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Did their homework. another question i have about what that team was up to, theres talk in the indictment of how there were unwitting people that met with them. you know, thats what the indictment says. that does not rule out, of course, that there were people who were aware they were having cl clandestine or more discreet meetings. what set me back when i heard all of this, the system -- by that i mean the administration, the intelligence services, clearly the fbi shall -- knew all this informa...

Where we can find common ground with russia? clearly its not ukraine or syria but maybe north korea. >> well, i mean, heres the thing, its really difficult to find that very narrow overlap in the venn diagram of cooperation with russia, especially when you know, you know, that russias primary interest really geopolitically is sort of the zero sum game where they want to gain to the, you know, the expense of the united states. you have to ask that very hard question, so where can we cooperate? so...

Without private -- previous approval or agreement from the service that you got the information from, whats going to happen worldwide and were already beginning to see it happen is foreign intelligence services who cooperate very closely with us, our allies, are saying you know, its a little crazy right now in washington, its a little crazy in the white house, so lets dial it back, we have to be careful with what we share with the americans. and that makes us fundamentally less secure when you h...

Eye in counterterrorism stuff, 2 1/2 years ago we were talking about isis moving across western iraq with very little opposition from the iraqi military. so you can see maybe fits and starts in the offensive against them. i think its inevitable, whether its mosul or raqqah, that isis will lose. the question is where they go after, and whether they maintain that social media foothold i mentioned earlier. >> phil mudd, great as always to get your expertise, thank you. >> thank you. live pictures...

To fight terrorism and why we havent had another 9/11 style attack. is the genie out of the bottle when it comes to the muscles we have developed as a country and the way our intelligence operates? >> one interesting thing to keep track of is how the public feels about all of this. you have folks pointing to fairly recent polls from not that long ago showing that not only do they support what president obama has done in terms of national security, overall that they prefer a tradeoff they feel mo...

And gave an opportunity, as painful as it was, to now develop better control. >> joe, you had a column a few days ago defending mcchrystal. >> yeah. >> saying mcchrystal should stay in. why? >> i said i suppose he is going to have to be sacked now. >> i mean, even mcchrystal told a senator he would have fired himself. >> mcchrystal is a great american warrior and chroniclely honest, i found, in my private dealings with the guy. and his skill set is very important. this is a special ops war and h...