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>> those fbi agents and others acted appropriately. and quite frankly i'm tiring of politicians using national security issues such as terrorism as a political football. they are going out there. they are unknowing of the facts and they're making charges and allegations that are not anchored in reality. on christmas night i called a number of senior members of congress. i spoke to senators mcconnell and bond. i spoke to representative boehner and hoekstra. i explained to them that he was in fbi custody, that abdulmutallab was in fact talking. he was cooperating at that point. they knew that in...

Let's listen. >> on christmas night, i called a number of senior members of congress. i spoke to senators mcconnell and bond. i spoke to representative boehner and hoekstra. that mr. abdulmutallab was in fact talking, that he was cooperating at that point. they knew that an fbi custody means there's a process you follow as far as mirandizing. none of those individuals raised any concerns with me at that point. they didn't say is he going into military custody, is he going to be mirandized. we told them they would be informed. >> is there a way to get to an absolute factual determination like a...

Politicians using national security issues such as terrorism as a political football. they are going out there. they are unknowing of the facts and they're making charges and allegations that are not anchored in reality. on christmas night i called a number of senior members of congress. i spoke to senators mcconnell and bond. i spoke to representative boehner and hoekstra. i explained to them that he was in fbi custody, that abdulmutallab was in fact talking. that he was cooperating at that point. they knew that in fbi custody means there is a process you follow as far as mirandizing and pres...

The green rooms what they were saying about george w. bush in 2005 and 2006, being very critical, saying this is not the future that our party needs to go in. of course, they kept that to themselves until george w. bush got out of town. i suspect, though, chuck may be right. i think the conversation about sarah palin will pick up much more quickly in the coming months, simply because this is a party that's out of power that needs to find its standard bearer and it's becoming more and more evident to republican leaders that sarah palin is not the leader for 2012. >> this was john brennan, count...

I spoke to representative boehner and hoekstra. that mr. abdulmutallab was in fact talking, that he was cooperating at that point. they knew that an fbi custody means there's a process you follow as far as mirandizing. none of those individuals raised any concerns with me at that point. they didn't say is he going into military custody, is he going to be mirandized. we told them they would be informed. >> is there a way to get to an absolute factual determination like a football ref? can you do it here? did he in fact tell them what they were doing? did he imply they were mirandizing abdulmuta...