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Theres our counterintelligence professionals are frequently confronted by this dilemma of how and what of their work to share with congress. hes obligated to share some of his work with congress, obligated to keep the intelligence communities obligated of significant developments and significant intelligence problems or failures as theyre defined in the statute. but there is a great sensitivity involved there and ongoing work as well. so i would expect that would be an issue that kind of remnant...

Counterintelligence professionals in the fbi and in other places are listening to those comments yesterday and they are very concerned. very concerned not just about this cavalier attitude that the president has about federal election law, theyre also concerned about the invitation effect that his comments may have to those adversaries that are best positioned to take advantage of it. so i am sure those folks are kind of recalibrating their efforts today and figuring out how to get to the bottom...

Would see those statements the same way you did in the spring of 2017? do you think theres anybody inside our law enforcement agencies or inside our intelligence agencies who heard what we all heard? we know the president doesnt want us to believe what we see or what we hear, but what he said in that interview was abundantly clear and its very clear why his lawyers didnt want to sit for an interview because you heard the intent, you heard the intent to conspire and people are confused how robert...

>> final question for you about the effect of all of this. here youve got folks who started a very secret counterintelligence investigation that had it leaked would have been explosive politically and did not leak. they get it completely secret during that period of time. what will it do to folks who work in counterintelligence in the back of their head that if they pursue them, they may find themselves on the wrong end of an internal investigation? >> i hope they stay strong. the attempt here i...

Potentially try to obstruct justice and negatively impact our investigation into russia? why are his associates and the people around him and people in his key positions lying about their contacts with russians? these are very concerning questions and things that need to be investigated. >> director brennan, you want to take a whack at any of that? >> well, i dont disagree with anything andy said. this is a very abnormal situation where you have donald trump as well as those around him who conti...

Take a whack at any of that? >> well, i dont disagree with anything andy said. this is a very abnormal situation where you have donald trump as well as those around him who continue to do things that raise eyebrows among counterintelligence professionals in terms of how he has interacted with mr. putin, the types of things he and others have tried to conceal, what are they hiding. these are the things that raised very appropriate suspicions and concerns. the russians are very, very capable when ...

Anything andy said. this is a very abnormal situation where you have donald trump as well as those around him who continue to do things that raise eyebrows among counterintelligence professionals in terms of how he has interacted with mr. putin, the types of things he and others have tried to conceal, what are they hiding. these are the things that raised very appropriate suspicions and concerns. the russians are very, very capable when it comes to cultivating relationships and getting people to...

How he would whatsapp with mbs with the saudi crown prince. this is quite alarming. >> it is you know theres an additional point that im going to terrify you with right now, the counterintelligence professionals who are making these determinations that people shouldnt have it are now going to or have probably thought about this individual, mr. klein, to determine was he allowing a network to set up within the white house was he himself either influenced by a hostile foreign power or by political...

President read this report and read these words directly from the fbi agents. id like to know if the law and order president understands just how badly hes weakened the nations top cops. but id like you to explain how counterintel works, in terms of this relationship that we have with informants. theyre not necessarily good guys as depicted in movies. sometimes theyre making a tough choice. right? between helping the united states of america and, perhaps, working against the united states of ame...

Integrity of ongoing investigations. and strzok should have been permitted to consult with fbi lawyers. the efforts by congress to engage in this rig ma roll designed to make political points at the expense of the fbis credibility and important work theyre doing here i thought was a moment of embarrassment for this body. >> frank, you used to be known as the fbi, the former assistant director for counterintelligence. how do you think that the folks back at the fbi, and im not suggesting theyre s...