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Secrets that make their way to the white house specifically to the desk of the president. these arent low level diplomatic tables or correspondents. these are high-level secrets. defence information, possibly things and end up in the presidents daily brief. they can be a threat to our national security. they can get sources killed, they can compromise sources of information that we have if they get into the wrong hands. and trump is sort of a counterintelligence nightmare. in addition to blabbin...

Of the signal themes of the presidency as sort of a counterintelligence nightmare. you have the president of the united states, first of all, making cell phone calls, unsecure lines, and a capital thats right next to russia. thats obviously an intelligence nightmare. then you have the question of foreign officials trying to understand first of all who speaks for the united states, and the from the beginning of the presidency, its been clear that president trump undermines his officials, even tho...

Dealt specifically with counter intelligence matters and that came up in a big way. i was struck by an exchange adam schiff had with the compromising behavior around the president and by the president as a counter intelligence nightmare. robert mueller did not answer that directly. thats your characterization, not mine. how did that strike you. was that fair? >> it was fair for him to ask the question, but i understand why he demured on responding to it. the generic answers that would present an...

Steps that he took to strengthen the countrys laws about registering as a foreign agent, that led to, ultimately, some of the biggest convictions weve seen in this whole scandal, including the conviction of the presidents campaign chairman, paul manafort, and the presidents national security adviser, michael flynn, and just jed, bijan kian. joining us is david lockman. great to have you here. >> the honor is mine, rachel. >> you dealt with national security and counterintelligence matters. that ...

To answer those questions. i understand why the special counsel demurred on that. he gave generic answers, and thats precisely why, for example, senior department of justice officials went to the white house and told white house counsel about their concerns regarding michael flynn, because they felt he was a counterintelligence inyat thpin. >> he was suggesting that the trump tower moscow deal and the secrecy around that deal and that persisting throughout the campaign when the president was lyi...

What did you talk about? i got it. adoption. and he reaches for the adoption, you know, cover story once again. it seems -- now we dont know what he talked about in that meeting, but we do know from "the washington post" reporting that he often has prevented other people in his own inner circle from learning what he talked about with putin. very troubling. very unusual. it doesnt happen when most presidents speak with foreign leaders, including the leaders of russia. so it just seems to be that ...

Claiming it was all about adoptions. now 11 days later, trump talked about his dinner with putin for the first time and claimed they talked about russian adoptions. lets get right to it. david corn is mother jones washington bureau chief, and his new piece is called "why trump was always a counterintelligence nightmare." david, your response to the new reporting and the trump tower link, and explain what youre arguing in your new piece. >> well, to talk about what you first put up on the screen ...

A high profile construction project funded by the chinese government in washington, d.c. obviously i dont think you can pass judgment on the veracity of this story, but does this have the ring of your old shop and the work they would do? >> yes. i mean this campaign and all of their business ties is a counterintelligence nightmare. you know, for the fbi just looking at this, youve got business interests. we dont really know. weve never seen tax records. >> i seem to recall someone saying that. >...

Prominent american chinese businesswoman could be using her friendship with ivanka and donald trump to further the interests of the chinese government. u.s. officials have also had concerns about a counterintelligence high profile construction project funded by the chinese government in washington, d.c. obviously i dont think you can pass judgment on the veracity of this story, but does this have the ring of your old shop and the work they would do? >> yes. i mean, this campaign and all their bu...

The ring of your old shop and the work they would do? >> yes. i mean, this campaign and all their business ties is a counterintelligence nightmare for the fbi. just looking at this, you have business interests we dont really know. weve never seen tax records -- >> i recall someone saying that. >> -- we havent seen business relationships. its a murky world where theres never been so many points of influence that can come to bear. its not a coincidence that when director mueller became the special...