will dobson is our go-to guy for foreign affairs.eign affairs editor for slate and in studio with us again this morning. good to see you. >> thanks for having me back. >> bill: welcome back to your 4th of july break too. how about it. before we get there big political news this morning. that's very personal to us because it is a member of our team. he's part of the show every wednesday morning. has been for quite awhile. and cohost with me -- should i say a colleague of mine on current tv hosting his own show "viewpoint," we're talking about former new york governor eliot spitzer. he's announced this morning he's going to run for comptroller of the city of new york. to make his political comeback. and the steps of bill clinton and mark sanford, anthony weiner and others, we're a nation of second chances so why not. eliot spitzer. i asked him this morning a little earlier on the program whether his past transgressions will, you know, become an issue if he thinks it will be a big issue in this campaign. the "new york post" this morning

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so there's always skeptics with apologies to tell you that we thank james dobson tom de long and michael shermer for being with us a fascinating discussion on two of those and if you go to sleep tonight. there's. a. real damage and complexity of this oil spill was not something you can grasp just by looking at dirty birds we have between four to five million people in this directly affected area of the coast and it's pretty clear why it's not being reported because b.p. can't afford to have a reported all along the gulf coast are clean they are safe and they're open for business if b.p. is the single largest oil contributor to the pentagon the u.s. war machine is heavily reliant upon b.p. and their oil this is a huge step backwards for democracy it's a step forward for oligarchy carex it is toxic is a look a lot like spraying in vietnam it was it was not a picture that either the government or b.p. really wanted to have out there i don't want dispersants to be the agent. of this oil spill. you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i sent you know how fabulous bad luck i

so there's always skeptics with apologies to tell you that we thank james dobson tom de long and michael shermer for being with us a fascinating discussion on you oppose and if you go to sleep tonight. there's. a mission three cretaceous three. four charges free. range means three. three stooges free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media don carty don tom. let me let me i want to know why not let me ask you a question from. here on this network as we're having a debate we have our knives out for the for. me for you this right spanking never get here in a situation where b. and i don't even talk about the name let me. play. in. in. in. in in in. nafta the bill. came to louisiana and were in bear attack which is forty miles from the gulf and about one hundred fifty miles from the wellhead and the oil and dispersants have come into here yesterday the wind blew really hard this table got this cloudy gritty glaze on look at that that is just what's on the table before we even start the interview. was b.p. about to repeat the same strategy that exxon use

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atf special agent john dobson which is a perfect example about what i tell you about so often thought in just your agency but the free agency in town, whistleblowers are about as welcome as a skunk in a picnic. what is your opinion at burke's unauthorized release of information about the agents' participation in an undercover operation? >> i think the circumstance with dennis burke is unfortunate. i know what the rules of the road are with respect to the appropriate communications in the manual. and i do not have an opinion one way or another about the facts and circumstances because quite frankly i know as much as you know on the public record about the interactions between the u.s. attorney burke and the deputy attorney general. >> is that your answer to the next question when and how did you learn burke was responsible for the week? >> that is the answer. i know as much as you knew when it became a part of the public record. >> did you ever discuss the document dennis burke week with mr. burke? if so, please describe those. >> i don't have a recollection of having those kind of dis