the fact is that the routinely issues memorandas on the legality of the l.o.c. publishing the memorandas that you can do this or that, and we have the documents, and we are not the lawyers. and this is interesting, because if you look at the senate intelligence committee report, it will show that early on, the cia lawyers knew that they were committing torture and it is illegal and they had a problem. first, they went to the justice department s criminal division and said would you promise not to prosecute us, and they said no. then they went to the political groups, and worked with david ed a david addington s guy, and said, can we do this? is and that is when they decided to do it. and are you comfortable with this, steven? well, not at all, chris. seeing this, and not having
legality of the l.o.c. publishing the memorandas that you can do this or that, and we have the documents, and we are not the lawyers. and this is interesting, because if you look at the senate intelligence committee report, it will show that early on, the cia lawyers knew that they were committing torture and it is illegal and they had a problem. first, they went to the justice department s criminal division and said would you promise not to prosecute us, and they said no. then they went to the political groups, and worked with david ed a david addington s guy, and said, can we do this? is and that is when they decided to do it. and are you comfortable with this, steven? well, not at all, chris. seeing this, and not having accountability, and seeing this as a mistake is not the same as