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And who gives a if its true, right? thats what this is is looking a whole lot like. >> yeah, i think the president believes that his campaign w spied on. >> but what basis does ef to believe that? >> because -- >> theres not a single fact to report it. nunes said theres not a single fact they have seen to support it. so it sounds like hes it upf thin air. >> no, i mean you have at least one person who was sent to the campaign who was meeting with members of the trump campaign. that you know, at ...

Make sure those are the ones who have the prioritized assets and resources they need so they can continue to fight and they can continue to be as safe as possible. >> courtney, were it not for the failure of the senate to keep the government open last night we wouldnt be talking about the cia with the biggest mole since the walker case and the fbi biggest compromise since the hanson case. there is a huge sphaoeu py prob the cia. does the shutdown in any way effect that counterintelligence effort...

Disagreements as you know over the russian activity. president donald trump as we heard today is still reluctant to accept intelligence inclusions about russias bhed meddling in the election and slowed efforts to counter the threat. former and current intelligence officials tell us. were also told that counterintelligence agents and the fbi are seeking to keep an eye on this activity to some extent. in some cases, the fbi will use surveillance to track the suspected russian intelligence officers...

President trumps reluctance to accept intelligence conclusions about russias meddling in the election has slowed efforts to counter the threat these former and current intelligence officials say. and we are also told that fbi counter intelligence is seeking to keep an eye on some of the activity. some of the cases, the fbi uses surveillance to track the suspected russian intelligence officers as part of a counterintelligence effort. christine and miguel? >> great new reporting from pamela there....

Replenishing their ranks ever since the u.s. expelled 35 russian diplomats suspected of spying last december. in some cases, russian spies have tried to gain employment at places with sensitive information as part of their intelligence-gathering efforts. the fbi which is responsible for counterintelligence efforts in the u.s. would not comment for the story. the russian embassy in washington didnt respond to a request for comment. of course, all of this begs the question, why isnt the u.s. stopp...

>> yes. and i also recognize that this was an exceptionally, exceptionally sensitive issue. an active counterintelligence case trying to stop and uncover what the russian intelligence activities were. in the midst of a hotly debated presidential campaign. thats including information that may have involved u.s. persons contacts with russia, whether they benign or not. there are, one of the key pieces of any counterintelligence effort is to compartment that effort so that your operators, your inve...

Cohesive fashion? >> yes. and i also recognize that this was an exceptionally, exceptionally sensitive issue. an active counterintelligence case, trying to stop and uncover what the russian intelligence activities were. in the midst of a hotly debated presidential campaign. that included information that may have involved u.s. persons contacts with russia, whether theyre benign or not. therefore, one of the key pieces of any kind of counterintelligence effort is to compartment that effort so tha...

>> as any administration would handle an investigation. talking about these documents what you are talking about starting counterintelligence effort, the process doesnt really change, looking at the list of people with access to this information, staffers, contractors, service providers and all those jewels and narrow it down to a step-by-step, takes time it is labor intensive but something they will work through, the fbi leads the effort and part of this may point to there has been concern in t...

Counterintelligence agents and the fbi are seeking to keep an eye on this activity to some extent. in some cases, the fbi will use surveillance to track the suspected russian intelligence officers as part of a counterintelligence effort, and thats how the u.s. was able to identify and expel 35 russian diplomats accused of spying last december in response to election meddling. but were told that some of the russian diplomats have violated protocol recently by leaving the d.c. area without notifyi...