Concession at all. Was Michael Dreeben essentially admitting the attorney for the special counsels office, essentially admitting that these facts were so strikingly intertwined in a colloquy with Justice Barrett that it would be very difficult to separate them out on remand. Thats how i interpreted his statements, at least. Well, and to translate that for people watching, that means that basically, if it wasnt official act, they would not be able to use that potentially at trial. He was arguing they should be able to use it to paint a bigger picture. But trump has argued, total immunity. He has not said, well, some of these are private x. This would mean the case could at least in part go forward and go to trial. We believe that without the official acts charged in the indictment, there is no case. Weve been very consistent in our position from the start, starting with the District Court proceeding through the circuit. Now at the the us Supreme Court, that what were talking about is ab
0 states over the last two years. so we really hope that the right choice will be made here. we re following all the appropriate local channels, and working with various other countries to make sure that rule of law is observed. one of the most wanted men in the world, edward snowden, and we do not know where he is. but what he does next, and the reason this is all so dramatic and riveting aside from the basic facts of the story, is what he does next is going to have a pretty big impact, possibly a massive overwhelming impact, on how his revelations play out politically here at home. joining me now live from rio do janeiro, brazil, a columnist for the guardian and broke the edward snowden story in the guardian. as mr. snowden travels around the globe and his whereabouts are unknown, are you in contact with him still? i haven t been in contact with him since shortly before he constructing this massive spying apparatus that a secret federal court in 2011 said was both illegal a