Counterintelligence Area News Today

Testimony and what has leaked o. >> tucker: i have to ask you, you were in charge of the oversight of the caa and other intel agencies as the house of the intelligence committee, do you feel that our intelligence agencies are properly overseen by the congress? does the congress -- doesnt democracy have control? >> i think you could argue over the fbis counterintelligence area that started this investigation into the trump campaign, no. a zero. the fbi has not cooperated throughout this investiga...

Linked up before his testimony on what is leaked out ever since then. >> tucker: have to ask you of the cia since who oversaw it, you were in charge of the oversight of the cia and the other intel agencies as the chairman of the house intelligence committee. do you feel that our intelligence agencies are properly overseen by the congress? does the congress -- what does democracy have control, full control of these agencies? >> i think you could argue over the fbi counterintelligence area that st...

And dont have any mistakes or failures be because you didnt take that extra step. you werent willing to put in the time. fear of failure is motivating for me. if you fail in a counterintelligence area, it can have national implications. failure at that level can mean lost lives. its a very important value to me. keeping people safe. keeping americans safe. keeping this country safe. its my job. its my job. ♪ ♪

>> concerned citizens. >> yeah, and particularly in the counterintelligence area. you have to distinguish the counterintelligence area from the criminal investigative area. in the counterintelligence area, there are a boatload of informants that just provide information, not in connection to a criminal investigation, but just for national security reasons. >> jennifer, why are we just now hearing about roger stone? >> so what i think is going on -- and im very pleased with this development -- is...

Lay out for us as a former fed the difference between an informant and a mole. rudy giuliani used the word "embedded" saying, one, maybe two people were embedded in the trump effort. >> the biggest and most easiest -- or the clearest difference is that a mole or an undercover agent is an employee of the law enforcement agency. so in this case, it would be an fbi employee who acts as an undercover agent. a confidential informant is someone who provides information to the fbi but does not work for...

You have to distinguish the counterintelligence area from the criminal investigative area. in the counterintelligence area, there are a boatload of informants that just provide information, not in connection to a criminal investigation, but just for national security reasons. >> jennifer, why are we just now hearing about roger stone? >> so what i think is going on -- and im very pleased with this development -- is that they are now getting to one of the huge areas where we know there is crimina...

Counterintelligence area. you have to distinguish the counterintelligence area from the criminal investigative area. in the counterintelligence area, there are a boatload of informants that just provide information, not in connection to a criminal investigation, but just for national security reasons. >> jennifer, why are we just now hearing about roger stone? >> so what i think is going on -- and im very pleased with this development -- is that they are now getting to one of the huge areas wher...

Vocal and above the waterline. the counterintelligence area, which is where this would fall, one area is investigation and the other is operations. it tends to be the fact that the fbi and intelligence community does not discuss these types of operations. just because you dont hear about it, one should not make the mistake it is not happening. i would not be surprised that donald trump loses the election, come thursday or the day after that we dont see results of those investigations and operati...

Into the political but they doesnt see to be so aggressive in running down some of these allegations of foreign hacking, russian hacking, attacks on the delegates and the dnc. what do you make of that? >> its a very important point. i want to clarify that. theres what we see and theres what we dont see. youre absolutely right. the investigative arm, which tend to fall under the criminal auspices of the fbi is very vocal and above the waterline. the counterintelligence area, which is where this w...

Do what you need to do. dont have mistakes because you didnt take the extra step and werent willing to put in the time. failure is motivating for me. if you fail in a counterintelligence area, it can have national implications. failure at that level can mean lost lives. its a very important value to me. keeping people safe. keeping americans safe. keeping this country safe. its my job. its my job.