ask this. i think it may have even been you that explained to me what fruit of the poisonous tree means. does it apply here potentially, jean. >> the origination of the investigation. defense attorneys saying it is a violation of due process and the clients did not get a fair trial. why? because the origination of the investigation, they don't know about, they weren't told. that deprived someone of their liberty. what's interesting here is this program has been in place since the 1990s, so how many cases could it have affected within the dea, and there is a justice department investigation but the justice department reportedly knew about this program so did they already pass constitutional muster in regard to the legality of this program or not? we'll have to see how this develops. two leading republicans are saying this is hiding the ball and constitutionally it is not right. >> this group called the special operations division of the dea says there is nothing illegal about what they have been doing,