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the fury of the previous administration but also experienced in these leak probes involving congress former deputy director and cnn senior law enforcement analyst andrew mccabe. thanks for being here. the idea this investigation was not first and foremost about adam schiff and eric swalwell themselves, does it make it any less egregious in your mind that their personal communications data were secretly seized by the government? what questions still need to get answered? >> well, anderson, there are a lot of good questions. i think the, what we're learning now that the investigation apparently began targeting a staffer or member of the committee and not the members themselves seems reasonable. the reasonableness kind of ends there. typically what would happen is you would begin with the target and you would then identify all of that person's contacts -- their e-mail contacts, their telephone contacts, and then you'd have to figure out who those contacts were. one way to do that is to drop a subpoena like we've heard about that got served on apple in this
InvestigationIdeaThanksAdministrationCnnCongressAndrew-mccabeDeputy-directorEric-swalwellFuryLeak-probesCongressman-schiffnew information now emerging about the justice department leak probe conducted by the previous administration that swept up information from democratic lawmakers and the then white house counsel and that also targeted reporters at "the new york times," "the washington post," and cnn. sources tell cnn the subpoena used to obtain information from the democrats was the result of an investigation that included a focus on a senior aide on the house intelligence committee. a source says the white house counsel's records were swept up as part of a separate investigation, which just adds another layer of mystery. we're joined by someone who felt the fury of the previous administration but also has experience in these leak probes involving congress, former deputy director and cnn senior law enforcement analyst andrew mccabe. thanks for being here. the idea this investigation was not first and foremost about adam schiff and eric swalwell themselves, does it make it any less egregious in your mind that their personal communications data were secretly seized by the government? what questions still need to get answered?
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