even as political a one as nixon had with mitchell and then klindes. this is a political as well as a legal story. let s bring in the political pan panel. and go. van, what do you make of the reporting tonight? i mean, this is disturb will. first of all, just the idea that you have the president of the united states saying, i want someone to protect me. sir, you re supposed to be protecting us. we re already in a bizarre world, for him to mention president obama and john kennedy. president obama was never accused of cuddling up to an enemy of the country like osama bin laden. president obama had osama bin laden killed. john kennedy was never accused