that confidential, legal advice, i believe, enabled the executive wrampk. keeping that confidentiality allows for lawyers and policymakers to ask questions

that confidential, legal advice, i believe, enabled the executive wrampk.keeping that confidentiality allows for lawyers and policymakers to ask questions and i'm being fully candid. >> so i take it your annals is we are not entitled to any legal opinion rendering to the executive branch decision makers? >> senator, as you know, there have been -- >> is that correct? is that correct? >> well, it's a caveat of an answer i wanted to say. that in certain sucircumstances the president has directed -- >> i'm saying do we have a right to that? >> i do not think so. >> we have no right to access -- the president can decide to give us access, but we have no right, in your judge. ment to access? >> i think you have a right to understand the legal basis. >> okay, thank you. my time is up. thank you, ma'am. >> first of all the, thank you both for your service to our country and congratulations to your family, as well, for the sacrifices they make. >>> i wachbnted to share with ya concern of what i believe is a lack of coherent policy. along those lines, i wanted to as

that confidential, legal advice, i believe, enabled the executive wrampk. keeping that confidentiality allows for lawyers and policymakers to ask questions and i'm being fully candid. >> so i take it your annals is we are not entitled to any legal opinion rendering to the executive branch decision makers? >> senator, as you know, there have been -- >> is that correct? is that correct? >> well, it's a caveat of an answer i wanted to say. that in certain sucircumstances the president has directed -- >> i'm saying do we have a right to that? >> i do not think so. >> we have no right to access -- the president can decide to give us access, but we have no right, in your judge. ment to access? >> i think you have a right to understand the legal basis. >> okay, thank you. my time is up. thank you, ma'am. >> first of all the, thank you both for your service to our country and congratulations to your family, as well, for the sacrifices they make. >>> i wachbnted to share with ya concern of what i believe is a lack of coherent policy. along those lines, i wanted to a