Consensus reached after multiple days and meetings among officials. We reviewed Department Policies and concluded Assistant Director pre steps exercise of description in opening the investigation was in compliance with those policies. We also reviewed, as we detail in the report, the emails, Text Messages and other documents of those involved in that decision, particularly mr. Pre steps. We didnt find documentary or Testimonial Evidence that indicated political bias or improper motivation influencing his decision to open the investigation. While the information in the fbis possession at the time was limited, in light of the Throw Threshold established by department and fbi predication policy which, by the way, is not a legal requirement but a prudential one in the fbi and Department Policies, we found that Crossfire Hurricane was opened for an authorized
investigative purpose and with sufficient factual predication. This decision to open Crossfire Hurricane which involved the activitie
Also, a north Korean Defector reveals the secrets of pyongyangs cyber war yors. We speak to man who served as one of the top cyber defenders. We begin with the breaking news on how these infill traitors, whoever they were, actually did it. Our justice correspondent evan perez joins us now. Whats is it word . Reporter john, they made it look like an inside job. They stole, the hackers stole the credentials, the passwords of a system administrator, so that they could get access to the entire system, the entire Computer System at sony and in this way, one person i talked to today said they had the keys to the entire building. They were able to roam around. This is what they did. For some time, they roamed around to get a lay of the land, figure out what they wanted before they did anything and before anyone noticed they were there. Stole the credentials to look like an inside job but was not an inside job. Does the trail still lead to north korea . Yes, the investigators who have been wor
Im with you. All right. You all have a great day. You, too, fred. So much more straight ahead in the newsroom. Im fredericka whitfield, newsroom starts right now. We begin with that brazen Cyber Security breach aimed at shaking up the american race for president. Just 100 days from the general election now. And the fbi and the Justice Department are both investigating a data hack of a Computer Program used by the Clinton Campaign. The breach is believed to be similar and maybe even linked to two previous intrusions that Democratic Party organization reported earlier this week when wikileaks published more than 20,000 private emails detailing internal private strategies. Theres strong evidence that breach came from russian hackers. The latest reported hack comes after Donald Trumps controversial comments that seemingly encouraged russians to do more. Russia, if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. Trump later said he was being sarcastic with the
The president and Kellyanne Conway keep saying that this is about restoring confidence in the fbi. Does the firing of the fbi director whos leading the investigation into the white house, the firing of him by that white house, does that restore confidence . Not at all. And in fact, the way the firing was done was particularly striking. Director comey is a respected career Law Enforcement official, a Public Servant, and he was fired essentially through the press. He found out that he had been fired while he was speaking to fbi personnel in los angeles and there were press reports that a letter had been delivered to the fbi headquarters. Thats about as brazen and aggressive a way as you can fire somebody. And as you just referenced in the previous segment here, anderson, President Trumps letter saying you have told me three times im not under investigation just seems to protest too much the idea that there is nothing going on here other than a sort of clearing the decks. And ill remind y