I think Mr. Owen is seeking political advice and policy advice from a group who are here to advise us on technical legal matters, not to give general testimony on the state of the status quo within the Attorney General's office. They're here not to discuss the policies that we have before us, but merely to interpret the words that are on paper and what their implications would be.
Those questions would have been appropriate if they had been asked during general testimony to a witness before the committee, but they are being asked in clause-by-clause of a technical panel, and that's not appropriate.