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Out at people simply on the smallest amount of criticism. it didnt take any blackmail or holding any derogatory information over him. it simply was a matter of people realizing what his vulnerabilities were. you become a counterintelligence risk when anyone can manipulate you and that means also foreign adversaies and vladimir putin, we have to remember, used to be an operative in the kgb and the russian intelligence services. hes adapted all of the things that he learned there to his presidency...

Former cia officer. before we get to the politics, evan, i want to get to the cia sources. in china a decade ago, many were exposed and killed, frankly, by beijing. that was the result of a brief. i wonder, do we know, is it just bad practice that is leading to the loss of these acgents, a breach, a combination of those things? >> it could be a combination of those things. i would guess the issue is a broader matter because i think were seeing this across the agency based on this report, and tha...

Specific instance puts a real bulls-eye on this new reporting that sort of tracks with what we understand about the case, which is that this was ready to go and there was apparently a long delay and the justice department wouldnt allow this indictment. the justice department under trump wouldnt allow this indictment to go forward until trump was out of office and biden was in office. if one of the things that youre describing there is that theres a blackmail risk, theres a coercion risk for ever...

That passes from when that questioning happened in 2018 when this case is a known, live case with this foreign agent to when actually charges are finally brought, all of that delay, at least some of that delay is on the justice department and may have been politically motivated. that increased the counterintelligence risk, the national security risk to our country and our government. >> without question. and it was part of a pattern of behavior by the past administration. you look at this but do...

Rudy giuliani is under counter intelligence investigation by federal authorities, yet he was at mar-a-lago just like he was invited to the white house by president trump. and that really boils down to president trump inviting a known counter intelligence risk into mar-a-lago where president trump is supposed to be doing official business. >> he was seen dancing, socializing, a grand old time. thank you for being here. happy holidays. ill see you in the new year. debate over fashion on capitol hi...

Hills testimony to the impeachment inquiry included observations that she was qualified to make both because of her subject matter expertise on russia and ukraine, but also because of her life experience as a former intelligence officer which is what she did before this phase of her career. "in her testimony, fiona hill described fears that ambassador gordon sondland represented a counterintelligence risk." in addition to the earlier reporting that fiona hill and john bolton were so concerned th...

Testified yesterday. and fiona hill who worked under john bolton at the national security council at the top national security council expert on russia and ukraine. "the new york times" was first to report today that fiona hills testimony to the impeachment inquiry included observations that she was qualified to make both because of her subject matter expertise on russia and ukraine, but also because of her life experience as a former intelligence officer which is what she did before this phase ...

Concerned about trump-appointed e.u. ambassador gordon sondland that she sounded alarms within the intel community calling him a national security threat. from that stunning "new york times" account, quote, in her testimony ms. hill described her fears that mr. sondland represented a counterintelligence risk because his actions made him vulnerable to foreign governments who could exploit his inexperience. that report raising the stakes for sondlands planned deposition tomorrow before house inves...

What was said. to be clear, a foreign government knows what was said on that call. if it was vladimir putin and there was a promise made, whether its donald trump giving vladimir putin some compliment on an official call, the russian government knows or whomever was on that call. at this point the president is stonewalling congress from what was said again despite the fact that that foreign government has that information. >> even though the foreign leader has the information. we dont know which...

Knowing what was said. again despite the fact that that foreign government has that information. >> even though the foreign leader has the information. we dont know which foreign leader or what promise was made. but i interviewed congresswoman jackie sphere earlier and she brought up that the president used unsecure cell phones. why do you think she raised that point? >> if it was done from a cell phone, for example, that cell phone represents a major counter intelligence risk. if youre a foreig...