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Hyperbole, saying the fbi is using a hit or attack on the country, is undermining what serve not just him but the entire country. thats dangerous and should not be tolerated. >> what do you think this book is supposed to do, can do, might do for what really matters about this. this is not written 20 years later. even clappers book, looking at his 50-year career. were in the midst of a probe. what are the expectations in. >> one, on the comey side, this is a picture that will be completedly direc...

Presidential election. they were keen to emphasize that there was no impact on the vote, meaning that the russians hadnt elected trump. there had always been a line. the intelligence community does facts, the white house does politics and spin, and does it on its own. in an instant the line between intelligence and politics began to fade. if that is true, what does that say about cynicism in this brand new administration? >> craig, i think its pretty clear now that mr. comey and president trump ...

And donald trump outside american electoral politics and one that does not know the rules of the game. on the comey side, it is troubling to have a former top cop and intelligence officer who decided to leak information and i think it is just splitting hairs when you say well, he was a private citizen the day that he did it but it was privileged information and it is not clear that the notes that he took after the meetings with trump did not, in fact, include classified information himself. was ...

I wonder if that was somebody on the sessions side or comey side. and it strikes me as being the sessions side, actually. so theres a real ability to corroborate and sort this out. >> i love our conversations, john dean. thanks for coming on. see you soon. >> thanks, don. up next, a cnn exclusive. u.s. investigators believe russian hackers planted a fake news story that blew up into a mid east diplomatic crisis. im going to talk about it next. these days families want to be connected 24/7.

How you misinterpret on three occasions whether you were under investigation or not. i think mr. comey is very clear spoken and the president would know exactly what his relationship was visa vis the investigation. well get this all sorted out on thursday. thats a for sure question that will be explored in depth. >> this from the new york times basically that james comey asked sessions not to leave the room because he didnt want to be left in the room with the president because he was that conce...

So highly politicized and controversial that even if there is some smoking gun, i dont know if people will believe him. >> john: i think the pressure is not obstruction of justice alone, the fbi director works for the president. the constitution says very explicitly that the executive power shall be vested in the president of the united states. it does not say, except when jim comings director of the fbi, he has an executive power. even if trump had done it, it would be permissible. >> kennedy: ...

From the comey side, apparently asked comey to go easy on michael flynn who had just been fired as the national security advisor. it is one thing to read it in the paper or to read a quote. it is a very different thing when james comey is testifying about that in public and my guess he will testify about that part in public before he speaks behind closed doors in a classified hearing. >> shannon: the f.b.i. thus far has declined to turn over the memos if they do exist. it will be from his mouth....

Totally agree with noel. i really hope this isnt just the comey side of the story, but democrats and republicans alike. no answers. a lot of speculation. we need to get to the heart of the fact before we start throwing the book at everybody. arthel: as we have this discussion with live pictures there in riyadh on this historic trip by president trump anticipating the inauguration of the global center for combating extremist ideology along with king salman and you brought up a point in terms poli...

Seriously inside and outside of the be, there is risk, and you really would rather go on the record with people who can speak for the record, sometimes you cant. using person of interest that is a different meaning than target, i think a lot of folks in media contemplate those 2, just that you are talking to someone that could be a person of interest. >> there have been a gusher of leaks from the comey side. and there is a i think we have video of it. a story in which comey described to his pals...

Your read on this component? >> i think whats interesting about this is that there are things being leaked to tell the comey side of the story. benjamin wittes, chris is right, obviously didnt come out and fly solo on this and talk about comeys inner thoughts. comey wants to tell his story. as we talked about before, if rob mueller said hes a witness and i dont want him to testify in congress in an open setting and confusing the news with his story, then comey will not get his chance and well pr...