The Bipartisan Policy Center and the Concord Coalition all offering their views. Live coverage on cspan2. The Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in the case balancing federal whistleblower protections against National Security. The case involves robert maclean, a u. S. Air marshal fired for telling a reporter that the tsa canceled missions on commercial flights that required marshals to stay overnight. His supervisor told him that the cancellations were to save money, believing the tsa action risk passenger safety can maclean leaked the information to a reporter prompting congressional criticism and leading to the tsas reversal of his decision. Next up, the oral arguments in Homeland Security department versus maclean. Will hear arguments first this one in case 13894 of the department of Homeland Security versus robert maclean. Spent mr. Chief justice, and may place a corporate in section 114 r , congress directed tsa to promulgate regulations prohibiting disclosures that would
United states, like we were by bush, to authorize an aufm. Abdi youothing but an abdication of our obligation. Adam shift tried to sunset out the aufm that we gave to which has been used by president obama. Not understand how we in congress can continue to what the constitution says is our responsibility. James madison once said, the power to declare war, including causeser to judging the of war, is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature. Not believe sincerely, because when this this obama. To be president he wants to have another aufm, extension of what we have. Its not going to be but so long that you have sent more and more train, many ofto these former Saddam Hussein loyals. Now theyre fighting with isil. Some are fighting on the other side. Very complex. I understand that and i agree with that. But for goodnes goodness sakes,n world should we make such a commitment, and we dont have an end point to it. You or generalr dempsey i have Great Respect for both of you to submit
Now witnessing is the result of of that. 20 cornered civil war and we in are sure that a, there we know whos, b, they are and c we can find them and support them and they will c they will set up a jeffersonian democracy when this done. I met with the head of the political wing of the free in in army two years ago tannable. Talked about an open pluralistic syria in which everyone would participate. It was heartening to hear him. Then i asked him when were you last in syria. He said not for awhile. I said when . Agoo. Rs where do you live now . Stock home. What do you do there . Teach philosophy at the university. A scholar. A good one i gather. Is problem with the moderate syrians. Really syrians. The current head of the Syrian Opposition has not been there for 30 years. Endlessp in on the monolowing. The point you are making and made many times is that the getting killed it is their own damn fault. No, no, no, bob. And it is none of our business. No, bob. I send you a wonderful example
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Before the release. Your honor. Orrect, but there is no doubt best mark information ssi. Before it is going out . Correct. S. S. I. Ion can be whether or not it is marked that way. Regulations are clear on this that details of federal air deployment are covered as s. S. I. And this issue was the ated before administrative judge. If there were no regulations on the books tes at that point are there any disclosure . On there can be no s. S. I. Without regulation . Me thats correct, your honor. What the federal circuit held is that the while blower protection extended this b8 a but 2302 a xempts from whistle blower Protection Information that is specifically disclosure specifically prohibited by law. The federal circuit found no specific prohibition and no law s. S. I. Ut under the regime it was prohibited by the mandated fa nondisclosure regulation by the s not prohibited statute until there were regulations, right . That is correct. It is not prohibited by regulations. I think we would