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Law. >> you can read those and in my second round we can go back and i'd be happy to. i think you'll see we didn't make this up. >> senator, i'm not suggesting you are. there was a tug of war among parties in the white house. >> i wanted to know which side you were on. >> count me in with john bellinger most the time with these things and that's my recollection and max waxman would be another one and that is my recollection sitting here and i'll study these. >> let me ask you a question on wiretapping in december 2005 there was a report that there was the intercept of communication of american...

Read those and then in my second round we'll go back to it. >> sure. >> and i'd be very happy to -- because i think you'll see that we didn't make this up. >> senator, i'm not suggesting you are. and there was a tug of war among parties in the white house. >> i remember that. i wanted to know which side you were on. count me with john bellinger most of the time on these things. that's my recollection. and that waxman would be another one. that's my recollection, senator, sitting here and i'll study these. >> okay. let me ask you a question on wiretapping. ? december of 2005 news broke that pre...

Loose recollection of something that happened i think 11, 12 years ago, is that there were individuals in maybe the vice president's office who wanted a more aggressive statement along the lines that you described and there were others at the state department who wanted a jnt already si -- gentler signing statement. and my recollection the best i can give it to you without studying the e-mail was that i was in the latter camp. john leveli john bellinger, among others, i would have soeshassociated myse with. i certainly never would have counselled anyone that they could disobey the law. >> i ha...

Priority. >> what is the number one priority? >> i think it's american national security. 2/3 you end up in a situation where you do have to keep camp x-ray open until some of these people die in the same way you kept nazi prisons open in the wake of world war ii until rudolph hess died in the '80s, i think that's something that is a viable scenario, but would take get take bipartisan support for due process. >> it's a problem, right? there is three categories. the 78 who have been cleared for release have been rotting in guantanamo, many of whom have never been accused of doing anything wrong...

and that we don't condition whether or not we make the effort to try to get them back. >> bowe bergdahl has been land basted by conservatives and a number of fellow soldiers that fought with him. who say he was a deserter who walked away from his military post. with his harshest critics suggesting he did not deserve or the saved. the army sergeant from hailey, idaho who is recovering in germany has yet to tell his side of the story. and the full story remains unclear. classified military report from 2009 found that bergdahl seen here in taliban video shortly before his return to amer...