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The obama administration later stepped in and invalidated the auctions. obama's former interior secretary, ken salazar, said in the last weeks of office the bush administration rushed ahead to sell oil and gas leases near some of our nation's most precious landscapes in utah. the auctions were determined to be corrupt and invalid, including, get this, the very auction dechristopher bid on, but that did not save him from being sentenced two years hard time. tim just got out of prison, he was released in april and he joins me now here in studio. it's great to have you here. >> thanks. it's great...

The last weeks of office the bush administration rushed ahead to sell oil and gas leases near some of our nation's most precious landscapes in utah. the auctions were voided, determined to be corrupt and invalid, including the auction that dechristopher bid on. that did not save him from being sentenced to two years hard time. tim dechristopher just got out of prison. he was released from federal custody in april and she joining me in the studio. great to have you here. >> thank you. it is great to be here. >> you are the subject of a new film "bidder 70," which is about what went on. i want t...

I'm here with climate activist tim dechristopher, the subject of the new documentary film "bidder 70." he served more than two years for his protest of a rigged bureau of land management auction. i read you a quote before the break of a prosecutor talking about civil disobedience, that law is the bedrock of our civilized society and not the act committed for the cause of the day. >> i think if it's true the law is the bedrock of our society, then the bedrock of the law is shared moral values. it's always civil disobedience, thomas jefferson said if i have to choose between citizens involved in...

I'm here with climate activist tim dechristopher, the subject of the new documentary film "bidder 70." he served more than two years for his protest of a rigged bureau of land management auction. i read you a quote before the break of a prosecutor talking about civil disobedience, that law is the bedrock of our civilized society and not the act committed for the cause of the day. >> i think if it's true the law is the bedrock of our society, then the bedrock of the law is shared moral values. it's always civil disobedience, thomas jefferson said if i have to choose between citizens involved in...

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