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The assumption is always that the president of the united states understands his responsibility. in taking those documents out of the building, is the first step of showing -- what hes gonna do than with that information. i will hope that it kicks and again. >> do you feel that what you fried in the affidavit, the filing are the first times youve seen him as a threat to national security and the intelligence community? >> everyone that has access to special information, and holds positions, is a...

Used to acquire it. and those have levels of protections imply depending on how exquisite either of the information or the accesses. im sure that team is going through every document. making sure that it understands which pieces of it represent that kind of classified information. and then looking at the impact it lost, that usually comes down to what advantage are we deriving from it whether its in partnership, in methodology, or in the information itself. and theyre breaking it down, theyre br...

But he had in my estimation, not a really complete understanding of what he was protecting. and his engagements, who works with, the fact that he has foreign businesses. knowing that he would be in situations where he could be bumped by adversaries who would like information. adyou just knew that, all you have to do was apply the need to know. thats applied to any officer, at any level, to say he just didnt have a need to know. and a remarkable thing about this, if the day came where the nation ...

Taken it. i dont think theres any reason why he shouldve taken it. i cant think of any reason why he should use it. but for a period of time, that opportunity existed if he forgot the responsibility he carries for the rest of his life to protect the information he had access. do >> all hope that he does. >> but the circumstance is worrisome. >> did you see him wrestle with those two things, trying to remember the office he held, and trying to pursue his own agendas? >> i dont know that i ever th...

And what it takes. and who risks their lives in order to give us the information that we need in order to provide both national and global security. intelligence isnt opinion. intelligence is the disciplined by what you take fundamentally uncertain information and work it so the decision-makers can deal with it with a kind of certainty. but within each sentence, there are untold years, untold risks, and untold relationships that are breed with that. and that, in addition to the particular piece ...

Shared future. back looking at it. you to you. >> many thanks for the can see something update. sensational, im a can be something that is is openly available, and you can see the most mundane sentence, and its indicative of some intention or some action. this idea that anybody can just casually assume whats really classified is just false. the same thing id say would go for the president. i dont think he acquired that appreciation. >> you set up on to really important things i want to try to im...

Use that information to advance. it could have devastating consequence to national security. but i cant think of a simpler way to say. why i think that this moment is so difficult. and thats because theres no justification. and knowing who he is, and that he doesnt fully understand. he may not decide to protect if he wanted to do something different. its a tough situation. im glad that weve worked so hard to recover the information. but i fear that it has been essentially the public domain for a...

Even if it temporarily -- resides in a prison. >> thats the only way its being discussed. it couldnt have broken the law, he had the authority. no one of the national security, not even establishment, no one -- as even interested and whether you have the authority or not. theyre interested in whats been jeopardized. i wonder when you read, not just a picture for the shock, but when you read the programs that may have been jeopardized. can you take us inside what april haynes likely havent an -- ...

That he pack the boxes. so, to your point even if he didnt understand it. he was interested in what he was interested in. and what youre laying out is that the conduct and the reckless mid with which classified -- secret classified materials. and youre right, not necessarily what they say but because of what programs they may reveal our what methods they might reveal. it may be in this perception, it sounds like it. if his agenda served by jeopardizing that as. do you think hell pursue it? >> ye...

Classification levels, and they will be combing through this piece by piece. nicole, the other thing that they know that i dont think and -- and that is, our adversaries have, and competitors have a voice in this. listen, dont be mistaken. foreign threat actors who now know that information, that we deem important, has been, was recently in an unsecured location. they have the wherewithal and the interesting going after that. and theyre gonna be looking at that too. were talking about it as thou...