okay then, n.j. cost the -- jay costa. >> i will begin with my practical qualifications. the things that i do on they did today basis are very similar to what would be required as a member of the task force. right now, i am a staff member at a nonprofit non-partisan organization which seems to shine a lot on the money the shine a light on the money in politics. we bring information about how every lawmaker votes on every bill. the position as special interest groups take on the bills and the campaign contributions that legislators receive. we watched for relationships between the physicians and special interests and they take on various bills and the way that those same lawmakers will lead the vote. we would like to empower citizens about decisions that are affecting their lives. also the inappropriate influence that the money plays in the decisions. the heart of our daily work lies in the request that we filled from concerned citizens and reporters. these are very similar in nature to the complaints that the task force fields at its meetings. what it citizens to report i

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reduces the risk of error and imposes no word on government in terms of its interesting company nick --, n.j. of the, it has to be unconstitutional pri >> how would you assess whether the critical reliance on classified evidence in this case, was a harmless error? how can we tend to show you what we would have said in response to what we don't know and have not seen? it seems to me that is a problem the district court got wrong. mr. edwards is wrong in saying other courts have upheld it and this is a case in which was critically relied on. >> you are well over your time, so please summarize. >> the last two. , in response to your first question was whether you can designate for support of non designated group. i think if you look at the two cases, the holy land foundation and iara, you can look at the genesis and history of past support, pre designation support, at least where there is no evidence of severing ties and there is evidence of continuing support after the group has been designated. so it was hamas in the case of polio and foundation and islamic african relief foundation. in both

if you are twitter savvy, as this conversation continues, you are welcome to tweet that hash tag, n.j. patraeus. michael, take it away. [applause] >> lumley seybert ford of introduction about general patraeus and then we will go into a conversation and set of questions and then the second half hour we will take all of your ideas and thoughts and questions to the general. he is a 1974 graduate of west point. he also had many positions and commands distinguished along the way. in 1983 he won the army general award at command staff college. and he did his ph.d. in about two and half years, which was less than half as much time as any of the rest of us. he continues to be, i think my princeton record. he spent some time teaching at west point, and many of us know the story from that point onward in the following two decades. and i will just remind you that depending on how you count europe, i think he is in his seventh diploma now, including a deployment in haiti, at eleven in bosnia in the 1990's, three deployment in iraq and now his command position in afghanistan. on top of that, let m