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Unconstitutional, one of your colleagues said or even just that would reflect poorly on the department of justice, would i say no? and i looked at this, i made a determination that i believeds that it was unlawful. i also thought that it was inconsistent with the principles of the department of justice and i said no and that's what i promised you i would do and what's that i did. >> i don't know how you could say it was lawful and say it was within your prerogative to refuse to defend it in a court of law and leave it for the court to decide. >> senator, i did not say it was lawful. i said it ...