people will still respect us. but they are wounded and shaken by what has taken place here. brian: as are we. you are not just summarizing inaccurately what the administration keep saying the president and jen psaki the other day there are few countries that wanted us to stay in afghanistan more than china and russia because it would have tied up our resources and tied up the u.s. military. please? 2200 troops, covert cia and seven military bases? that was not tying up the bulk of u.s. resources. and general, real quick, you had a chance to talk with begany the last time he was in america what did he ask for? what did we give him? what government that regime alive was u.s. intention and u.s. air support. he wanted that and we were pulling that away. and then we also pulled away the contractors to keep his air force flying. he was in desperation and i met
child and why would they go after a minors evolution? here s how that could happen. so they subpoenaed the records upstate democratic staffer who is under investigation. and then they saw 100 phone numbers that that staffer was communicating with and they sent a subpoena to apple saying i want the record associated with these 100 i think was actually 700 phone numbers and 30 something email addresses not knowing who they re attached to so if a congressman happens use one of his children s phones to talk to a staffer at some point that s how that would happen. it doesn t mean that they were targeting the minor but nonetheless for these members or whoever was it was very disconcerting to know that the justice department was secretly spying on you essentially. especially because, maria teresa, these are members of the intelligence committee. we trust them with the most guarded secrets. they re briefed on covert cia action and all kinds of intelligence matters. so the idea that, if the
teresa, these are members of the intelligence committee. we trust them with the most guarded secrets. they re briefed on covert cia action and all kinds of intelligence matters. so the idea that, if they weren t trusted their access should have been cut off but that didn t happen so it s really a very strange situation. ken, i think the challenge is that it seems strange but when we realize that what they were investigating was the same people they were looking into jimmy manderach said he was the russia connection at home alone, watching potentially with trump and then football on the day his daughter was murdered and his you hear more about the access wife disappeared. of the stuff that you re covering oftentimes with they were his everything to him. i think that it would have national security and how been harder for him to wake up russia seems to be a threat through our elections and any day and imagine them not through these investigations, being there you know, when they
they re attached to. so if a congressman happened to use one of his children s phone to talk to a staffer at some point, that s how that would happen. it doesn t mean they were targeting the minor. but nonetheless, you know, for these members or whoever it was, it s very disconcerting to know the justice department was secretly spying on you, essentially, especially because, maria therese sack, these are members of the intelligence committee. we trust them with the nation s most closely guarded secrets. they are briefed on covert cia action and all kinds of intelligence matters. so the idea that if they weren t trusted, their access should have been cut off that didn t happen. it s really a very strange situation. ken, i think the challenges that in the silo it seems strange. but when you realize what they were investigating is the same people that were looking into the russia connection potentially with trump, and then you hear more about the access of the stuff that you re covering
53-year-old jerry chung singh lee is afound leading to the death of 20 u.s. agents. joining us is pete williams, nbc justice correspondent. pete, first to you, what do we know from this affidavit? you re right, the charges are that he illegally produced classified documents. what the fbi says is they searched his hotel room nearly six years ago when he was flying from hong kong where he lived to the united states. he stopped off in honolulu, and came to fairfax, virginia, which is just outside washington here, the same area where the krooici and while he was traveling, searched his hotel room. and in his luggage, they say they found two handwritten notebooks that the fbi says contain the names and phone numberings of covert cia operatives and in essence cia