police command, including its new chief john layton, that the department's structure and methods were fine. this is not a real estate problem, witmer responded to congressman adams, it was the streets of d.c. that were the problem. the officer originally brought in to clean up a corrupt narcotics unit in the early 1950s had subsequently gone on to lead the internal investigation unit. widely viewed as beyond reproach, he was a comfortable sense as police chief in the sense that he had not turned the department upside down vetting out corruption either. when president johnson heard layton was selected to run the mpd just days after the president's election triumph, he was irate, no doubt because he had not been consulted. layton seemed content to run the department just as his predecessor had done, and johnson -- who had some clear ambition to exert more authority over the mpd -- finally resorted to circumventing the new chief. in 1967, johnson appointed walter washington, the last presidential appointment to the d.c. commission and the first one to be designated mayor commissioner. an

police command including its new chief john layton that the department's methods were fine.this is not a real estate problem widmer responded. it was the streets of d.c. that were the problem. the officer brought in to clean up the corrupt narcotics movement in the early 1950s have subsequently gone on to lead the department's internal investigation unit widely viewed as beyond reproach layton was a comfortable choice in defense that will not corrupt himself did not turn the department upside down setting out corruption either. when lyndon johnson heard that the d.c. commissioner selected layton to run the npd days after the president's 1964 triumph he was irate. late in seem content to run the department as his predecessor dennin johnson who at clear ambition to reform and excerpt more authority over the npd finally was ordered to circumvent the new chief. in 1967 johnson appointed walter washington ,-com,-com ma the last presidential appointment to the d.c. commission in the first one to these designated mayor commissioner and later under home rule the city's first elected

bianca (inaudible) she will go to dylan university neand pritny from isa and layton college and you just mish anna and soto will attend the city college of san francisco. and (inaudible) mission to remove and will attend hemp ton university and hall from mission will attend csu north ridge and andrew from independence will attend stand ford university, johan from mission will attend richmond community college. and grace (inaudible) science and technology will attend uc davis. >> thomas from mission will attend alabama aand m >> and and they will attend the college (inaudible) and city college of san francisco. thank you so much. >> i am going to back to the filipino educaters who are here now and do you have any students with you? >> i am not sthur. good evening to all of you,ed audience and the commissioners, and the superintendent and the other staff members, good evening. i am not sure but i did call them to see if they can make it and if they can't we still honor them. i do have the draft, actually of the program. so just pass it down. >> the filipino educators presented the high sch

joining me now is former nsa offici colonel cedric layton. welcome back to the show. >>y pleasure, melissa. melissa: on the positive side reaction to today's hearing sort of across the board w that this certainly seemed up fnt, more profeional, more prepared than thearade of jokers we saw coming out t testify on behalf of the irs or any oth hearings. this had much more official, much more researched feel tooit, would you agree with that? >> o absolutely and when you lookok at the relationship nsa s had with the congressional oveesight committee such as the house coittee where tis hearing was today an the senate intelligence committee, i'll tell you from my psonal experience as well as what i s today it was absolutely the mos% professional hearing. it was very much to the point. it got a lst questions answered and, really an exale how these kind o activities can be examined through congressional oversight and something i think americans are hopefully proud of at this point. melissa: there w no sarcastii remarks,hy did you have to go to the w whi house 150 some odd time

joins us, colonel cedric layton. >> go to be with you. >> why is the not a direct violation of the constitutionll, because all three branches of the government are involved in this. you have the executive, who proposes this, and then you have the legislator that approved this and the courts approve it. so the way the structure works right now you have the three basic branches of government saying it's okay to do this. >> shepard: everything i'm doing online, the duration of my phone calls and the numbers to which i'm making the call, where i was when i made that call, my e-mails, my photographs, would you understand it if an american citizen said to you, this doesn't sound like america? i'm confident that the framers said in the fourth amendment and beyond, you can't do this. and that the court says you and can you say you can and the president says you can, doesn't much matter. and some people out there are furious. >> absolutely. well, this is having seen what a communist society looks like up close and personal, i know exactly what the situation is like when you don't have the civil libertie