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You helped prepare the public defense of the program. for example, in draft testimony that you prepared for attorney general gonzalez defending the program, you wrote these -- this. quote, these authorities are vested in the president and they are inherent in the office. they cannot be diminished or legislated away by other co-equal branches of government. paul clement, president bush's solicitor general, quote, found this proposition unconvincing, and it was removed from the testimony. do you still believe that the president has inherent authority to intercept the communications of americans ...