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/PRNewswire/ -- SCU is an invitation-only coalition of about 170 members with subject matter expertise who pursue various forms of evidence-based research into...

/PRNewswire/ -- SCU is an invitation-only coalition of about 170 members with subject matter expertise who pursue various forms of evidence-based research into...

The national cyber director’s lack of independent legal authority, combined with Senate confirmation, gives the president broad latitude to shape this role and authority within the executive branch.

Investigated that involved an organization that -- >> one last point i would make with respect to -- you keep saying the president is not part of the intelligence community. i believe he is. the president has the ability to declassify any single intelligence document. do you believe thats true? >> the president has original classification authority. >> how is that person outside of the intelligence community? >> he is the president of the united states above the entire executive branch. >> thank...

Intelligence community or an organization that the director of national -- >> one last point i would make with respect to -- you keep saying the president is not part of the intelligence community. i believe he is. the president, you agree, has the ability to declassify any single intelligence document. do you agree thats true? >> the president has original classification authority. >> then how is that person outside of the intelligence community? >> he is the president of the united states, abo...

Is not part of the intelligence community. i believe he is. the president has the ability to declassify any single intelligence document, do you agree that is true? >> the president has original classification authority. >> how is that person outside of the intelligence community. >> he is the president of the united states above the entire executive branch. >> greg? >> i think thats wrong respectfully to the admiral. the president is not above the executive branch. hes at the top of the executi...

He told the office of the inspector general he didnt notify anyone at the fbi that he was going to share these memos with anyone. he violated applicable policies and his employment agreement by failing to either surrender his copies of the memos to the fbi or to seek authorization to retain them. once he knew the fbi had classified portions of the memo, he failed to immediately the fbi he had previously given a memo to his attorneys. despite knowledge that memos contained classified information,...

Cooperate with the review of the fbi and how it started the investigation of the trump campaign in the context of the russia meddling investigation. this is pro forma. i think youre right about that. in a sense, he had the cooperation. the big change or significant change here is that the president has given the attorney general the authority to declassify documents that these agencies may have related to this investigation. normally that classification authority they have themselves. i think th...

Quickly. that is in the area in which we had problems. the problems are in the areas that, again, you have an enormous amount of fuel load. when fires start, you dont stop it, you manage it. >> neil: i did want to get your thoughts on your service to the country. the president move yesterday, as you know, to remove john brennans security clearance, the former cii director. he has responded in a "new york times" editorial that the collusion is hogwash. what you think of all that? do you think it ...

John brennans security clearance. the clearance after someone has left the government. president, who am ever it is, barack obama, john, whoever it is, they have the authority. as i classification authority, they delegate who can control the security clearance and who can hold it. the president is certainly within -- there are reasons written in order of why clearance can be taken away. the president is well within his rights to execute that. people can argue whether or not it is political. that...