justices who did not ask questions. justice brennan rarely asked there are justices who felt passionate and strongly about issues the way that justice thomas does but did not feel like participation, that the argument was that important or central. the interesting thing about the court is that all the residents are so unbelievably active. it is about as hot a bench as we have had. when i first argued cases, probably before anyone argue the case here, if you could argue a case and get no questions -- you could. zero questions. that would happen in the 1980's. >> and the 1990's i got in excess of 90 questions in 30 minutes. >> wow. >> if you look historically, it is not such an anomaly. thomas is very popular at court with the expansion of justices and ball parks, very engaging and funny. this is someone who, if he is paying attention. >> and if you read some of the literature done about his role in cases, it jan greenberg wrote a book or she painted him as being highly influential in important cases. so i think some people draw the wrong inferences from his silence from the bench. when p

to john brennan, the assistant to the president for homeland security and terrorism on behalf of this committee. i have asked him to provide us results of the internal investigation by the fbi, army intelligence agencies that's under way. both owe an interim classified matters, both senator sessions and i should be informed and i've spoken both with the attorney general and with fbi director moeller and yesterday the ranking member and i as well as the chairman of the intelligence committee senator feinstein were briefed on the status of the investigation. we should and we will conduct responsible oversight. try not to do it in a reckless fashion because we should not take steps that are going to interfere with the ongoing investigation. or standing in the way of military prosecutors. i want them to be able to compile a thorough and complete case. also yesterday the attorney general and treasury secretary geithner announced the creation of a financial fraud task force. it's a significant step in our efforts to strengthen fraud prevention and enforcement. it uses the authority we