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Ken gormlee, an author of the death of archibald cox, conscience of a nation, president of duquesne university and professor of law. why do we have special prosecutors, special counsel? >> michael, going all the way back to the watergate investigation, the whole idea is when there's evidence of potential criminal wrongdoing at the top of the executive pyramid, you want the most neutral objective person to look at that, so there can be no doubt in the minds of the american public. this is all about reassuring the american public that the american system of justice works properly. you must get t...