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General jeff sessions to, quote, stop it right now via twitter and doubled down on some of his criticisms. >> now, were being hinderedded by the russian hoax. its a hoax, okay? ill tell you what, russias very unhappy that trump won, that i can tell you. but i got along great with putin. >> reporter: elsewhere in the executive branch, newly-released e-mail showed that peter strzok asked to keep some of the investigatory powers he held when he transitioned over to muellers team. on july 13, 2017, ...

Letters, conduct, some rejected stuff, declassify information, rejected, agent travel, etc. of those, most problematic, and declassification authority. so tom, why did he ask for this? >> a rather extraordinary request. he was a senior official of the fbi asking all the powers of being a senior official be given to him even though he was moving out of his job and declassify, and this was a classified investigation. someone like peter stzrok who had this anti-trump hatred, you have to remember, h...

Why would we give him the benefit of the doubt as to why he needed declassification authority? or does anti-trump bosses like andrew mccabe? >> trish: this is the deep state stuff were all worried about. perhaps putin is getting a chuckle over it. we basically lost our sense of trust in our government. so he has hit us at our very core. tom, thank you so much. >> youre welcome. >> with the white house saying its making problems with one nuclear threat, what about the other? why something iran ju...

Support the higher moral standard we have decided to hold ourselves -- >> can you please answer the question? >> i think ive answered the question. >> no youve not. do you believe the previous techniques now armed with hindsight, do you believe they were immoral yes or no? >> senator, i believe that we should hold ourselves to the moral standard outlined in the army field manual. >> okay. so i understand that you -- youve not answered the question, but im going to move on. so i understand that y...

Just to be clear, mr. rizzo didnt change his view. he was wrong and he issued a correction. >> who is deciding whats classified and what isnt with th this committee? >> we are following -- >> who is deciding? >> who is we? >> i have followed the existing guidelines. >> you are making classification decisions about what materials are released to this committee? >> i am electing not to make an exception for myself but i am adhering to existing rdi guidelines. >> thats fine. i just wanted to unders...

When you asked those two questions or were those the only questions you asked? >> no, senator, i explained that mr. rodriguez wanted to get resolution on this issue and that he was plan fning to have conversation with the director about it and he needed revalidation of those two points. >> you drafted the cable, is that correct? >> yes, at his request. >> is it common when a cable of this importance is drafted that it is cop ed to the various parts of the legal establishment within the cia and w...

Yes or no? >> senator, i am following the guidelines that exist at cia, and there is another declassification authority called the iro -- >> do you have the authority to recuse yourself? >> ill take that for the record. i may have the authority to recuse myself. im not a lawyer. im not sure about that. >> assuming you do, and i believe you do, will you agree to recuse yourself from the responsibility and the authority of making decisions about what cia information about you and your record will ...

Our moral authority as americans and as a country. so one question i have not heard you answer is do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? >> senator, i believe that c.i.a. officers to whom you referred -- >> its a yes or no answer. do you believe the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? im not asking do you believe they were legal. do you believe they were immoral? >> senator, i believe that c.i.a. does extraordinary work to prevent another attack on th...

>> senator, i think ive answered the question. >> do you believe the previous techniques now armed with hindsight, do you believe they were immoral? yes or no? >> senator, i believe that we should hold ourselves to the moral standard outlined in the army field manual. >> so i understand that you have not answered the question but ill move on. so i understand that you from previous answers are serving as the authority over whether or not c.i.a. information concerning you will be classified or not...

And there is another declassification authority called the iro. i have not interfered with -- >> due believe you have the authority to recuse yourself? >> ill take that for the record. i may have the authority to recuse myself. im not a lawyer. im not sure about that. >> assuming you do, and i believe you do, will you agree to recuse yourself from the responsibility and the authority of making decisions about what c.i.a. information about you and your record will be classified or declassified? >...