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You, do you believe that more context is needed to be able to address the question? >> well, i don't think i've heard the question yet, but i'll let you know when i hear the question. >> let me ask you this. i'll repeat the question i asked before. you said you heard about this with the rest of us in december 2005. you said on the air that you had no knowledge of anything related to this until the "new york times" article. now we have a declassified inspector general report that on september 17th, which is befo before -- several months before the "new york times" article john uh issued a repor...

Cases where people go too far in interrogation, not providing legal advice -- >> like united states versus lee, convicted of federal crimes for doing exactly that. i'll follow up for the record with what your assessment is of what john hugh mentioned your name. i have two minutes left, like to get on to a couple of other things. there was a famous confrontation between the department of justice and the bush white house over the warrantless wiretapping program back in 2004. acting attorney general comey and director mueller both had prominent roles in that. you were in the department at the tim...

Sort of, you know, suspicions flowing around that one. it was his decision, he made the decision, and at least that should at least stop some of the speculation. >> well, that will -- look, muller will not be criticized -- the appointment of muller will not be criticized by any democrats because, you know, they all know him, the ones that served on the judiciary committee certainly, you know. 12 years as fbi director, he not only finished his full ten-year term, but got asked by president obama to stay on for two years while he picked a successor. muller stood with jim comey when he threatened...

Warrantless wiretapping program the justice department just ruled was illegal. you remember james comey was the person who intervened with robert mueller's help, the fbi director then. comey pushed back on all of that. you see the president coming out introducing comey. >> forgive me. >> for more than a century we have counted on the dedicated women of the fbi to keep us safe. that time the fbi's been led by six directors. and the second longest serving director of the fbi, for the last 12 years, has been an exemplary public servant, bob mu moeller. by law, fbi directors only serve 10 years, b...

Is he already out of the country. this is really a standard practice, there is no specific secrecy attached to it. >> shepard: all right, catherine herridge in washington with an update for us. thank you. >> you are welcome. >> shepard: former justice department official who once stood up to the white house for surveillance is chosen by obama to be the next fbi director. job and family services comby was the fbi director under former george w. bush. praised for challenging the warrantless wiretapping program. analysts say they do not expect a confirmation battle in the senate. in 2004, he rush...