investigation into trump and russia would compromise national security. what changed? joining us democratic congressman eric swalwell, member of the house intel committee. first let me ask you, richard burr, paul ryan, two republicans with access to the most sensitive intelligence in this country, both said there were no questions unanswered from the two classified briefings last time we went in and outed an informant. why is there a need for a third briefing? good afternoon, nicolle. there is not a need for a third briefing. in fact, it s e.b.n. everybody but nunes. all democrats, automobile republicans who attended that meeting except devin nunes have come forward and said there is nothing there. i don t know how many more exploding cigars the republicans are willing to smoke that the president offers them, but it s time to just stand up and say, this is nonsense. this invades upon the rule of law in our country and we re not going to be accomplices to this
highest levels of the white house in this bunch released today showing that some of the senior people in the kennedy administration wanted to find a way to use biological agents, their term, to wipe out the crops in cuba to generate a popular rebellion against castro. you know, the exploding cigars we ve known about for a long time, and the various ways they tried to kill castro. but this was very inventive. they were hoping that the could you ban people would do it themselves. lyndon johnson always believed, claimed this was a cover story for him, but he always said that kennedys were running a murder incorporated in the caribbean. they wanted to kill fidel castro. he knew about it and he got to kennedy first. that was johnson s theory. but again, we don t have evidence. there really isn t hard evidence that fidel castro did it. there s probably a better case to be made that anti-castro cubans were involved. were you agreeing with that,
well, there were more plots than you can shake a stick at in the kennedy administration to get rid of if i dell castro. it is absolutely amazing. we have found a document at the highest levels at the white house in this bunch released today showing that some of the senior people in the kennedy administration wanted to find a way to use biological agents, their term, to wipe out the crops in cuba to generate a popular rebellion against castro. you know, the exploding cigars we ve known about for a long time, and the various ways they tried to kill castro. but this was very inventive. they were hoping that the could you ban people would do it themselves. lyndon johnson always believed, claimed this was a cover story for him, but he always said that ken did i see were running a murder incorporated in the caribbean. they wanted to kill if i dell castro. he knew about it and he got to
messaging fees. have you people here in the united states. particularly in the exile community saying don t go down to there and visit and spend money and give currency to the government and instead our own government is paying all this money for this, you know, scheme that blew up on them because they just couldn t continue to afford it. understand it s like pulling teeth to get the information out of the government. they didn t want to admit this one. oh, yeah. uncomfortable moments for them all week. had you jay carney saying it wasn t a covert operation. well, not talking about it s covert. if they don t want us to know about it you might as well admit it s covert. that s right. it brings back all the memories of all the failures over the years. some different things that the u.s. government has tried to do to get rid of castro. poison tins. exploding cigars. putting lsd in his cigar so he would sound crazy during a speech. it goes on and on and on
messaging fees. have you people here in the united states. particularly in the exile community saying don t go down to there and visit and spend money and give currency to the government and instead our own government is paying all this money for this, you know, scheme that blew up on them because they just couldn t continue to afford it. understand it s like pulling teeth to get the information out of the government. they didn t want to admit this one. oh, yeah. uncomfortable moments for them all week. had you jay carney saying it wasn t a covert operation. well, not talking about it s covert. if they don t want us to know about it you might as well admit it s covert. that s right. it brings back all the memories of all the failures over the years. some different things that the u.s. government has tried to do to get rid of castro. poison tins. exploding cigars. putting lsd in his cigar so he would sound crazy during a speech. it goes on and on and on