training status of their personnel or command and control, there is a whole plethora of kinds of information pertaining to a nuclear offense or defense that could be revealed or information could be inferred by exposure of these documents. this is obviously very valuable top secret information. but what is the value of this top secret information to another country? because, you know, only a certain number of countries have nuclear capabilities. well, that s right. it is a fairly small club of nine or ten, depending on if you include north korea or not, i guess. and as i say, this goes to the very core of our nation s existence. and that is why nations pursue and acquire nuclear weapons. it s why we did. it s why russia has and china. it s why north korea has, because it gets to the very existence and how they deter foreign attacks. and so, this in turn is, as i say, the holiest of holy s of secrets. which nation strived very hard to protect and restrict access to, as we
and, or, importantly, the obverse of that is that it could also indicate what we do not know about a foreign nation. which could give them some form of reassurance, particularly if it s an adversary. so, nuclear capabilities, number of weapons, how many are on alert, maintenance status, training status of their personnel or command and control, there is a whole plethora of kinds of information pertaining to a nuclear offense or defense that could be revealed or information could be inferred by exposure of these documents. this is obviously very valuable top secret information. but what is the value of this top secret information to another country? because, you know, only a certain number of countries have nuclear capabilities. well, that s right. it is a fairly small club of nine or ten, depending on if you include north korea or not, i guess. and as i say, this goes to the very core of our nation s existence. and that is why nations pursue and acquire nuclear weapons. i
Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Or distorted what happened in the election campaign. But what is Donald Trumps core point that he wants to say even more than no collusion, no collusion, no collusion . It didnt change a vote. So this is a problem. So if they had stepped up their game in 2016 and the Obama Administration was asleep at the switch, maybe they did change some votes. Trump is not stupid well, i wont say stupid or not. Trump wants to deny that russia could have had an influence in 2016 and theyre saying russia could well have had an influence. I understand that some of us are being too cynical about this briefing, but again without the president on it, how do you take it credibly. If makes a big difference. If it were the president , it would be Something Else. The white house continues to want to say and they say this repeatedly, this administration has been toughe
it changes the ball game so much as we will have a rain delay for a couple of innings. well, i mean, partially he agrees with what jon said, a rain delay in for a couple of innings. but he does not think she got it right. what is your reaction to these comments and what is at stake here? well, i certainly agree with both jon and bill barr that this is a delay, this is a holdout, this is not going to determine any outcomes of the case. in terms of whether the judge got it right or wrong, let me just say this, be wary of any blanket assertions that the judge was absolutely right or absolutely wrong on executive privilege. because the fact of the matter is, we have very little case law to executive privilege. and you will hear people from time to time make assertions like a former president does not have a cannot invoke executive privilege. that is just not right. the supreme court has said there can be narrow circumstances were a former president can invoke executive privilege. this
well, i certainly agree with both jon and bill barr that this is a delay, this is a holdout, this is not going to determine any outcomes of the case. in terms of whether the judge got it right or wrong, let me just say this, be wary of any blanket assertions that the judge was absolutely right or absolutely wrong on executive privilege. because the fact of the matter is, we have very little case law to executive privilege. and you will hear people from time to time make assertions like a former president does not have a cannot invoke executive privilege. that is just not right. the supreme court has said there can be narrow circumstances were a former president can invoke executive privilege. this is the kind of decision that is invested in our district court judges, a trial court judges. i think what this judge did is weigh two competing factors. on one hand, not wanting to slow down or create unnecessary burden. on the other hand, as jon said, let s be safe, let s bring in a third