radio address to explain to the country what that program is about. there was a huge controversy. and so everyone was then working to getting the speech together. and you asked me if i learned about it before then. i said no and that is accurate. when you were in the white house, did you ever work with john uh on the constitutional implications of any warrantless surveillance program? i can t rule right in the bake of september 11th, it was all hands on deck on all fronts. and then we were farming out assignments. but we were all involved on september 12th when we came in, let s back up, on september 12th when we came into the white house, it was we have to work on everything. so then over time people figured out what issues they were going to work on. you had the airline bill that i was up here on september 20th
directly relevant to his own e-mails with john uh. so before my next turn, we can take a look at that. well, we ll get them for you for your next turn. now, you said everyone agrees the president hats s unfettered power to pardon every violator of every federal law. can the president issue a pardon in exchange for a bribe? yes or no? i think that question has been litigated before and i don t want to comment about any let me ask you this. there are a couple things involved in that question. one is what is the effect of the pardon. and the other question is can
but father john has been a big influence on that. so that s, as a person, watching jesuit academy. i tutor up there and now i m on the board of washington jesuit academy. those are low-income boys from low-income families, tuition-free school. one of the 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 schools. and i started tutors up there because i wanted to do some more tutoring. and just being involved more. but i want to be more directly involved in the community. they have tutoring. you do all your homework there because it was a situation you don t want to go home and have anything else to do. you have three meals there and help them do their homework and see these great kids in a structured environment. and you make an effect in their lives. and, like i said yesterday, the teachers and coaches throughout america, they change lives and for me to be able to participate, you know, you can t change everything at once but
you, do you believe that more context is needed to be able to address the question? well, i don t think i ve heard the question yet, but i ll let you know when i hear the question. let me ask you this. i ll repeat the question i asked before. you said you heard about this with the rest of us in december 2005. you said on the air that you had no knowledge of anything related to this until the new york times article. now we have a declassified inspector general report that on september 17th, which is befo before several months before the new york times article john uh issued a report on the surveillance of the white house that outlined the warrantless