military matters but it doesn't give him a blank check google citizens now just very quickly mr pyne's here he says that you know these are just his opinions that he's expressing in this article they are not the opinions of the cia or of the government itself but i considering the fact that he is the assistant to the general counsel for the cia you have to assume that this man has some influence here i mean he's he's the counsel he is who they go to for advice on what is legal and what is not. well to his credit he at least address the . cia in our cases has never answered those questions it says in fact it can't answer those questions it refuses to confirm or deny that it's been involved in any rendition operations and it simply says that the cases have to be dismissed out of secrecy grounds so i welcome in some sense that mr pyne's has essentially come out and and put his arguments out there for public scrutiny or as the case may be ridicule i do think that you know the notion that for example the convention against torture under which countries are prohibited from shipping people of