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Track it back. that takes a very long time in cyber. youve seen that. it took many years for them to get that level of attribution. the other part is you dont necessarily know the financial transactions, especially if they have not be part of the case, are tied to any sort of foreign influence. the third big thing to remember is the fbis mission is to do counter espionage. counter intelligence program is really going after spies. part of this is no one really has the assignment from protecting t...

Steve, let me begin with you. i want to start off with the fbi reportedly obtaining secret wiretap conversations and lets be clear. donald trump jr. is not on the wiretaps. there may have been mention of him but not himself. hes not recorded on that. what is the significance of these wiretaps? >> i think the united states government, its no secret, has relationships all around the world with countries that listen and its two foreign nationals talking about perhaps trump jr. i dont think it means...

That that be deployed constitutionally and with oversight. have you ever seen though a situation in which you have essentially the congress and the president kind of teamed up against the fbi in the middle which is what we appear to have here? >> ive not in 25 years as an fbi agent and in leading the counter intelligence program, ive into the seen this level of intervention, interruption, and disarray quite possibly. ive got to tell you, the only winner so far in this picture is the russian inte...

Have you ever seen though a situation in which you have essentially the congress and the president kind of teamed up against the fbi in the middle which is what we appear to have here? >> ive not in 25 years as an fbi agent and in leading the counter intelligence program, ive into the seen this level of intervention, interruption, and disarray quite possibly. ive got to tell you, the only winner so far in this picture is the russian intelligence service. the russian intelligence service has one ...

Spark a debate about the drone program in general. is this truly the most effective counter intelligence program that you can do? its not going to be lost on some people to say if you were going to attempt an operation to get somebody and used humans rather than drones a human would have noted there are hostages here. a drone isnt going to know that. this is a reminder of the limits of the drone program. >> getting human into the area is becoming more and more difficult every day. that is clearl...

Waiting for me? basically said to myself, theres only one way it find out. im going in. >> next, the inside crew walked into an empty office wearing business suits and carrying several suitcases. they cleaned out file cabinets and then made their way downstairs to the getaway car and drove off unnoticed. the group reconvened at a farmhouse an hours drive away and started unpacking. >> we were like, oh, man, i cant believe this worked. we knew it was going to be some mole in there somewhere. >> w...

And im like, are they in there waiting for me? basically said to myself, theres only one way it find out. im going in. >> next, the inside crew walked into an empty office wearing business suits and carrying several suitcases. they cleaned out file cabinets and then made their way downstairs to the getaway car and drove off unnoticed. the group reconvened at a farmhouse an hours drive away and started unpacking. >> we were like, oh, man, i cant believe this worked. we knew it was going to be som...