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Appearance of a conflict of interest when the president is put in charge of declassifying information that could complicate an ongoing investigation into his own campaign? >> well, senator, as weve been very clear what our view was about the disclosure and accuracy of the memo in question, but i do think its the presidents role as commander-in-chief under the rule that was invoked to object or not to the declassification. i think that is the presidents responsibility. >> regardless of whether th...

Through the victims it protects. >> the hearing, often dominated by terrorism, got into the brush investigation the political files. on the house republican staff memo that alleges surveillance abuses by the afghan surveillance apartment during the 2016 election. >> we have done and continue to have no grave concerns about the accuracy of the memorandum because of -- we provided thousands of documents that were very sensitive and lots and lots of briefings, and it is very hard for anybody to dis...

The president immediately and with almost no scrutiny releases a memo that he says vindicates him. and that memo if you follow my questioning in the open hearings, i think shows that this memo was put together in conjunction or in coordination with the white house and the republicans on the intel committee. a memo that the justice department said was dangerously reckless and the fbi said had grave concerns about its accuracy. so when our memo comes down the pipe its a different story. a memo i b...

The president immediately and with almost no scrutiny releases a memo that he says vindicates him. and that memo if you follow my questioning in the open hearings, i think shows that this memo was put together in conjunction or in coordination with the white house and the republicans on the intel committee. a memo that the justice department said was dangerously reckless and the fbi said had grave concerns about its accuracy. so when our memo comes down the pipe, its a whole different story. a m...

Committee voted against us when we asked that this be reviewed before it was released. it was only done on a cursory basis. the justice department also asked, before it was released, to be able to come address the entire body of congress in an executive session, to discuss their concerns about its accuracy and about its attacks on sources and methods. the republicans refuse to accept that vote as well. >> let me ask you something else on behalf of taxpayers everywhere. were paying the tab for th...

Thats been done, not just to the integrity of the investigation but the trust and the relationship between congress and these intel agencies. thats going to take a long time to repair. so were willing to work with justice. the white house was not. the republicans on the intel committee voted against us when we asked that this be reviewed before it was released. it was only done on a cursory basis. the justice department also asked, before it was released, to be able to come address the entire bo...

Back now live on msnbc. another big headline from that senate intelligence hearing. nations top intelligence officers all agreeing that russia will keep meddling in future u.s. elections. >> we had then and continue to have now grave concerns about the accuracy of the memorandum because of omissions. we provided thousands of documents that were very sensitive. and lots and lots of briefings. its very hard for anybody to distill that down to 3 1/2 pages. >> robert costa, msnbc political analyst. ...

>> its a fair question. but lets put it in perspective. the president immediately and with almost no scrutiny releases a memo that he says vindicates him. and that memo if you follow my questioning in the open hearings, i think shows that this memo was put together in conjunction or in coordination with the white house and the republicans on the intel committee. a memo that the justice department said was dangerously reckless and the fbi said had grave concerns about its accuracy. so when our me...

Todays senate intelligence hearing not only covering porter scandal as well as russia but the controversy nunes memo as well. msnbcs garrett haake was inside the hearing. garrett, wrap this up for us, starting with what specifically was said about this memo. the president on the democratic memo basically said hey, you guys take another go at it and youre revealing too much, well consider it betweagain if you wo take a second try. >> one of those situations where wish i was able to go to the clas...

Accuracy. heres what he said reiterating that point. >> we had then and continue to have now grave concerns about the accuracy of the memorandum because of omissions. we provided thousands of documents that were very sensitive and lots and lots of briefings and its very hard for anybody to distill all that down to 3 1/2 pages. >> what is the pushback from the fbi? did this harm their ability to investigate the intelligence process that exists here in the u.s.? >> i think the biggest casualty her...