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Taking by virtue of discovering this as you did to try to limit the potential for any more leaks of national security? >> i think national security is put at risk by this leak and by leaks like this. and there are a number of instances where this has occurred and i think its important to investigate these sort of things and to make sure that we have trusted organizations across our government that allows for the free sharing of information and collaboration. in terms of national security, what i...

The president has the right. he can declassify anything on a moments notice. but the reporting was that this information was, and ill read it, the information the president relayed had been provided by a u.s. partner through an intelligence sharing arrangement considered so sensitive the details have been withheld from allies in tightly restricted even within the united states government. which gets back to the point at the end. apparently even restricted from the united states president. >> app...

Allies around the world. the president off the cuff in a meeting with the russian ambassador and the russian foreign minister talks about this threat with isis. general mcmaster saying essentially so what, who cares. the president has every reason to do this and it was appropriate. if you look at the reporting started from your colleagues, a lot of sensitivity here. >> i think its really extraordinary that he buried the lead in that way. that the president would have information based on what mc...

Minister inappropriately sthhar classified information, information that came from a highly sensitive source. general mcmaster using the words wholly appropriate to defend the presidents actions i sag tsayi president had the right to do it. lets get into that. cnn jeff zeleny, abby phillip of the "washington post," karen of the "washington post" and knee wra malika henderson. >> kept saying wholly appropriate. he used that terms maybe a dozen times for the president to do what he did. at the end...

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