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Nonresponsive. for example, i asked judge gorsuch what he meant when he suggested that a signing statement could inoculate the administration if they were later criticized for not making, quote, sufficient changes to the interrogation policy, end quote, based on the mccain amendment. judge gorsuch responded once again that he was, quote, a lawyer advising a client, end quote. and that his client, the government, was arguing that the mccain amendment simply codified existing policies. judge divorce igorsuch's defens he was only doing what he client wanted him to do. many of his colleagues -- ex...

Gorsuch what he meant when he suggested that a signing statement could inoculate the administration if they were later criticized for not making "sufficient changes" to the interrogation policy, end quote, based on the mccain amendment. judge gorsuch responded, once again, that he was "a lawyer individualsing a client." and that his client, the government, was arguing that the mccain amendment simply codified existing policies. judge gorsuch's defense is that he was only doing what his client wanted him to do. many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have praised judge gorsuch's qu...

Gorsuch what he meant when he suggested that a signing statement could inoculate the administration if they were later criticized for not making quote, sufficient changes to the interrogation policy, end quote, based on the mccain amendment. judge gorsuch responded once again that he was, quote, a lawyer advising a client, end quote. and that his client, the government, was arguing that the mccain amendment simply codified existing policies. judge gorsuch's defense is that he was only doing what his client wanted him to do. many of his colleagues -- excuse me, of my colleagues, on the other si...

>> the problem with what i just described is, when you are talking about a signing statement, waterboarding was still happening and you are saying in your email, i want to essentially codify existing interrogation policy. there is an inconsistency there which will have to wait until the second round to resolve. >> okay. >> let me read this to you and ask you. there is a statement by steve king of iowa and he said you cannot rebuild your civilization with somebody else's babies. you have to keep your birth rate up and in doing so, you can grow your population coming for strength in your culture...

Binder. let me just hold up the answer and we'll get you the documents. let me do the next question. in december 2005 after the passage of the detainee treatment act, you advocated that president bush should issue a signing statement to accompany the law. in an e-mail you sent to steven bradbury and others, you said the signing statement would, and i quote, this is your quote, help inoculate against the potential of having the administration criticized some time in the future for not making sufficient changes in interrogation policy in light of the mccain portion of the amendment. this stateme...