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Individuals locked up for nonviolent crimes? >> i think tour'e, the one thing to remember, the pardoning office, we can't fix 35 years of horrible drug policy. what it can do, it to those ind have served far too long sentences and no threat to society. if we are to break this war on drugs, to me, the domino that must fall is mandatory minimum sentencing. and certainly the attorney general has hinted that he wants to end this, and folks in the senate, senator durbin and rand, have shown they want to end this, as well. that is the piece of -- the tool that the law enforcement and that the courts...

Talking about nonviolent drug offenders. and, you know, the idea that you let 5,000 people go, the odds are that at least one of them will commit a crime. so talk to us about how this -- this plays into this conversation. >> i think, actually -- possibly obama's greater fear than that is the politicalization of the pardoning office in the past. i think if you look at what's happened with mark rich, scooter libby, even richard nixon. i think this administration has shown their white house is not for sale. and they're afraid that if they are to not just let out someone who might have committed a...