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Secret -- and i'm going to leave this point and say that i hope you'll go back to the white house and convey to them the message that the justice definite is not yet following through on the president's commitment. will you convey that message? >> yes, i will, senator. >> very good. now, let me move to the public side of oversight, making sure that the public's right to know is respected. one part of oversight is congressional oversight. us doing our work here, and the other, making sure that the american people are brought into these debates. just like james madison said, this is what you nee...

Isn't -- >> not enough to derail this nomination. >> i don't think so. i think brennan probably compared with hagel is going to be a breeze to get through, but these are issues and this is what this testimony actually illustrates, that really tug at the heartstrings of americans. we have had a traumatic decade. we have come away questioning tactics of torture, the use of guantanamo bay. the legal justification not fully understood. the drone issue still not fully explained because it's so secret. there's still a lot the american public is struggling to understand. >> dan, one reaction that i h...

Going to leave this point by saying i hope you go back to the white house and convey to them the message that the justice department is not yet following through on the president's commitment. will you convey that message? >> yes, i will, senator. >> very good. let me now move to the public side of oversight. making sure that the public's right to know is respected. one part of oversight is congressional oversight. our doing our work here. the other is making sure that the american people are brought in these debates just like james madison said. this is what you need to preserve a republic. a...

Supporting the president on the drone issue. and is concerned about the prospects of actually having a fisa-type court that you passed certain suggestions regarding drone strikes through judges. what's your position there? >> first of all, joe, what a member of the committee can say about the details of the drone program are very, very restrictive. and in fact, in that clip that you all ran, i heard john brennan mention twice "remotely-piloted aircraft." as far as i can tell, he has actually only used the word "drones" once in public. now, what i'm going to be pressing for today and in the day...

Variety of other issues. i think there's a lot of it frankly that should not be discussed in public and you think what brennan needs to do on the drone issue is try and explain that a lot of the criticisms that are being levied simply miss the point. as i said he have , this is not robbing the local starbucks down at the corner. this is not a criminal law matter. this is an issue that falls under the paradigm of the law of war where the commander-in-chief's powers are plenary and where we don't have judicial review of commander-in-chief decisions. and i think it's a sound case and from his own...