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Movie, again, from the originally classified appendix to the whistle-blowers complaint. quote, according to multiple white house officials, the transcript of the presidents call was placed into a computer system managed directly by the national security councils director for programs. this is a stand alone computer system reserved for code word level intelligence information such as covert action. according to information i received from white house officials, some officials voiced concerns inte...

The transcript of the presidents call was placed into a computer system managed directly by the national security councils director for programs. this was reserved for code word level intelligence information such as covert action. according to information i received from white house officials, some officials voiced concerns internally that this would be an abuse of the system and was not consistent with the responsibilities of director for intelligence programs. this was not the first time unde...

So when the institutions of government are under mined in this fashion this is the situation we find ourselves in. >> theyre going to go back and look at this server that is supposed to be used for only very specific purposes. according to the whistle-blower complaint, white house officials told them that it was not the first time under this administration that a presidential transcript was placed into this code word level system, specifically for protecting sensitive rather than national securi...

Quote, under this administration that a presidential transcript was placed into the code word level system solely for the purpose of protecting. >> so, bob, let me ask you about the significance of that. that this was a process to protect him that had happened multiple times? >> that certainly seems to be the case that there were people in the white house who felt they had to essentially protect the president from himself. im going to be a contrarian and suggest that in this case the issue was n...

Word transcript of the call that was produced as is customary by the white house situation room. this set of akds underscored to me that white house officials understood the gravity of what had transpired in the call. continues, the white house officials told me they were directed, directed again, a quote, by white house lawyers to remove the electronic transcript from the computer system in which such transcripts are typically stored for coordination, finalization and distribution to cabinet-le...

Well, see? see the way he is acting? that must mean there is something to it, because he is so personal and so attacking on this particular issue. and, you know, again, i just -- this would have been the opportunity for the president to be statesman like in this, and he did have some legitimate questions. why was the whistle-blower report released today? normally, i have to tell you, as the chairman who got whistle-blower reports, i would never release the report until it was fully vetted and we...

Did you feel that at the end of the day that he gave you real answers? that he said what he believed? that he was honest? >> i think hes in a lot of pain tonight, actually, and throughout all of this episode. this is someone who had a distinguished nearly 40-year career as a s.e.a.l. and a retired admiral of the united states navy, and i think he knows better, frankly, and i think hes in a lot of pain. >> according to the complaint which obviously discussed today at length, people in the white h...

Cautiously optimistic, i guess well take that as as good as it can be right now. i want to read one other thing for you, congress mid-caman bec this is very important. according to white house officials i spoke with, this was the whistle-blower, this is not the first time, in quotes, under this administration that a presidential transcript was placed under the codeword-level system solely for the purpose of protecting politically sensitive rather than national security sensitive information. tha...

Such transcripts are typically stored and why instead the transcript was loaded into a separate electronic system that is otherwise used to store and handle classified information of an especially sensitive nature and the person says this was done multiple times. out front now chief political analyst gloria borger, david gregory, and former director of the national intelligence robert lit and ann millgrim. ann, youre with me. nancy pelosi says it was a cover-up. it was a cover-up. does this look...

Phone call, especially the official word-for-word transcript of the call that was produced as is customary by the white house situation room. this set of actions underscored to me that white house officials understood the gravity of what had transpired in the call. according to this whistleblower, two things then happened. first, white house lawyers directed officials to remove the electronic transcript from a computer system where these kinds of transcripts are typically housed. and two, the tr...