opportunist? he was referring to a goes for gus hall amid the cold war. joining me is nick confisore. putting you on the spot with what giuliani was talking about there when it comes to mr. brennan. who, in your view, i mean, there is a line that many military officials in particular, but also national security intelligence community officials walk where they try not to be political, but rather, instead, to stick to their areas of expertise. there are now a number of national security officials. while, yes, they have risen up to support brennan, some are saying the language he s using is clearly political. of course it s political. i think, you know, that he s kind of protesting too much saying it s not political. there isn t anything bad with being political. it s not a terrible thing. but he is an extraordinarily harsh critic of the president. there are obviously a lot of americans who agree with him, and some who disagree. it s absurd saying you re not
become alice s wonderland? no, no said the queen, sentence first, verdict afterwards. stuff and nonsense alice said widely. the idea of having the sentence first? hold your tongue, said the queen, turning purple. i won t said alice. release the drones said the queen as she shouted at the top of her voice. lewis carroll is fiction, right? and john, the senator was also tweeting during this long prolonged period. i ll just read one of them to you. quote, no president has the right to say that he is judge, jury and executioner. from that rand paul. did he have a little bit of assist a lot of assist from republicans but a little bit of assist from a democrat. that would be ron white of oregon who says he will eventually support brennan s nomination but that he also has
voted to support brennan. with graham calling it, quote, referendum on the drone program. adding that before the filibuster he planned on voting no. that infur rated supporters of rand paul who launched an online movement with the hashtag primary graham. they hammered the south carolina republican for dining with president obama at an expensive d.c. restaurant at the exact same time senator rand paul was questioning the administration. the threat of a challenge from the right is exactly why some people believe senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, who s up for re-election next year, decided to publicly support paul s filibuster. senator marco rubio, who s faced criticism from some conservatives over his push for immigration reform was also a public backer of the filibuster. senator paul, meanwhile, remember him? he s the one that did the whole thing. he s claiming victory after he received a letter from the administration stating that the president cannot order a deadly strike agai