terrorists who want to harm and -- >> gregg: would you agree congress has the power according