and i don't think that at this point given the fact he has broken the fisa law and many statutes and treaties and that he created executive theory he pushed out, and i don't think that john yu and david adding ton's legal opinions are going to cut it anymore. he will have fancy explanations to offer us. >> cheney does want to write about personal feelings as if those were beneath him but might animate the book whether he realizes it or not. my unified dick cheney theory has always been somewhere deep inside he knows he missed 9/11. he knows he missed it while too busy looking at iraq. therefore, he must believe he alone saved us from worse and must believe 9/11 had something to do with iraq. do you have a unified dick cheney theory? >> i sort of do. i have always seen him as sort of doing for george bush what mcvely did for the prince. to show him how to corrupt power. i don't think that dick chainy an evil person. i they hoo he did evil, however. i'm not sure how he will work his way out of this in a memoir. so i'm one of those anxious to see what he has to say. >> richard nixon, as

and i don't think at this point, given the fact that he's broken the fisa law, he's broken many of ours and treaties, created this executive theory that these pushed out, and i don't think that john yoo and david addington's legal opinions are going to cut it anymore. so he's going to have some fancy explanations to offer us. >> cheney doesn't want to write about personal feelings, as if those were beneath him, but psyche might animate the book whether he realizes it or not. my unified dick cheney theory has always been, somewhere deep inside, he knows he missed 9/11, he knows he missed it while he was too busy looking at iraq, so therefore he must believe he saved us from worse, and therefore he must also believe that 9/11 had something to do with iraq. do you have a unified dick cheney theory? >> well, i sort of do. i've always seen him as sort of doing for george bush what machiavelli did for the prince. and that is to show him how to corrupt power. i don't think dick cheney is an evil person. i think he did evil, however. and i'm not sure how he's going to work his way out of this

the fisa case which, instead of being looked at by the court, was denied cert recently by the supreme court which would have been a very classic battle between the legislative and the executive branch but they declined to hear that particular case. there are so many things that come up, that liberals should take an interest in. because they deal with our individual liberty. they deal with civil liberties that are enumerate in this bill of rights and our constitutional rights and deem with so many things that impact our daily lives and if we see the floor on those, if we don't stand up and say, our piece or make our voices heard, then the only voices they are hearing are the voices from the federal society from operation rescue and from all of those right wing groups who fund-raise on outrage, that they manage to gin up from the right wing base. we need to be doing the same, because if we are not talking, loudly, about what we believe in, then nobody is going to hear us, if we are not doing i. >> thank you, christie. doug? you talked about progress identify or conservative activism. in

with you would fisa the american people or investors to invest in chrysler or general motors today?[laughter] >> was that a yes or no? >> what we are facing right now is not just the most serious depression or-- >> is that a yes or no? >> no, this isn't the most serious thing since the 1930's. this is the most serious thing since the founding of the country, so no i couldn't recommend common stocks, i can't recommend the u.s. dollar. none of these things. >> do you think united states government did the right thing when it bailed out aig? >> not only did do not the right thing, it did exactly the opposite of the right thing. >> did it do the right thing when it bailed out there stearns? did it do the right thing when it bailed out the 12 largest banks in the u.s.? >> idoni vinn-- of the u.s. government to exist. [laughter] [applause] >> you believe that the $800 billion-- >> wait a second, i am beginning to take this very personally. [laughter] >> you believe that this man should be the mayor of las vegas? >> i am giving you your miranda warnings now. you have the right to remain si

it is the quintessential height of hypocrisy after all that out rage about fisa and unwarranted wiretappingere trying to capture these terrorists to do our country harm and wanting to sue the media and the phone companies for providing phone lists to help the cia to be able to get the bad guys, they are spamming the american people to find out who was against this universal nightmare called health care reform. i'm glad that the white house finally admitted it. jon: i was surprised. when it hires a private agency to do its public-relations work, who pays for that? >> you know exactly who pays for that. they're not a bunch of thugs or gangsters. they are mostly seniors who were concerned about losing their medicare benefits. jon: the controversy had been boiling and the white house said, we hired this firm. this firm is a reputable operation. about 85% of all government- related females are funneled through this option. do you have a problem with them using a private firm at all? >> it sounds to me like a lot of these organizations, these liberal democratic supporting organizations send their

whether he learns how to land the plane and harry, the heroic age and, streaming at washington for a fisay. don't you think sphinx trading might have prompted somebody in the fbi to go whoa, whether to guys like this doing getting fake id's? anyway. justice learned. do you have a question? >> do you think that the planes crashed into the twin towers in the manner that it was planned? i heard recently it had the tower's tipped over and crashed into the other buildings it would have been many, many times force. i don't know if that would have been feasible or if they tried it, or they does want to crush them down. >> unlike some that subscribe to the theory that they were imploded intentionally, ramzi yousef during his trial was tried for bojinka and 97 tried for the world trade center, there was the second trial and in that trial there was testimony about the fact that the fireproof foment illation. in order to put the tower's up 110 stories they were constructed of steel and there was an exception to the new york code that said all buildings with steele had to be encased in tile or concre

they would fisa of the process they are proposing for the senate recommiting a bill back to the committee, is that appropriate? if you look at something like the terror shall bouquets, public bills or private bill, -- at the schiavo bill, public bill or private bill, it was private, but by the time it got out the door, and over to our office, we took a look at this and we saw there was quite a bit of policy language within the bill. they may have advised it was a private bill, but we decided it is on the other side. a public law. we publish that as a public law even though that was the last thing we wanted to get involved in. you get a whole lot more in- that discussion. -- in-depth discussion. >> is there a paper trail of the original bills a trip -- bill's introduction of language and the edits, or with that information appear in the conference report -- or with that information appear in the conference report? >> they have a journal. they keep track of the actions taken. that is recorded in the congressional record. you can trace a living history of a bill as it is introduced and amend

you voted in favor of the fisa bill, one of our big issues, and you already explain your vote in greatdetail. you have gone on the record. my guests -- i guess my question is -- maybe not for you specifically what you are kind of a surrogate of all the people we supported and voted for the things they told us they wouldn't -- i accept your explanations for why he did it. it seems very reasoned and rational, and you talk about the safeguards in the bill. why didn't you look at all of those things and had of time before you told us that you would support it? we would like to hear a lot of that earlier on. the other thing is, usually when people have been part of the early support movement for a new candidate, if they are going to go against something that was one of the key tenets of the people who supported you, i don't know that we heard from you about that before you were going to vote against it. >> if i could, town halls on health care. i have held two cents i have been out on recess and i have sounded more scheduled. but i held eight before those and 38 summits since two years. i a

my first question is w would you as the commandant on ed fisa and agencies as an a vice how to get socialched in the social culture of deployed be read we are governed as very hierarchal. how can we flat in that given the social culture we have right now why don't you answer that question? >> i don't think it is a matter of choice. the way that young people are at work rig now they've flatted their organization. they are talking and if they are not talking on their computers they are talking on their text pages so the organization is flat. the responsibilities are how we got flat, how you can interact and cause of facts in yo organization and achieve what i talked about earlier, self synchronization where ubiity of information and transparency with and security measures breed self correcting behavior and direction. i think that is ere you want to go. you dohat by first taking the stuff that isn't controveral and blocking it down. one is infrastructure, security anduite frankly did with. one of the other reasons not having these things on miers' bandwidth and the isss it causes with presen

you voted in favor of the fisa bill, one of our big issues, and you already explain your vote in great detail. you have gone on the record. my guests -- i guess my question is -- maybe not for you specifically what you are kind of a surrogate of all the people we supported and voted for the things they told us they wouldn't -- i accept your explanations for why he did it. it seems very reasoned and rational, and you talk about the safeguards in the bill. why didn't you look at all of those things and had of time before you told us that you would support it? we would like to hear a lot of that earlier on. the other thing is, usually when people have been part of the early support movement for a new candidate, if they are going to go against something that was one of the key tenets of the people who supported you, i don't know that we heard from you about that before you were going to vote against it. >> if i could, town halls on health care. i have held two cents i have been out on recess and i have sounded more scheduled. but i held eight before those and 38 summits since two years. i

attorney's office said information was gathered through fisa. the men were arrested and charged last week with planning to murder, maim and injure people overseas and eight suspect is believed to be in pakistan. prosecutors hope to have him in custody soon. >>> in idaho, police say a body pulled from a local canal, the new york canal is the approximate age and size of the missing local boy robert m manwill, but waiting on the coroner's report to prove it is, in fact, that boy. he vanished on july 24th under what police call suspicious circumstances. >> at this time we do not have a positive i.d. on the body. i can tell you the body found today floating in the canal is that of a young boy, approximately the same age and size as robert manwill. robert's family, who has been incredibly strong throughout this ordeal has been notified a body has been found. >> a makeshift memorial set up outside his home. his family is now asking for privacy. >>> despite a surprise court motion, michael jackson's dermatologist does not object to cath rn jackson getti

associate, from july 2000, to may 2003, he focused on security issues, including the government's use of fisa, representing this current council and assisting the attorney general conducting oversight of the intelligence community. in our second with this is james charles johnson, from the department of defense. in this capacity, he serves as the chief legal officer for the department of defense and the legal adviser to the secretary of defense. his legal career has been a mixture of private practice and distinguished public service. mr. johnson began his career in public service as an assistant united states attorney in the southern division of new york, where he prosecuted public corruption cases between 1989 and 1991. gentlemen, if you would please stand. between 1989 and 1991. gentlemen, if you would please stand. do you affirm that the testimony you're about to give before the committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? thank you. please have a seat. mr. kris? we would like to hear from you. >> thank you. mr. chairman, senator kyl and members o

you voted in favor of the fisa bill, one of our big issues, and you already explain your vote in greatetail. you have gone on the record. my guests -- i guess my question is -- maybe not for you specifically what you are kind of a surrogate of all the people we supported and voted for the things they told us they wouldn't -- i accept your explanations for why he did it. it seems very reasoned and rational, and you talk about the safeguards in the bill. why didn't you look at all of those things and had of time before you told us that you would support it? we would like to hear a lot of that earlier on. the other thing is, usually when people have been part of the early support movement for a new candidate, if they are going to go against something that was one of the key tenets of the people who supported you, i don't know that we heard from you about that before you were going to vote against it. >> if i could, town halls on health care. i have held two cents i have been out on recess and i have sounded more scheduled. but i held eight before those and 38 summits since two years. i ag