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and i felt that i needed to make my contribution as best as i could. i had done that i bain capital and felt like i needed to try something different and new and had to try to do something that was important. >> host: you mentioned bain capital. there are a lot of insights and ideas and thoughts in this book. can you tell me where these ideas come from -- these ideas, did they develop over a long time from your career in finance, who your influences and how you can put the economy in the book? >> it evolves from debates i had with the young kids that came out of the top schools and c...

Bribery. the jury couldn't reach guilty verdict on any of the charges. >> bret: okay, mike. he's found guilty on the one federal charge of lying to federal agents. as you said there, single charge of lying to federal agent. he could face up to five years in prison, $250,000 fine. what is the sense of the defense? have they spoken out about what they are feeling about this verdict? and the prospect that the government is going to try rod blagojevich and his brother again? >> the only part of the defense we heard the from thus far is rod blagojevich and his attorney michael ettinger. they took t...

the maximum penalty for lying to the f.b.i. is five years for each individual act. the government said they would lump the two together. we have always heard from the government they will not move directly to sentencing. what they will do as per the judge's order is move to mistrial. that is because the jury hung on the other 23 counts. the government wants to bring a new trial. certainly against rod blagojevich and possibly against robert blagojevich who spoke a new moments ago. robert blagojevich looked at the hung jury as a vindication. he declared the process a slow bleed that to...

declaration that sarah palin doesn't speak for them. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." a mysterious figure locked in a cell at guantanamo bay. now we're learning about a new window into the cia interrogation and the government's case against him. our brian todd is looking into this for us. tell us what we have learned? >> u.s. officials say that he new crucial operational details of the 9/11 plot. now there's new information on tapes of his interrogation and new questions about how they might help or hurt the government's case against him. >> reporter: there were ta...

the maximum penalty for lying to the f.b.i. is five years for each individual act. the government said they would lump the two together. we have always heard from the government they will not move directly to sentencing. what they will do as per the judge's order is move to mistrial. that is because the jury hung on the other 23 counts. the government wants to bring a new trial. certainly against rod blagojevich and possibly against robert blagojevich who spoke a new moments ago. robert blagojevich looked at the hung jury as a vindication. he declared the process a slow bleed that to...