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>> yeah. >> that he didnt know that he was receiving value potentially wrongly from a foreign actor, but clearly his father doesnt help that case, does he? >> and, chris, in legal terms he barely escaped being indicted for this. so, no, his father -- his father doesnt, you know, doesnt help there. okay. so there is all the campaign finance violations. look, if youre using computers, theres wire fraud questions. if you know what youre doing and interacting with a foreign government, you start get...

Finance violations. look, if youre using computers, theres wire fraud questions. if you know what youre doing and interacting with a foreign government, you start getting into the realm of espionage and national security offenses and then computer hacking and other sort of computer offenses, too. so there are a lot of things that are implicated when you start talking about taking the aid of a foreign government in our federal election system. and the presidents just opening the door to that. loo...

Have gone to jar to fight for isis. convicted of computer offenses in 2012 for publishing the address book of tony blair, but also for hacking into the anti-terror phone lines of mi 6, the u.k. secret service. its -- hes an established hacker but what makes him unusual his on-line presence is that hes always on-line, popped up numerous times under a number of different accounts and always cheering on these attacks including this most recent attack in garland, texas. apatiently why u.s. investiga...

Instigate this attack in texas. it would appear that he might have had some foreknowledge of this plot. >> reporter: the british hacker is believed to now be in syria. in britain, he was convicted of computer offenses. hussein was linked on twitter to one of the two attackers of the prophet muhammad cartoon exhibit, elton simpson. u.s. investigators are still trying to determine what degree hussein inspired or had a role in the attack. hussein tweeted, the nights have been sharpened. soon well c...