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Mention and the fact that the release of so much information that they had retracted to vs cyber is a tool to drive an outcome. >> can you talk to us at all about what kind of tools they used? >> im not going to go into the specifics of how they executed the hacks. >> we will try to get into the classified. we will hold off for now. >> yielding back, mr. schiff is recognized for 15 minutes. >> thank you, i had a couple of follow-up questions, director comey, can you tell me what sf 86 is? >> it ...

The background check that goes on takes a look at what youve done up to today and then a decision is made and then again, unless somebody reports something, you have a five-year period where you have that clearance. then you go up for your next reinvestigation. so part of it is a resource issue. a lot of background check work is contracted out to private organizations that do the bulk of the work and pass it to the security officer of the particular government agency that the individual gets the...

Robert muellers team, others being pulled up in front of the congressional committees. it is still an area where i think some folks interested in working in a white house, you know, would be nervous about going into this one, particularly for a president whos still -- though he has a legislative win, got the taxes done, still saddled with a poor approval rating. >> would you be nervous, joyce, as jared kushner in the white house right now? >> i think its a difficult time for anyone in the white ...