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Its way through when he gets back to good health. >> geoffrey, this is a quote from newt gingrich today. he said, "the release of five senior enemy commander is a defeat of the first order. the taliban got everything it asked for. the swap was a surrender not a negotiation." we know this was opposed by many officials, including hillary clinton. why is it so important to build trust with the taliban? is that misguided? >> well, first off, i think newt gingrich is entitled to his opinion. but he's not the commander in chief of the armed forces. the constitution vests the president with the respo...

Television program "turn" would see this. and the constitution vests the president with the exclusive authority as commander in chief. a law that intrudes upon that authority, that detracts from his ability to perform his command function, is a law that candidly he shouldn't comply with. and so i think that what you see here is him emphasizing this was not the type of transfer contemplated by the notification provision of the national defense authorization act. this was a operational, military operational prisoner swap and fell within his constitutional authority and i think he was on solid co...

It's different than protecting sources and methods. the law is the official interpretation of the government. it ought to be public. and too often the interpretation has been kept secret, and that's what's wrong. >> do you think, though, in terms of what the president has been reluctant to release to you on the intelligence committee, do you think that he has a case to make? do you see his side of the argument that it might be dangerous to release the information, even just to the senate? is there an argument to be made on that side? >> the president of course is the commander in chief. and th...

Interpretation of the government. it ought to be public. and too often the interpretation has been kept secret, and that's what's wrong. >> do you think, though, in terms of what the president has been reluctant to release to you on the intelligence committee, do you think that he has a case to make? do you see his side of the argument that it might be dangerous to release the information, even just to the senate? is there an argument to be made on that side? >> the president of course is the commander in chief. and the constitution vests in the president these enormous powers. but they are no...

Today. it's different than protecting sources and methods. the law is the official interpretation of the government. it ought to be public. and too often the interpretation has been kept secret, and that's what's wrong. >> do you think, though, in terms of what the president has been reluctant to release to you on the intelligence committee, do you think that he has a case to make? do you see his side of the argument that it might be dangerous to release the information, even just to the senate? is there an argument to be made on that side? >> the president of course is the commander in chief....