in 1941 congressman carl vinson wrote a letter to attorney general robert jackson. he requested fbi and department of justice reports made in connection with an investigation of labor disputes involving navy contracts. there was no doubt that vinson's committee had a proper role to play in overseeing such issues, which is why he wanted the documents. but attorney general jackson flatly refused the request. he did not compromise at all. jackson explained that disclosing investigative reports would harm the national interest in a number of different ways. when attorney general jackson responded to congress in 1941, he referenced case law, statements by prior presidents and letters from six attorneys general. jackson explained that declining to open the fbi files to review by congressional members and staff is, and i quote, an unpleasant duty. he was right about that. but it was in keeping with the separation of powers embodied in our constitutional system. >> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein speaking today. i know there's -- i know there's a lot of hangover news

i don't take those lightly because i spent, again, i see miss vinson back there. i feel that we've been to war together because -- because on the redevelopment agency, we went to war to save 3rd street. we went to war to save the bayview. we committed significant city funds to do exactly the opposite that would happen here if we allowed this store to close, and which would undermine health -- it would undermine the entire neighborhood and put at risk the entire health of the neighborhood and further perpetuate the zidisintegratio of that neighborhood and therefore -- you know the result. why did i spend seven years on the redevelopment agency. you look behind the law, which is to protect the health. yeah, in this case, i don't believe that you're -- you're looking down the statute, but you're not keeping that statute up to date, and therefore, are irresponsibly, i'm not attacking you -- irresponsibly creating the opportunity, because the statute has not been maintained, to have a store close because that cap has changed, and the domino effect of that store closing

of vinson ‘s chiejina are notjust seen as memories but evidence, and there will be more next week.day, throughout the eu. the aim of the gdpr, general data protection regulation, is to give people more control over data held about them, and ensure businesses are handling it correctly. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is here to explain more. jane, europe's new data protection regulation is already in uk law — and the promise is that it should let you take back control of your personal information. here it is, the gdpr — the general data protection regulation. it gives people the right to access the data held on them by organisations. they can correct if the information is wrong and even demand that it is all deleted. the regulator in charge of making this work says it is a big change. this is a new law, so there will be some hurdles and some humps at the beginning, but i think what is really important here is the law is changing to give people more control over their personal information, and they can make choices. so there is a lot of focus on this. the last few days

now one of the things that people have i think forgotten is that the tragic death by suicide, of vinsont person to see him alive was linda tripp. it was linda tripp that had the relationship with monica lewinsky and the rest is history. >> neil: that's how it goes, right? without judging your investigation or this one, it does by nature go into areas you didn't envision. the president and his people feel that this one is now looking at areas that few could have envisioned. his lawyer's offices get ransacked, former campaign manager, same thing. this is more than collusion. >> these are serious concerns. you always want accountability. power can be abused. i was accused of abusing power. let's discuss that. at times we would litigate that before courts. in each instance, we were found to be operating within our authority. so that question is always unfolding in the mueller investigation because he reports not to a special division or he reports to the deputy attorney general who is the acting attorney general. >> neil: is your surface view of what mueller doing ring true to you? do you f