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Could be used for blackmail, its not okay. the idea that one of the senior people, most access to classified material being investigated and no one could give the president a heads up -- >> eric holder, his own attorney general and somebody that hes close to would not give him the heads up that this is going on since the summer? >> theres so many questions here. the old issue, who guards the guardians? who investigates the investigators? this is going to have question after question after questi...

Benghazi frenzy. >> andrea, did he have to resign? >> a lot of people say not. that he eventually felt that he had to. we know that the head of intelligence, clapper, told him he should. the president asked for 24 hours to think it over. and then -- >> all this comes in on election night. to clapper and the white house. >> which is why conspiracy theorists are going -- running wild with it. i am persuaded as far as all of my reporting that the white house did not know about this until wednesday,...

Oh, my god. >> call him later today. >> not call the mayor, the joke and whole fun with the split screen that will be done never that will get old never. no just fascinating. great to have you here. congratulations on your election. a lot to get to. chuck todd, lets start with this scandal about general petraeus. within this white house this had to be something that really took them by surprise but then there was a big question does he need to resign? >> it really did. the president did take -- ...

And not just to suggest that people in the white house knew, i dont know that they did, but whoever knew, all of the people, the cast of characters who knew at a time when there were questions being raised about benghazi, there was all this stuff going on, that could have been politically volatile. on both sides, in the intelligence community and the law enforcement community, everybody somehow in the space of, like, two weeks managed to not say a word about this on the eve of an election. again...

Oh, my god. >> call him later today. >> not call the mayor, the joke and whole fun with the split screen that will be done never that will get old never. no just fascinating. great to have you here. congratulations on your election. a lot to get to. chuck todd, lets start with this scandal about general petraeus. within this white house this had to be something that really took them by surprise but then there was a big question does he need to resign? >> it really did. the president did take -- ...

Chair of the senate intelligence committee, senator dianne feinstein, says she found out about the unfolding scandal through the media. >> we received no advance notice. it was like a lightning bolt. the way i found out, i came back to washington thursday night. friday morning, the staff director told me there were a number of calls from press about this. i called david petraeus. >> and are you going to investigate why the fbi didnt notify you before? >> yes, absolutely. i mean, this is somethin...

He has the data stop this benghazi frenzy. >> andrea, did he have to resign? >> a lot of people say not. that he eventually felt that he had to. we know that the head of intelligence, clapper, told him he should. the president asked for 24 hours to think it over. and then -- >> all this comes in on election night. to clapper and the white house. >> which is why conspiracy theorists are going -- running wild with it. i am persuaded as far as all of my reporting that the white house did not know a...

And the newly elected republican strategist from texas texas, joaquin castro who just happens to have a twin brother who is the mayor of san antonio. oh, my god. the joke and the whole fun with the split screen -- never. that will get old, never. chuck todd, lets start with the scandal, about general petraeus. within the white house this had to be something that took him by surprise. them by surprise but then there was a big question does he need to resign? >> it really did. the president did ta...

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The most about everything, andrea many wa andrea in washington. >> this mornings "new york times," high-up fbi officials uncovered a possible affair involving the new cia director. according to "the times," no one outside the fbi was notified until last week. >> so wait a second. im confused. so they knew back in the summer and the president of the united states didnt find out till 5:00 the night of the election? >> no, that doesnt make sense. >> thats kind of strange. all right, go ahead. >> th...