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Shocked to hear about when the leaked slides give a look at how far the nsa was able to go. >> the slides mention e-mail, photos, for example, you upload or took on your phone and were uploaded to, for example, apple servers snrk all of the companies mentioned denied granting the government sweeping access saying they took user privacy seriously and will only share information when there is a court order. how could the nsa gather the information without the companys knowledge? >> one of the conj...

Unclear whether he did this wittingly or unwittingly in discussing this threat imminent for a city in syria and isis-controlled territory and inadvertently tipped off the russians who the source was and what other details might be played out since russians are in syria now. >> just as important as the disclosure winds up being the explanation. general mcmaster comes out. strong pedigree, respected man of integrity says the tore is false, but then seems to compare apples to oranges. he seems to s...

Almost unfettered discretion to declassify whatever he wants, whenever he wants, arguably however he wants. so this is not a legal issue. but does this he said the analysis of error? >> no, not at all. in fact, you characterized it accurately. the problem here is youve taken sensitive information key allies provided united states with strings attached. the president has apparently given away that information to the russians, an adversary without consulting with the ally first to get permission t...

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To host a critical meeting toward the interest of the united states in the middle east. turkish president erdogan is expected to show up here around midday. back to you. >> joe, appreciate it. lets bring in senior writer for "new york times" eric schmidt, co-author of the paper on sharing classified intelligence with russian officials. thank you for joining us this morning. so lets answer the basic question for folks at home. why do they care about this? what is troubling? >> so whats troubling ...

Apparently, an islamic state plot. from that, the russians may well be able to reverse engineer that information, may only have come from a very selective source to be able to identify that and perhaps disrupt that source of intelligence, which is very important for the united states and its allies in combating isis in the middle east. >> all right, schmitt. youre getting your shot at the title. the president is tweeting about this. we know he often watches the show. this is an important morning...

Because this president harped throughout the campaign on the sanctity of classified information. the white house reeling from another russia crisis, an unforced error at the hands of president trump. >> the story that came out tonight as reported is false. at no time -- at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed. and the president did no disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. >> reporter: national security adviser h.r. mcmaster in a carefully worded...