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Would be used not just to gather information, but to deliver it? >> sure, theres a whole bunch of roles for these different types of folks. i heard phil mudd talk about access agents, somebody who has access to somebody that you want, like donald trump jr. theres agents of influence, people who can be told, we want you to spin a message to people in the room to try to get a particular message across. natalia veselnitskaya is somebody who could very easily be somebody like that, in my view. >> al...

Operation. excuse me, my voice is going a little bit. so what happened in that meeting is a little less important in the e-mail, as far as the russians were concerned, a trap was set, bait was put out and donald trump jr. took bait. the information the russians would need, whether elements of the trump campaign team were willing to compromise themselves. theyve received their e-mail back. they would take people as access agents, to go in co-opted to do that meeting, to see if the trump people ar...

They brought out more information, they would begin to draw him in and develop him as a source. now as best we know from what we see, that doesnt happen, but i think thats what was going on here in terms of russian covert policy. >> and there are other connections here that are still being explored, "the washington post" reporting that a man named rod goldstone, hes an attorney, for a prominent real estate family in russia who are connected to donald trump and don jr. and the rest of the family ...