sprigg there would be no need to enforce because the court would after destruction and the suggestion the declare a prejudgment admitted to the congress i don't think that europe reflects how the system works. there is no means by which the courts would enforce, and at that point because the election had already passed it then devolves on to congress to establish how to take appropriate action which as we point out in the brief both houses of congress have embraced both as standing committee on eligibility and i will also submit the suggestion about the senate resolution. >> eligibility is -- there's a and amendment that seems to deal directly with the qualification question but there's another worker we haven't talked about which is between the election and the inauguration, and that amendment seems to deal with that. islamic and once again, it supports our view that it devolves responsibility to congress. islamic doesn't say who is on the qualifications, it says congress can provide the case where neither the president elect or vice president shall qualify but it doesn't say declari

that spriggs has led in a number of interesting things being written in the last day or so to the thought that perhaps the pakistanis and we worked on this together to some extent, they gave up bin laden and we made some kind of accommodation with them. i don't have any idea whether that's true or not. this is a part of the world where there's deals win deals win deals. wheels, double crosses. not a straightforward part of the world. we should keep an eye and ear cobbed to pick up signals of anything like that taking place. >> is it unfair to add to that conjecture, it's not without basis the location, not only pakistan have known, again, may have been this speculation you just offered but that saudi arabia on some level -- in other words, it's hard for some people to look at that and not feel like there are a lot of folks in a lot of places who knew something. >> possibly. but the pakistanis, i think, would have to be front and center. it's in their country. the location, the nature of the building the nearness of the military academy. the fact there's a building like that necessarily th

sprigg there woulde no need to enforce because the court would after destruction and the suggestion the declare a prejudgment admitted to the congress i don't think that europe reflects how the system works. there is no means by which the courts would enforce, and at that point because the election had already passed it then devolves on to congress to establish how to take appropriate action which as we point out in the brief both houses of congress have embraced both as standing committee on eligibility ani will also submit the suggestion about the senate resolution. >> eligibility is -- there's a and amendment that seems to deal directly with the qualification question but there's another worker we ven't talked about which is between the election and the inauguration, and that amendment seems to deal with that. islamic and once again, it supports our view that it devolves responsibility to congress. islamic doesn't say who is on the qualifications, it says congress can provide the case where neither the president elect or vice president shall qualify but it doesn't say declaring who s

sprigg is there any indication of that movement either armed or would back up the more widespread suggestionhe two sides are on the verge of going back to war? de think that's a realistic threat given where we are now? >> i think the danger of the conflict and abyei is a serious. there is fighting going on now down towards the southern border where the southern forces are still inside abyei anbar fighting the sudanese armed forces and the clash is very great. that's not a general warfare between the two but any kind of warfare and especially over an area as emotional and difficult as abyei was the dangerous prospect. >> the u.s. context with the parties to yourself plan to head out there? >> the secretary of state, the advancement of the national security council, myself, johnny carson, assistant secretary for african have all been in contact with parties and leaders constantly over the last several days, and of course as you know, the ambassador susan rice is there with you and security council and of course we have in both khartoum and cuba and everybody's been involved in all of this. i h

sprigg there would be no need to enforce because the court would after destruction and the suggestionink that europe reflects how the system works. there is no means by which the courts would enforce, and at that point because the election had already passed it then devolves on to congress to establish how to take appropriate action which as we point out in the brief both houses of congress have embraced both as standing committee on eligibility and i will also submit the suggestion about the senate resolution. >> eligibility is -- there's a and amendment that seems to deal directly with the qualification question but there's another worker we haven't talked about which is between the election and the inauguration, and that amendment seems to deal with that. islamic and once again, it supports our view that it devolves responsibility to congress. islamic doesn't say who is on the qualifications, it says congress can provide the case where neither the president elect or vice president shall qualify but it doesn't say declaring who should act as president but it doesn't say who decides

sprigg do you think [inaudible] >> this is a very important relationship but the exchange as of sundayso this is going to be part of the negotiations, part of the meetings between pakistani is and the administration and congress. >> you said last night [inaudible] in a way that lead and then just wondering [inaudible] do you have firsthand knowledge, not first hand what do you have knowledge? >> i've spoken to people close to the situation who said the information came from khalid sheikh mohammed after he was waterboarded directly related and that after the intervention also about libya, more information came but initial information came from khalid sheikh mohammed after waterboarding. islamic is there any clarification on osama bin laden's [inaudible] >> no. actually, i think the saying was reports of until now has been speculation being debriefed now and no one knows what happens. >> this was on my own. >> [inaudible] >> any information of the courier, correct? >> yes, that came from myself. >> somebody who was and is very familiar with what happened at the time, yes. >> [inaudible]