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Found a little more than a year ago. i will add there as well that, yes, the intelligence chiefs who were in charge at the time and signed off in effect on that assessment were political appointees. but, remember, it was career intelligence professionals, intelligence analysts that prepared that report, analyzed the intelligence, et cetera. so its -- you know, if the argument that its a political argument that is contestable by the fact that many career professionals took part in bringing that r...

Saying the memo will be released very quickly. despite these private and now public warnings by the fbi it seems the president has made up his mind without seeing it first. yes? >> the reports lay out not if its a question of if but when the white house will release this memo. the question we should all have about the process being undertaken here is are the experts and career intelligence professionals being allowed to look at this memo to determine what should be declassified, what should stay...

Astounding and in fact poses a peril to this country. >> its still puzzling as to why mr. trump does not acknowledge that and embrace it and also push back hard against mr. putin. i feel very honored to be associated with jim clapper and jim comey in the same category. considering the source of the criticism, i consider that criticism a badge of honor. >> david, you know these two men very well. theyre certainly respected career intelligence and national security figures. how do you think it imp...

Perspective to come out. look, the thought of alabama electing a democrat statewide is an incredible thought, but its even becoming closer now. so doug jones is a great candidate. he is standing back on this. every single republican out there should denounce them. >> all right, guys, im going to switch gears now with you, robert, ask you about the russian meddling question, that the president had to clarify. what is the reaction among republicans? do you think with regard to the presidents insis...

Put american national security at risk because you know brennan and clapper, lifelong public servants, career intelligence officials, they both worked under democratic and republican presidents. these men are trained to read people and identify risk. heres the question, as a former intelligence operative yourself, how concerning is it to you to hear them voice these deep, deep concerns? >> i think, you dont have to be an intelligence officer to go, huh, theres something there. really his tempera...

Personal interests ahead of the countrys interests. whether its encouraging the russians to obtain hillary clintons e-mails, whether its criticizing career intelligence agents who found the russians interfered in the election or encourage vladamir putin by never once taking him on in public. for all the talk about what bob mueller is investigating, this isnt that complicated. a lot of the scandal is hiding in plain sight. >> jack, matthew is right. it keeps roaring back, in part because of actio...

By putins government while in russia. the president implied they were surplus, and it was just as important what he didnt say. he didnt say one word about vladamir putin again taking an action that weakens u.s. interests. this comes back to the biggest underlying problem with his relationship with russia, and that is he always has put his personal interests ahead of the countrys interests. whether its encouraging the russians to obtain hillary clintons e-mails, whether its criticizing career int...

He didnt say one word about vladamir putin again taking an action that weakens u.s. interests. this comes back to the biggest underlying problem with his relationship with russia, and that is he always has put his personal interests ahead of the countrys interests. whether its encouraging the russians to obtain hillary clintons e-mails, whether its criticizing career intelligence agents who found the russians interfered in the election or encourage vladamir putin by never once taking him on in p...

Sue me terry is seen are research scholar at the east asian institute. a career intelligence office per. served in if office of national intelligence, director of korea, japan and oceanic affairs. for years a senior analyst at the cia and a senior linguist at the ci action. dr. terry joins us tonight for the interview because she is the person i want to talk to. >> thanks for having me on again. >> i appreciate your tile. let me ask about a concern that i raised at the top of the show tonight th...

>> an illegal. the agents who quietly blend into the societies of other nations and lead seemingly normal lives while secretly carrying out orders passed to them from moscow. >> the term "illegal" is an intelligence term of art that refers to somebody who is here not under -- with any kind of diplomatic status, that is here not in true name. >> they are career intelligence professionals. they are given advanced training in tradecraft, clandestine activities. then they ultimately spend years serv...