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This counterintelligence is another aspect of that inquiry. a counterintelligence is not necessarily criminal in nature. according to reporting, investigators on the counterintelligence side of the fbi first had their interest peaked by president trump in july, 2016, calling on russia to leak hillary clintons hacked e-mail. thats sort of the kind of thing they were looking at. all of this got folded into muellers broader investigation of election meddling. so it is unclear how long the counterin...

Danny, lets start with you on this and lets make that distinction first. the criminal versus counterintelligence, two types of streams that the fbi might be looking at in any investigation and what it means for russia and president trump. >> criminal defense attorneys like me rarely deal with the counterintelligence facet of the fbi, its mostly the law enforcement side that we see, but the counterintelligence side works in a much quieter way. they conduct investigations that you may never hear a...

Closest circle around putin? >> certainly the counterintelligence investigation, if youll recall, was the impetus for this entire special counsel. the counterintelligence side is going to take a look at why it is our president is siding with a communist regime claiming that the russians were, quote, right to go into afghanistan. theyre going to want to know the reasoning behind that, and where its coming from. now, general mccaffrey has suggested a fairly benign reason, which is hes trying to co...

His words. are you telling me the feds will stop, rewind and take notice because hes parroting talking points that are limited to the closest circle around putin? >> certainly the counterintelligence investigation, if youll recall, was the impetus for this entire special council. the counterintelligence side is going to take a look at why it is our president is siding with a communist regime claiming that the russians were "right" to go into afghanistan. theyre going to want to know the reasonin...

Initiative to end the war. >> frank, you and i always talk about things that take place in plain sight. im just a civilian. i always think the feds are operating at a higher level. but the president says this on television. his words. are you telling me the feds will stop, rewind and take notice because hes parroting talking points that are limited to the closest circle around putin? >> certainly the counterintelligence investigation, if youll recall, was the impetus for this entire special coun...

It now becomes a situation where the fbi cannot guarantee to its potential sources that they will remain confidential. that impacts everything going forward. particularly in the counterintelligence realm where sources are essentially everything. you dont have wiretaps. you dont have -- i mean, you have fisa applications. on a criminal side, there are other means you can use to investigate something. e-mails, et cetera. on the counterintelligence side which this was at that time in 2016, that is ...

This? when i speak to both current and former u.s. intelligence officials, especially those who work the counterintelligence side of things, their really concerned about this because they say, really we have done very little to reform how the american electorate is being influenced and how are system might get hijacked the next time around and one of the main battleground is in the minds and the viewpoints of the american public and at this point, the democrats or law enforcement that are prosec...

Uranium one. and finally, justice officials, they trusted campbell enough to keep them working undercover for six years and to pay him more than $51,000 once convictions were secured. here with reaction, investigative reporter sara carter, fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett is with us. sarah, lets start with you because you also had a piece. you call it a treasure trove now of information. i only thought it was for years, its six years the informant worked for the fbi. but these were years lon...

Obama administration approved their purchase of uranium one. and finally, justice officials, they trusted campbell enough to keep them working undercover for six years and to pay him more than $51,000 once convictions were secured. here with reaction, investigative reporter sara carter, fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett is with us. sara, lets start with you because you also had a piece. you call it a treasure trove now of information. i only thought it was for years, its six years the informa...

The complicating factor youve got the family and you have the trump organization involved, and clearly from his hires, the read on what mueller is doing is very quietly moving point by point from the financial side that the fbi has been working on for a year now, to, you know, the counterintelligence side. >> the lawyers have to make an effort to explain to the president how complicated these investigations are. and how in each step you have to be thoughtful about what youre doing, you have to b...