calling for prosecutions and litigate that. that s not going to happen. but he wanted this report out there. but who knows, ten years from now, is this still going to be informing our politics? what will 2016 candidates say about this? i think there s a recognition that he doesn t just represent people who are upset about what the cia did, he represents the cia as well. it s his cia now. the cia director is a close aide of his, who is a career cia guy, who he knew would come out and defend the agency. the reason he s walked such a careful like on this throughout the entire week, he knows he s not just representing the people who are very angry about this. this isn t a campaign. he oversees the intelligence community, relies on them tremendously and sees what they do every single day is he afraid they will back down, not that they won t do the sip wits interrogation room and get tough with the questions, but they ll be so afraid of doing anything, that they ll pull back co
there is a good argument for trying a number of cases in military tribunal, especially if you capture a terrorist in the field of combat. there shouldn t be a hard and fast rule. let s make sure that intelligence officials, law enforcement officials have some flexibility. senator wyden, thank you for being with us tonight. let s turn now for more on this story to bob shrum, professor at new york university. bob, good to have you on tonight on this issue because it just appears to me that the republicans are trying to make terrorism an issue, security an issue, because they really have offered nothing up in any other part of the agenda within the last year and have tried to obstruct everything. your thoughts on that. is this their play for 2010? it s one of their plays and it s an ugly play. john brennan is a career cia guy, former deputy to the director of the cia under george