on this nfl championship weekend the biggest story is about a qb who is not playing, yes, tom brady retiring apparently, but maybe not quite yet. the brady case shows the pleasures and the perils of anonymous sourcing. espn broke the news saturday afternoon and didn t hedge it one bit. they said brady is retiring from football, period, citing multiple sources. others scrambled to confirm it and some did, the nfl network found multiple sources saying brady planned to retire and the boston globe found a league source who said it was true, but no one confirmed it on the record. brady s dad said it wasn t true and the buccaneers said they hadn t heard anything final from him and his agent said, quote, tom will be the only person to express his plans with complete accuracy. so what are we supposed to
here in this case, and should be honored. that s what he s saying in writing anyway. that s what he s saying, and here s an attorney for attorney general barr to show himself to be an institutionalist, someone who cares more about the department of justice, it s reputation, and the rule of law, than he does about partisan political advantage, and i certainly hope he will prove those of us on the committee who were skeptical of those commitments wrong. in my questioning of bill barr on his confirmation hearing, i reminded him that elliott richardson in a confirmation hearing before the same committee asked very similar questions as he was, gave crisp, concise, clear, simple answers. didn t hedge. didn t talk about well, you know, in the best interest of and given the balancing, he simply said yes to a number of critical questions that attorney general barr found it much harder to be concise and clear about. my hope is that he will overcome that tendency and instead will
and i certainly hope that he will prove those of us on the committee who are skeptical of those commitments wrong. in my questioning of bill barr on his confirmation hearing i reminded him that elliott richardson in a confirmation hearing before the same xhirkts the senate judiciary committee, asked very similar questions as he was, gave crisp concise clear simple answers, didn t hedge, didn t talk about, well, in the best interest of and given the balancing, he simply said yes to a number of critical questions that attorney general barr found it much harder to be concise and clear about. so my hope is he will overcome that tendency and instead will demonstrate a commitment to full transparency. one thing that was in the letter that i found encouraging, lawrence, was a commitment on his part that he would continue consulting with robert mueller. it is certainly the case if there s any hint or suggestion on our part that the report that we get is overly redacted or is concealing some cr
though certainly what he s saying in the letter is his ambition on this is full disclosure and that the public interest is definitely something that he believes is absolutely already here in this case and should be honored. that s what he s saying in writing anyway. that s what he s saying. and lawrence, here s an opportunity for attorney general william barr to show himself to be an institutionalist, someone who cares more about the department of justice, its reputation and the rule of law than he does about any partisan political advantage. and i certainly hope that he will prove those of us on the committee who are skeptical of those commitments wrong. in my questioning of bill barr on his confirmation hearing i reminded him that elliott richardson in a confirmation hearing before the same committee, the senate judiciary committee, asked very similar questions as he was, gave crisp concise clear simple answers, didn t hedge, didn t talk about, well, in the best interest of and g
but his letter today seems as though certainly what he s saying in the letter is his ambition on this is full disclosure and that the public interest is definitely something that he believes is absolutely already here in this case and should be honored. that s what he s saying in writing anyway. that s what he s saying. and lawrence, here s an opportunity for attorney general william barr to show himself to be an institutionalist, someone who cares more about the department of justice, its reputation and the rule of law than he does about any partisan political advantage. and i certainly hope that he will prove those of us on the committee who are skeptical of those commitments wrong. in my questioning of bill barr on his confirmation hearing i reminded him that elliott richardson in a confirmation hearing before the same xhirkts the senate judiciary committee, asked very similar questions as he was, gave crisp concise clear simple answers, didn t hedge,