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President, it applies to his entire family and any asset. >> it cant be enforced at all. >> it cant be enforced. >> but the fact that he thinks he can enforce it or wants to give the impression to those staffers that they need to legally -- theyre legally bound to say good things about him. >> and if you have a junior staffer who has seen something, are they going to hire a lawyer to fight this nda or are they going to say i dont want to take the risk of paying millions of dollars. >> people sho...

President is currently considering is yanking those security clearances. those remain with them as a courtesy. not just brennan but anyone coming out of a senior position. and frankly we should be overhauling the clearance process regard lets. but i think to lees point in this article that you started with, yes, it is true that by talking the way that john brennan is talking and talking the way that klapper is discussing, in a sense theyre furthering the russian objective, which is essentially a...

Considering is yanking those security clearances. those are given to them or remain with them as a courtesy. not just brennan but anyone coming out of a senior position. and frankly we should be overhauling the clearance process regardless. but i think, to lees point in this article that you started with, yes, it is true that by talking the way that john brennan is talking and talking that james clapper is discussing, there are -- in a sense, theyre furthering the russian objective which is esse...

Public and to our adversaries. so its a process and reminds people -- this is why i like the clearance process, it reminds them you have an obligation. by the way, it will be criminal if you disclose this information unauthorized for the protection of the information of the u.s. government. so, yes, theres a lot of them, but yes, theres lots of work that goes across the government that you need to at least safeguard to some degree. and i think thats probably wholly appropriate. i think we are go...

Like barack obama was entitled to have a legitimately qualified nominee approved by the senate? >> well, of course, he is, every president would be but you just had a man on your show, mr. leo who has extraordinary position. he is involved in not only selection process but hes key to it. when the white house chose nile gorsuch they didnt call gorsuch, they called mr. leo they said would you like to call judge gorsuch and tell him the good news, thats whats going on here. federalist society is go...

Chris: isnt he entitled just like barack obama was entitled to have a legitimately qualified nominee approved by the senate? >> well, of course, he is, every president would be but you just had a man on your show, mr. leo who has extraordinary position. he is involved in not only selection process but hes key to it. when the white house chose nile gorsuch they didnt call gorsuch, they called mr. leo they said would you like to call judge gorsuch and tell him the good news, thats whats going on h...

Like barack obama was entitled to have a legitimately qualified nominee approved by the senate? >> well, of course, he is, every president would be but you just had a man on your show, mr. leo who has extraordinary position. he is involved in not only selection process but hes key to it. when the white house chose nile gorsuch they didnt call gorsuch, they called mr. leo they said would you like to call judge gorsuch and tell him the good news, thats whats going on here. federalist society is go...

The general a liar, i dont think thats appropriate. >> did you hear that word come out of my mouth? >> you used the euphemism. its hard to believe had a hes saying. >> if i want to call you a liar ill do it right to your face and theyll be a smile on mine. its about the fact, the fbi reports that the white house counsels office, they have plenty of reasons to know, then the situation starts to come out. its all rhein. if it happened in another administration youd pb gone nuts. >> lets look at th...

Nations most significant secrets. >> reporter: the white house not commenting, but saying -- >> he will continue to do the important work that he has been doing. >> reporter: the move more fallout from a scandal that raised clearance questions after it became public rob porter never received his full clearance amid accusations he abused two ex-wives. john kelly promising to clean up the clearance process even if it affected kushner or his wife, ivanka trump. >> i will let general kelly make that...

Huge debt on 666 5th avenue that the family business has and including he and they were actively during the campaign year, at least if not during the transition, going to foreign governments, china, saudis and others to see if they would help finance that debt. >> in the clearance process, there are a couple of things that are always stumbling blocks. one of them is foreign contacts you dont report. everyone can forget one or two. apparently jared kushner has done this repeatedly, raising concer...