Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180906:14:57:00
Legal? >> no, senator, that's not what i was suggesting there. let me try to provide you an expla igs na. president bush's view in trying to keep america safe he was going to do everything he could within the law. he relied on his lawyers to provide the boundaries of what the law is and then he would go up to that line of what he thought was effective as a matter of policy. it was up to the lawyers, therefore, to make sure that they were giving sound advice and having the backbone, this is something that your legislation reinforces. lawyers need to have backbone, even in pressurized cases to s...