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Advisor come at white house today because position, on the lawn, just by west executive drive, we dont know exactly what he will say, except we expect them to make the point roughly along the same lines that the secretary of state a few minutes ago to the fact that no sources or methods were discussed with the russians. i think it would be more reassuring, perhaps, panel, if general mcmaster came out and said that no sources or methods were compromised. there is a difference between discussing t...

Investigation is about. it is primarily about the efforts by russia to interfere with and perhaps influence the american election. a subset of that is the possibility mentioned only in passing in what james comey has repeatedly identified as a counterintelligence investigation as to whether there was some form of cooperation between the trump campaign in the russians. this matter seems to be related to the presidents discretion in handling classified information. it could have been on the foreig...

Explosive. it could be something as simple and offhanded is that that would explain the entire story. is it a hanging offense? no. is it a mistake? yes. it could be a problem dealing with our allies. i cant see it as being a permanent breach since it wasnt deliberate. >> is a political matter, i think this feeds not into some russia corrupt relationship story but into a story that has to do with donald trump and his ability to pull things off, the competence question. that was raised last week b...

Weve heard from tillerson, mcmaster and apparently dina powell, no methods or sources were revealed but the idea that this city where the information would have come from was somehow disclosed, they dont speak to that issue, and thats what makes me suspicious. >> i think we could agree that we would feel more comfortable with this information if the source "the washington post" had was identified. there are present and past national security officials cited as the anonymous sources. i can unders...

Weve heard from tillerson, mcmaster and apparently dina powell, no methods or sources were revealed but the idea that this city where the information would have come from was somehow disclosed, they dont speak to that issue, and thats what makes me suspicious. >> i think we could agree that we would feel more comfortable with this information if the source "the washington post" had was identified. there are present and past national security officials cited as the anonymous sources. i can unders...

Advisor come at white house today because position, on the lawn, just by west executive drive, we dont know exactly what he will say, except we expect them to make the point roughly along the same lines that the secretary of state a few minutes ago to the fact that no sources or methods were discussed with the russians. i think it would be more reassuring, perhaps, panel, if general mcmaster came out and said that no sources or methods were compromised. there is a difference between discussing t...

Explosive. it could be something as simple and offhanded is that that would explain the entire story. is it a hanging offense? no. is it a mistake? yes. it could be a problem dealing with our allies. i cant see it as being a permanent breach since it wasnt deliberate. >> is a political matter, i think this feeds not into some russia corrupt relationship story but into a story that has to do with donald trump and his ability to pull things off, the competence question. that was raised last week b...

Name in the leaking of that information and thats a crime. there are those who are calling for a special prosecutor on the russia matter for investigating that piece. that is so far the only crime. you hear talk of collusion but collusion itself would not be, as far as i can tell, a crime. i think what we need is crime first, investigation next, and prosecution maybe someday. maybe not. >> james: like a good old episode of "colombo" that everyone can see if crime has been committed. there are 41...

Investigation is about. it is primarily about the efforts by russia to interfere with and perhaps influence the american election. a subset of that is the possibility mentioned only in passing in what james comey has repeatedly identified as a counterintelligence investigation as to whether there was some form of cooperation between the trump campaign in the russians. this matter seems to be related to the presidents discretion in handling classified information. it could have been on the foreig...

Name in the leaking of that information and thats a crime. there are those who are calling for a special prosecutor on the russia matter for investigating that piece. that is so far the only crime. you hear talk of collusion but collusion itself would not be, as far as i can tell, a crime. i think what we need is crime first, investigation next, and prosecution maybe someday. maybe not. >> james: like a good old episode of "colombo" that everyone can see if crime has been committed. there are 41...