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From it, thats what i took from it. thats quite an admission by the presidents own lawyer. >> and do you find that disturbing? >> of course it is. in light of the disclosures of the last several weeks about counterintelligence efforts, confiscating the notes of translators with putin meetings and to have this acknowledgment by giuliani of some collusion by the campaign. this is a type of a movie plot that you wouldnt take seriously, but it unfolds every single day. >> michael cohen will be headi...

An investigation. hes doing so basically for political purposes. and the consequences are grave because as referenced, a fisa application really constitutes one of the most sensitively-held secrets in our government. in fact, during my tenure at the cia and defense department and during my time on the house intelligence committee, we were not permitted for the most part to review the contents of fisa applications because when you put an american under surveillance because you suspect that theres...

Embassy to jerusalem or do tariffs. on those other two, trump moved right away. on this one theres a hole conjoelg campaign going on, is that a meaningful distinction in your mind? >> i dont know. he was slow to implement the sanctions that congress had passed in an overwhelming bipartisan matter. that was troublesome to me. if theyre trying to coordinate this with other european nations so that this all lays out on one day, i think that makes sense. theres a logic there. it shows unity with the...

Were hoping that this can be wound up by tomorrow. we only have until friday night at midnight. i was glad to hear our democratic leaders comments. and speaker ryan, im glad theyre fast at work to wind up sort of the last few pieces that need to be resolved before the full house can vote. >> we dont have the plan. weve got a source that tells us that there are some things in it. $2.8 billion increase for opioid funding. $207 million for counterintelligence efforts to fight russian cyber attacks....

Indications that muellers investigation is ongoing, that its not going to end any time soon, that it has a very broad reach to include all aspects of his mandate, counterintelligence, coordination with any counterintelligence efforts, matters that arise out of or might have arisen out of an obstruction of justice. mueller is taking this mandate seriously. hes proceeding in multiple ways. the setup you described indicates exactly that. >> on the latter, obstruction of justice, is talking with peo...

Counterintelligence efforts. >> and, chuck rosenberg, thats how it was explained to me by a former top official in intelligence agencies in democratic and republican administrations. he said that revealing sources and methods is bad, that revealing and showing the machinations of one of our most effective tools is something far worse. that this really shows our hand. i want to get you to respond to that, but i want to ask you something else. on the dossier, it seems to me that the way trumps all...

Intelligence inclusions about russias meddling in the election. we heard today its slowed efforts to counter the threat. and were told that counterintelligence is seeking -- fbi counterintelligence is seeking to keep an eye on the cases and the fbi will track the suspected intelligence officers as part of the counterintelligence efforts and thats how the u.s. was able to identify and expel 35 russian diplomats accused of spying last december in response to russian meddling and were told some of ...

An uptick in suspected russian intelligence officers entering the united states under the guise of other business. officials say they believe russia is trying to replenish their ranks since the u.s. expelled spies last december. 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 this story, and the russian embass...

Spies are stepping up cloak and dagger operations in the united states. pamela brown has that. >> reporter: russian spies are ramping up intelligence gathering efforts in the u.s. according to former and u.s. intelligence officials who say theyve noticed increase since the election so the russian efforts have not been slowed by the intense focus of the intelligence community assessment that russia meddled the u.s. election. and since the election authorities have detected uptick in suspected rus...

Intelligence gathering and theyve noticed an increase since the election so the russians efforts have not been slowed by the intense focus of the assessment that russia meddled in the u.s. election and since the election, john, u.s. authorities have detected an uptick in suspected russian intelligence officers entering the united states under the guise of other business. officials say they have been trying to replenish their ranks since the u.s. dispelled russian diplomats and, in some cases, ru...