for that, we turn to jane harman, the former ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee, now c.e.o. of the woodrow wilson center. and matthew miller, who served as director of public affairs for attorney general eric holder at the department of justice until last year. matthew miller, is there anything unusual in that story that sari just laid out for us about how this case and how this investigation unfolded? is is there anything about how that played out that strikes you as unusual. >> i think everything about this case is unusual. there's not a lot of precedent to look at with a case like this. it really does seem to be an unprecedented case. but you look at the principles that the department follows when they conduct these types of investigations. one of the principles that they follow is that they don't share information about ongoing criminal investigations with people outside law enforcement while those investigations are being conducted. they do that for a couple of reasons. one quite frankly is to protect the reputation of people who may have committed no crime but w

i'm jane harman, president and ceo of the wilson center.nd as some of you know, we recently joined forces with npr to create this year-long public event series that we call the national conversation. npr's president and ceo, my california buddy gary knell who has a muppet, which is an improvement on himself, named after him for his roles, his role before on running sesame street is sitting in the front row, as is joe gildenhorn, ambassador joe gildenhorn who is the chairman of the wilson center board of trustees. and i'd like to welcome many other friends here today. my hope is that this series will provide the public, that is you, with new opportunities to engage in much-needed civil discourse free from spin, imagine that in this election season, in the safe political space that the wilson center provides. for today's event, the wilson center and npr, partnered with the chicago council on global affairs, a 90-year-old non-partisan institute well known for its studies of american policy -- american opinion on foreign policy. the wilson cent

jane harman is another name we've heard. she is now of course head of the wilson center. she's been very close to th intelligence community for a numb of years. she's also very passionate about what they do over there and she hasn't tried very hard to hide that passion over the years. so she's another name we're hearing. but of course as the d and people sort of come back from the reeling shock of this announcement today, i think that will flush out a little bit better. >> jane harman was a member of the house intelligence committee for a long time. a long-time member of the house of representatives before leaving to become the head of the woodrow wilson center for scholars here in washington. suzanne kelly, thanks very much. just a while ago the white house released this written statement from president obama. let me read from part of it "by any measure david petraeus has made our nation safer and stronger. today, i accepted his resignation as director of the central intelligence agency and i am completely confidence that the cia will continue to thrive and carry. let's

among the folks being discussed are the acting director, michael morell, as you alluded to, also jane harman, former u.s. representative, now head of the woodrow wilson international center for scholars, former chair of the house intelligence committee, i believe. and also, john brennan, homeland security advisor to president obama. talk to us about who may be stepping in to fill the shoes of general petraeus. guest: well, you know, morell is considered sorted of the most likely candidate because, you know, having been the deputy director, he could relatively easily just step in to the directorship, very, very intimately familiar with the agency. the other people are all possibilities, but you need to remember that intelligence jobs have been a little bit hard for the obama white house to fill recently. you had director of national intelligence, jim clapper, nominated some time ago to run the overall intelligence operation and it was reportedly very difficult for the white house to find somebody to take that job. it was reportedly offered to several other people before clapper finally took i

>> well, i'm actually going to read what jane harman writes for "politico." "what would wilson do?"ove this. if i can find it here. >> where were you, barnicle, when this song came out? >> where was i? >> yeah. >> i was driving. yeah, i was driving. >> okay. a lot of young dudes. >> why are you so angry? >> come on, man, it's all the young dudes. >> are you talking to me? i'm sorry. >> big old dose of david bowie thrown in there. >> oh, my god, not the hoople. >> what would wilson do? >> willie, what's your must-read? i don't understand the cover. >> we're talking about the storm. >> what is that? >> this is the "new york post" coverage of the storm in the northeast. this is it. this is how they're covering it. "god hates us!" dot, dot, dot, but we have an angel. just a gratuitous shot of amanda kerr in a bustier of some kind i think we can call that. >> a bustier? >> sandy, now snow & ice. >> you've got to move papers somehow. >> wow. >> mika, now back to mika. >> jane harman. sorry, jane, about this. okay. wilson was the first president since john adams to deliver his inaugural ad

one of the names being thrown around right now is former southern california congresswoman jane harman. harman is a democrat who was a ranking member on the house intelligence committee. she resigned from her post in congress last year to become head of the woodrow wilson center for scholars. >>> people are now returning to the jersey shore, nearly two weeks after sandy hit. those who used to live in the hardest-hit areas got to go back home for the first time yesterday. they were taken by bus to their former homes in seaside heights, where they had one hour to pack what they could. some of them said they were not prepared for what they saw. >> you have a list and you're prepared to get what you want, but, you know, you spend like 15 minutes -- it's devastating, trying to look what's on the floor. >> at the main staging center in toms river, new jersey, a company has been making restore the shore t-shirts to raise money for schools and shelters. more buses will take people into the disaster zone each day through tuesday. >>> the white house says barack obama will travel to new york nex

among the folks being discussed are the acting director, michael morell, as you alluded to, also jane harman, former u.s. representative, now head of the woodrow wilson international center for scholars, former chair of the house intelligence committee, i believe. and also, john brennan, homeland security advisor to president obama. talk to us about who may be stepping in to fill the shoes of general petraeus. guest: well, you know, morell is considered sorted of the most likely candidate because, you know, having been the deputy director, he could relatively easily just step in to the directorship, very, very intimately familiar with the agency. the other people are all possibilities, but you need to remember that intelligence jobs have been a little bit hard for the obama white house to fill recently. you had director of national intelligence, jim clapper, nominated some time ago to run the overall intelligence operation and it was reportedly very difficult for the white house to find somebody to take that job. it was reportedly offered to several other people before clapper finally took i