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Information. the fbi would not comment for the story, and that the russian embassy didnt respond for a request for comment, chris. >> all right. so, heres the question. if they know that theyre stepping up their efforts with, do they have any ability to stop the saime? >> not necessarily stop it, but we know after the meddling in the election, both the obama and trump administrations have been slow to take measures to respond to the intelligence threat, according to the current, former u.s. inte...

Tests. but on this particular issue, he seems to have trouble accepting the conclusions. >> and it has to be demoralizing the workforce to have him demeaning the intelligence community while hes on foreign soil and about to meet with vladimir putin, a former kgb colonel. >> yeah, i would say this, andrea. ive said this i think before to you. intelligence community is very resilient. theyre used to controversy. they bounce back. speaking truth to power is never a -- an easy business. but theyll b...

Intelligence conclusions about russias meddling in the election have slowed the efforts to counter the threat. we are told that they are seeking to keep an eye on this activity. in some cases the fbi uses surveillance to track the officers as part of their counter intelligence efforts but thats how the u.s. was able to identify and expel the russian diplomats in december in response to the russian meddling. were told some have actually violated protocol by leaving the washington, d.c. area witho...

Hes into his fourth u.s. president. he famously brought his labrador into a meeting with angela merkel knowing she has a phobia about dogs. >> with all the talk about is he going to bring up the election. the president just said that nobody knows for sure who was behind the election hack despite the fact that the intelligence agencies were quite firm in their conclusions. its hard to see how he could bring it up with putin, tell him to cut it out. make sure it never happens again, which we know ...

Bernie sanders and ben sasse can sit across the table with same set of facts. one most liberal and conservative. look at the same facts and come to opposite conclusions. what significant here, i think this is a big deal, for donald trump whos been very skeptical about trade in the past. to see this going on and have this frame presented to him, i wonder if this will affect the conversation and how he looks at this when he sees how intensely arrayed against the initiatives and the missions of the...

Tactics that the media is susceptible to that. im wondering if youre falling prey to your own self-described malady. whatever political problems he has with the intelligence community, do you have any reason to question the intelligence communitys conclusions about russian interference in the election? >> no, i dont have any reason to. and i think, you know, a couple things there. you know, the president said he admitted that it could have been for russia, it could have been from other countries...

Investigate and have sort of the portfolio that would cover russian interference, cyber warfair, that type of thing. but the intelligence community of the 17 agencies has accepted the conclusions of the cia and others that were on the front edge of determining that not only russia but vladimir putin specifically ordering this kind of interference with the hacking and attempts to pen straight election systems around the country, also there have been a number of intelligence chiefs who have testif...

Polypublished, he wrote a piece titled the time i got recruited to collude with the russians. i can lay out what happened, he wrote. facts from which readers and investigators can draw their own conclusions. his piece is a full accounting of the report in the "wall street journal." he reported that peter smith had initiated an effort to obtain clintons deleted e-mails from russian hackers, and while doing so, he implied he had a direct line to michael flynn and to the trump campaign. it is in th...

Anyway, whats the difference? the president also pressed on the issue of whether or not it was russia, something most of the intelligence community agrees on. heres what he said. >> i agree. i think it was russia, but i think it was probably other people and/or countries. i see nothing wrong with that statement. nobody really knows. nobody really knows. i remember when i was sitting back listening about iraq. weapons of mass destruction. how everybody was 100% sure that iraq had weapons of mass ...

Public, a part of the function is different people having access to different information even within the committees. but more than that, its how we look at the evidence. if you look at the issue, for example, of obstruction, many of the same people would say there is no indication of collusion, would say there is no indication of any obstruction. at the same time, the entire testimony of james comey could be viewed as evidence of obstruction. indeed, if we were in court and i was prosecuting a ...