mr. west was the attorney for convicted terrorist john walker lindt. lindt is the american captured in afghanistan back in 2001 while fighting for the taliban. so what s this guy doing now in the number three position at justice? joining me now, democratic contain campaign consultant and former legal house counsel for the house judiciary committee, gentlemen, thank you very much for being with me. thank you. megyn: outline for the viewers, why is this controversial? it s controversial because it s a fox watching the hen house or the chicken house. you ve got a situation where an advocate for accused and convicted terrorist, an american taliban, john walker lindt, his lawyer is now setting policy for how we handle gitmo detainees and the whole policy with regard to the individuals that are detained at guantanamo bay, including their habeas petitions.
41. wasn t the issue broccoli? megyn: i think it was! questions today about a new promotion at the department of justice. remember this guy? american john walker lindt, aka taliban johnny? he joined the taliban and fought against the u.s. in afghanistan. wait until you hear what his lawyer, the guy who represented him, will now be doing as the number three man the a the department of justice. that s right after this break. and vladimir putin shed tears this weekend when he earned he was when he learned he was elected president of russia. after the break, who s crying down. and gop candidates take real questions from real people and wait until you see what happens when mitt romney found himself confronted with a difficult question at the huckabee forum this weekend. this week, president obama s administration again cut his benefits. sir, will you look me in the eye, tell me, who will be
over our destiny, and that s why my supreme responsibility as prime minister of israel is to ensure that israel remains the master of its fate. so i thank you very much, mr. president, for your friendship, and i look forward to our discussions. thank you mr. president. thank you very much. megyn: senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler is live in washington on north lawn with more. reporter: megyn, the international atomic energy agency has singled out a new site, the parchin site, it will need to inspect sooner or later, this as president obama and prime minister netanyahu hold talks, the president said would focus on iran. the two leaders should be wrapping up lunch shortly. the president says he still thinks there is time for sanctions and diplomatic pressure to convince iran to give up its nuclear weapons am bikies, but he also said he expects what he calls a series of difficult months in 2012. even as we will continue on the diplomatic front,
mr. netanyahu says if his country feels threatened there will not be any wait. brad: israel reserves the right to defend itself and that s the purpose of the jewish state, to restore to the jewish people control over our destiny, and that s why my supreme responsibility as prime minister of israel is to ensure that israel remains the master of its fate. so i thank you very much, mr. president, for your friendship, and i look forward to our discussions. thank you mr. president. thank you very much. megyn: senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler is live in washington on north lawn with more. reporter: megyn, the international atomic energy agency has singled out a new site, the parchin site, it will need to inspect sooner or later, this as president obama and prime minister netanyahu hold talks, the president said would focus on iran. the two leaders should be wrapping up lunch shortly. the president says he still thinks there is time for sanctions an
law that does not by the way kick in until the end of the month. west is no stranger to controversial court cases. he represented american taliban john walker lindt and is a member of the so-called gitmo attorneys who represented terror suspects before they then joined the department of justice. for more now, we re joined by mark le convenience, a radio talk show host and constitutional attorney, california lawyer, if i recall, mark, good to see you. good to see you, gregg. gregg: a lawyer who defended a terrorist now leading the case against a state trying to protect its citizens. is that appropriate? is that appropriate, of course it s appropriate, it s the american way. the idea we represent very bad people, that s engrained in the american constitution. even john adams defended the british soldier who committed the boston