figures, i often have to look up what their partisan affiliation s because it s just often not that important. and there s a certain continuity and inertia in national security that transcends partisan wins. is that also true at justice? yes. and justice department officials have gotten in trouble, attorneys general have gotten in trouble when they have forgotten that the justice department really is different from other cabinet agencies. i remember senator lahey said during confirmation, you re not the secretary of justice. you re the attorney general of the united states and there has to be a wall between the justice department and the white house even though you re a part of the administration. put kind of an interesting thing between me and a president who i was a friend with, certain things we couldn t discuss and certain things we didn t discuss but i think that s an appropriate way for an attorney general to think of himself or herself and it s an appropriate way for the justi