mike mcconnell averted to that in the last panel. but the rise of czars is something to be proud about. i disagree with the robust meeting of the war power and i therefore disagree with a number of the things that john has written. we could also talk about recent developments, things like that. but i do want to go to, you know, what we agreed on more was something to talk about because of my central interests these days and i want to tie this to both of the panels that we have had, the one last night on, among other things, line item vito vitos -- vetoes and the last one. was the degree of radicalism shown by my good friend mike mcconnell is probably not usually described as a radical, but i think that john's professor michael did touch on some absolutely crucial issues that are similar to our particular topic. his debr that is to what degree the state, particularly if it is a modern state, and last night, i do think even richard epstein waved the flag of surrender with regard to the existence of a very significant administrative sta

chertoff from the bush administration, former director of national intelligence, admiral mike mcconnell, i referred to, in the bush administration, paul wolfowitz, also from the previous administration, former n.s.a. director mike hay derntion also from the previous administration, vice children of the joint chiefs of staff, general james cartwright, and former defense secretary -- deputy defense secretary bill wynn sent this letter. incidentally, to say what is already a matter of public record, in doing so they expressed opinions that are quite similar to what we've heard from all the leaders of the current administration when it comes to security. secretary of defense panetta, the director of national intelligence clapper, the director of the c.i.a. petraeus, and so on -- and of course secretary are i napolitano frome department of homeland security. i want to read from this letter from the national security leaders because it sums up where we are. and i quote now. "given the time left in this legislative session and the upcoming election this fall, we are concerned that the window o

admiral mike mcconnell, general hayden, that's who signed the letter. i can give a short tkeus certation of -- dissertation of every one of these individuals about what they know about our country. it presented a danger in stark terms, as stark as i can imagine. this is a public letter, mr. president, this is what this one letter says -- quote -- "we carry the burden of knowing that 9/11 might have been averted with intelligence that existed at the time. listen to that, mr. president. they're admitting that 9/11 could have been averted with the tools we had at hand. they go on to say we do not want to be in the same position again when cyber-9/11 hits. it is not a question of whether this will happen. it is a question of when. end of quote. mr. president, this isn't my saying this. this is general hayden, head of the c.i.a., had a briefing many times about the things going on during the iraq war. james cartwright, defense department expert william lynn iii. this eminent group called the threat of a cyberattack imminent. what does imminent mean? it means

mike, thank you. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell say he and harry reid worked out a student loan deal pending approval by house republicans. compromise could be a test to the transportation bill that is also nearing completion. senior g.o.p. aid tells fox that they agreed on all big things in the transportation bill but it is still unclear if the keystone pipeline will be part of that proposal. federal funding for road, bridge an rail projects and up to 3 million construction jobs expires on saturday. law enforcement officials in arizona are incensed about the supreme court's ruling on sb-1070. they think their ability to do their jobs has been compromised. correspondent shannon bream explains. er >> what they said to arizona is drop dead, arizona. drop dead and go away. >> reporter: within hours of the supreme court decision upholding a key provision of the arizona immigration law, the department of homeland security directed immigration enforcement agents in arizona not to take action. with respect to any individual local or state police identify as an illegal immigrant. unless that person is consid