mr. west was the attorney for convicted terrorist john walker lindt. lindt is the american captured in afghanistan back in 2001 while fighting for the taliban. so what's this guy doing now in the number three position at justice? joining me now, democratic contain campaign consultant and former legal house counsel for the house judiciary committee, gentlemen, thank you very much for being with me. >> thank you. megyn: outline for the viewers, why is this controversial? >> it's controversial because it's a fox watching the hen house or the chicken house. you've got a situation where an advocate for accused and convicted terrorist, an american taliban, john walker lindt, his lawyer is now setting policy for how we handle gitmo detainees and the whole policy with regard to the individuals that are detained at guantanamo bay, including their habeas petitions.