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He sent a letter to the judge saying he was pressured to do a, b, and c and it eventually led to the resignation of president nixon. in this case, carter page is coming forward with a lawsuit which he has said tonight he's going to definitely pursue, if you think as a number of republicans do, that there is a conspiracy, was a conspiracy of the obama administration to look into this -- >> part of carter page's lawsuit is that he is claiming hate crimes against him saying that the hillary clinton campaign was against him because he was a man. we don't know if he has attorneys or can afford atto...

Programs that edward snowden made clear and revealed to the american public and i wonder what you think of the action in the senate and the action in the courts, the fact that the state secrets privilege may not be invoked to the degree that it has been thus far, that it may not be the prop that the government stands on from come to go light. are you satisfied with what's going on and where are you most optimistic in terms of change happening? is it the courts that we can look to for the biggest amount of progress? >> i agree with you, alex. i think there has been an awful lot of media focus o...

Go down in history as the president who looked into the abyss and stepped back, rather than leaping forward into it. i would advise he personally call for a special committee to review these interception programs, repudiate the dangerous state secrets privilege, and upon preparing to leave office begin a tradition for all presidents forthwith to demonstrate their respect for the law by appointing a special investigator to review the policies of their years in office for any wrongdoing. there can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny. they should be setting ...

Gop senators say they want to see kagan's memos from her time as domestic policy adviser to clinton. since her public record is, as they put it, so thin. let's turn to msnbc political analyst, huffington post contributor lawrence o'donnell, who supports the kagan nomination. lawrence, good evening. >> good to be here. >> let's bring in thomas jefferson school law professor marjorie cohen, who opposes the nomination. good evening to you. >> good evening, keith. >> the kind of executive power expanded under the bush administration, some continued under the obama administration. in your assessmen...

Self-description by the senator. gop senators say they want to see kagan's memos from her time as domestic policy adviser to clinton. let's turn to msnbc political analyst lawrence o'donnell who supports the kagan nomination. lawrence, good evening. >> good to be here. >> let's bring in thomas jefferson school law professor marjorie cohen who opposed the nomination. good evening to you. >> good evening, keith. >> the kind of executive power expanded under the bush administration, some continued under the obama administration. how does solicitor general kagan fare on that topic? >> well, there ...