kasey continuity. they see linearity. they see the revolution as having a profound motive -- consistency -- that is not well- understood and the west. -- in the west. we want to see the nuances where they see a purpose-driven system that is expansionists and hegemonic. what is the assessment about this new iran? not much has changed in the formal structure of power. the reality of power is very different. the assessment right now is that we can no longer talk about iran as an islamic republic. it is a route islamic republic dictatorship. many in the arab world will argue this was always the case. the past two or three weeks have just raise the veil on the democratic pretense that the islamic republic has cultivated for the past 30 years. in that sense, the election of ahmadinejad was good news in this sense that it does away with the illusion of a moderate iran. you see the true face of iran. many westerners penned -- pinned their hopes on this. many of my colleagues argued that ahmadinejad won the election. this is the f

continue with this. if i may welcome the attorney general. for almost a year i asked the attorney general, namely lou kasey, to release the opinion and that opinion concluded that the fourth amendment did not apply to military operations on united states soil. the opinion was finally made public this march. it was released together with a memo written in 2008 which instructed attorneys that, quote, caution should be exercised before relying, end quote, on the 2001 opinion. called the opinion's conclusions incorrect or highly questionable. and rendering much of the opinion void. what i'd like to know is, has this opinion ever been withdrawn in its entirety? >> senator, i would have to check on that. i believe so. but let me just check to make sure on that and get back to you. i'm not sure about -- i don't have in my memory right now what the impact of the president's withdrawal of the opinions early on, whether that was concluded. >> well, this is a big opinion on the fourth amendment with respect to american citizens and american military. so i think it's important that we clarify it and could you bring us up to date on what you are doing to revi