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Democratic administrations? so theres appearance that this is a political reprisal, and not a legitimate national security concern or question. >> which these gentlemen are saying, we will not be silenced, we will not be muzzled, we will continue to speak up and speak out. but in terms of the ic impact, what is that? >> members of the ic community want to have their security clearances even after they leave government so theyre available to discuss sensitive issues with people who are in governm...

President seeking revenge. don lemon is here. and this is very interesting because on one level you could easily argue this is nothing, they dont need it, clapper will say it, hayden will say it, brennan may be saying it right now on tv for all i know. we dont use it anymore, it doesnt matter. but it compromises the people who are in there now in terms of using those men the way they used men who came before them. and on another level, don, it means everything. it means if this president doesnt ...

Of national intelligence he used former officials from other administrations to learn, to pick up on leads, to get things faster, to make decisions better. he says he has talked to senior administration officials. he doesnt want to say their name. because who knows what trump would do to them? now they dont have access to that. how does that make us more of a? safe how about bruce ohr? hes over here. hes still a government employee. he still works for the d.o.j. whats his connection to the russi...

It hurts the american people and it hurts our safety to have all of these men who have served in both republican and democratic administrations with so much experience under their belt, the man who was in, on carpeting and killing osama bin laden, and you dont want that at your fingertips? you dont want their expertise you? dont want to hear from them? >> now you cant have it. >> its short-sighted. its petty. and that enemies list we talked about. this is an unofficial one. but were going to hav...

Argument he and his administration may have, and instead what you have is a clear-cut case, i dont think there is any controversy about, he is simply going after his critics to silence them, to punish them because brennan in particular has been tough on him. but what is lost in all of this, anderson, if i may make one final point is the tradition that presidents and their administrations have frequently in years past reached out to the other side and asked for help, asked for wisdom, asked for e...

Year after the investigation started. all right? what does that tell us? it tells us this is just about political payback. then quho then who do we have next? michael hayden. you also see him here on cnn. the former director of national security, the national security agency, and the cia director. those are two really big jobs. what has he done? hes compared trumps policies to those in nazi germany. so his crime, well, none in terms of the probe. he didnt really play any role in any of the thing...

Documentation. when he applied coming he claimed isis killed his father. in fact, court records to his father died of a blood clot. he claimed he never killed anyone but fbi agent said they found eight witnesses who identified amin and his family as fanatics who planted ieds. >> the application was full of lies. >> the trump administration poster travel ban last year over concerns terrorists could fourth the screening process. a former war crimes investigator says this case shows they worked wro...

Little about the facts of what is included in the subpoena, any of the terms that would be included in any of this. at the end of the day we have to go back and remember that president trump every step of the way has been transparent. he said from the very beginning that he is willing to testify, no president in american history has been forced to testify. we have seen this before with other administrations, this president has been willing to testify. he deserves a lot of credit for that. so i d...

That from coming out. >> harris: one of the questions are we to generous with their terms inadvertent and accidentally, should there be a bright line on cutting people off when administrations change? >> sean: look, as someone who has had one for 20 years, i think that to marias for bright want to call people back into government and what the cost tht their funds for people to get them, you want them to maintain. >> harris: can you reinstate? >> sean: it is active, secret clearance is active for...

Guilty to lying to the fbi. ed? >> ed: kristin fisher live at the white house. as you are democrats charging this sounds like an enemies list, while the presidents ally must be emerging as politicized of the previous nonpartisan post cia director to undermine the commander in chief. lets get some fresh reaction for former cia cohort operations officer mike baker, and terry lichtman, a former u.s. attorney and deputy assistant as well. thank you for joining me tonight. mike, what you make of this...