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Security investigation had not been completed. with the investigation over the white house the clearance became a major media story. >> is this a distraction given the controversy? >> jared is a valued member of the administration and he will focus on the work he has been doing and we will continue pushing forward on that front. >> reporter: a former intelligence community vigilance inspector general described the decision is significant given the ongoing mueller probe because he said the matter...

With the russian investigation looming over the white house, the clearance became a major media story. >> is jared kushner becoming a distraction given the controversy? >> jared is a valued member of the administration and hes going to continue to focus on the work that hes been doing and we are going to continue pushing forward on that front. >> former intelligence community official and inspector general described the decision is very significant, given the ongoing mueller pro because he said ...

>> the decision was described as significant giving the mueller probe because the matter would have been reviewed and approved at the highest levels of the fbi. the official said access to classified materials no matter what level of clearance would only happen if there were no outstanding counterintelligence concerns. >> bret: more on this but the panel. thank you. secretary of state mike pompeo says the trump administration will not tolerate russian interference in this falls elections. pompeo...

Jared kushner that there was no way he was going to get security clearance and somehow he could be charged or indicted. that was the coverage and the speculation. now hes cleared. >> as a former official told catherine herridge in her report, that would imply that those counterintelligence concerns no longer exist. if he had been granted the security clearance. i like to quote donald rumsfeld. there are so many known unknowns. the investigation into russian interference in the investigation of t...

Nakts his reaction is leds do more is a galling and upsetting this. its not what congress should be doing. not only is he not trying to find out the truth about russian interference in the election and the many counterintelligence concerns that one would have about the current administration and its campaign, hes actively trying to destroy the institutions that are investigating it and its shame. i think of all the negative legacies that hang over a man who ive had great respect for since he was...

Committing treason against ones country frequently takes place in an unwitting fashion in the early stages. >> what role do you believe the intelligence community should play when you first see it? if you see that there is somebody that could be compromised and they dont know it, do you go and warn these folks? do you say, hey, be careful with this relationship? or do you -- what is that line there? isnt there a point where you want to warn an american, hey, dont do business with them? >> there ...

We have an obligation, because of our very important counterintelligence responsibilities, to make sure the fbi is informed about all of these possibly suspicious counterintelligence concerns that we have. >> when you were collecting this data at the time, and you were raising alarm bells, we now know, back in, i believe its june now of 2016, a little bit before the fbi was told. why is it in hindsight it seem that it took awhile for the rest of the intelligence community to come around to your ...

Using, especially coercion, or some sort of pressure to tried and co-opt an american official, its a serious fbi and at the heart of the counterintelligence mission. >> so if you got a 36-page document of specific claims that are out there, the fbi would have to for counterintelligence reasons try to verify anything that might be claimed in there, one, and probably first and foremost is the counterintelligence concerns that we have about blackmail, would that be an act rat statement? >> yes. if ...

Counterintelligence concerns, all of which hell sift through as we try to figure out exactly what the role was of trump administration officials in russias meddling. >> president trump has called this the biggest witch hunt in history. is that the kind of rhetoric that would affect bob mueller in any way? >> it would certainly affect some criminal and law enforcement probes. bob mueller is not someone who will be swayed by rhetoric like that. president trump said -- told the russians, in fact, h...

Some of which raise serious counterintelligence concerns. i asked director comey about these concerns last week. miss yates, what are the consequences for a white house staffers who nail to disclose their foreign contacts on their security clearance forms? >> well, there can be a variety of ramifications. you can lose your security clearance. you can lose your job or in certain circumstances you can be criminally prosecuted. >> is it up to the didnt of justice or the fbi to pursue these kinds of...