the foia regime is another way that congress delegates out, it should be scrutinizing the president for a lot of reasons it doesn't do a good enough job, so it delegates out to organizations like the aclu. i was just reading today how the general accounting organization, the gao, it's gotten into the business of now scrutinizing the intelligence agencies, it's been given access to classified programs. that's another set of eyeballs inside the presidency. i think those are just going to continue. what we've seen is that the presidency has grown and grown. the reason that charles' world of, simple world is no longerer possible is because the presidency is gigantic. it is unfathomably large and complicated. the department of defense spends a couple of billion dollars every day. it's a huge organization, and it's all over the globe. you can't have complicated organizations like that without lots of systems in place for what's right, what's wrong, when things happen and why. so that's -- without a lot of watching and accountability as well. and so i think as the presidency grows and it seems

>> it is interesting, that this president is called or this administration has called for changing foia, the freedom of information act. now when you apply for information, they can reject it, give a reason. you go to court and litigate it. the administration wanted to -- for example, they could say we don't have anything instead of we have something but we're applying privilege. there's been a series of cases the last several years of abuse of prosecutorial discretion. i don't think it's democrat or republican. just prosecutors have been abusive. there's a judge in boston that threw out a case and said he investigated about once every year or two, abuse of discretion requiring overturning of a conviction, another one in miami. the ted stevens conviction, all kinds of things came to light afterwards that didn't hem him all that much. but it was shocking to me that it happened at all. the answer is we always have to be vigilant. i don't think there is -- you talk about government being -- dictatorships have sufficient governments. last thing we want is an efficient government. we can hav

what i am looking at is the evidence of the justice department not complying with foia, freedom of information act, sending back blank pages of information, not responding to e-mails about inquiries, sending reporters to sources like media matters for information about fast and furious rather than submitting their own documentation saying this is what we have from the justice department. and so that's where it comes down to. where are we getting our information from? and it's not really, you know, chairman issa and senator grassily who are giving us this information. we have the documentation. i talked to so many people in arizona, i traveled back to arizona, i've talked to many different whistleblowers who are participating in fast and furious while it was going on. i mean, it's about the evidence here, not about partisan politics. >> host: now, um, if there is no contempt, if the leadership decides we're not going to proceed with a con cement citation -- contempt citation, where does this go? what is terminus of this story? where does this story end in your estimation? >> guest: well, i thin

now, these documents were contain inside heavily-redacted, 29-page document released through a foia acte by news organizations. it is impossible to tell by looking through these documents just how many of these allegations were legitimate, how many were adjudicated, how many were dismissed, but they do paint a picture of a large organization dealing with the standard array of misdeeds and misfunction that may not be atypical in the modern american workplace. dozens of agents being scammed by nigerian investment deems, others dealing with withdrawn complaints of domestic violence, others with dui arrests and others of a mar tragic nature -- more tragic nature. for example, anonymous complain in and about alleged that blank has stolen at least 12 laptop computers, a generator and be several industrial fans from the usss. the subject used some for gifts. blank was interviewed by inspector, made admissions regarding the theft of computers. prior to leaving to return to headquarters, went to the bathroom, and inspectors heard a gunshot. they found blank on the floor and a 911 call was made.

that allows the investors the ability to participate in the growth and success of foia range companiesof quick response is welled crowdfunding the to fraud? and no. it helps to minimize risk and high and the transparent. it helps keep them honest and drive the standardize terms. i thank you for your time. i look forward to questions. >> professor bradford? >> representative mchenry good afternoon. i am professor of law at university of nebraska. much of my work is under federal securities law and it is an honor to address you today. have written to articles on crowdfunding and focus my comments on that provision of the j.o.b.s. act. i believe it would spark a revolution opening up a much needed new sources of capital but whether that happens depends on the regulatory burden. that is a phony at with the offering proceeds. the new federal securities law exemption created is the important first up but not complete until the sec has the resignation in the -- on how exercises the right to the tory authority. my statement includes recommendations concerning crowdfunding rules. i will be happ

the observers were sent to the country after international on boy -- on foia talk about a cease-fire. both sides have staged attacks. the observers have been caught up in the silence on several occasions. >> something from the white house staffer, that was an exceptionally expiring "once you realize the magnitude difference you can make in public life, everything else will pale in comparison. >> someone from the white house said "those who think they're crazy enough to change the world are the ones that actually do. said choose carefully and execute relentlessly. too many times we find ourselves taking too many things on and not focusing on the one thing that should be a top priority. >> every year, the u.s. senate youth program bring students to washington for a week of government education. kamoie made anan des moine impact. what is it -- >> what is it like to be them? what could i share with them that i wish i had known all along the way or that they will remember when they leave washington week? that is an intense experience. if you leave a few key encouraging messages, at a time

what i called abuse of foia requests with folks in the government agency hand over documents very readily because they also don't like the people that the documents are about. various things such as that. maybe acc challenges to what we would consider free speech saying that the fall in the campaign finance laws. i wonder if you could briefly address that sort of abuse that comes from that outside group government partnership? >> i sort of did. at the risk of repeating myself, i mentioned for agencies that engage in those kind of activities. i think the government ought to butt out of trying to punish people with whom it disagrees, and it's going on in not only inside the administration, but any independent agencies, independent of the obama campaign but i think it's only happening because the president is setting a bad example here, you know? the presidency is indeed a bully pulpit. if the president said we're not doing stuff like this, i'm pretty sure there would be a broad-based response to the. it might not prevent every single activity that might go on out there, but setting a better

that was as a result of a foia lawsuit. what i would like to see is the faa make a certification program as transparent as what to do currently with smaller graphic if you're to go on the faa's website right now, you could search for the licenses and registrations of small aircraft by putting in the make and model of the name of aircraft owner, et cetera. you cannot do that right now with drones, with ues. that is something we hope will change as this certification program becomes more permanent in the future. >> host: you just explained -- >> guest: that is one of many terms for drones. they are a model airplane for our and unmanned aerial vehicle. uas, uav are more industry terms. the common term is a drone. >> host: john is waiting on the republican one. you were on with mr. geiger this morning. >> caller: hi. this is, you know, i followed politics for a quarter century now, and i've been a long time watcher of c-span. they are summit issues. this one really, like a previous caller said, you know, that they don't doubt t