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Could undercut u.s. foreign policy said a source. he was not too happy about it. >> his slander suit filed by him pro se is a lot of what came out in this memo and we know theres a lot more information that did not come out, verifies that when he says is slander is true. and truth is an absolute defense to a slander suit. unfortunately an ironic twist of fate for mr. page, his slander dispute has just gone down the tubes. >> are you saying the truth is they were quoting there a dossier they beli...

Whether you agree with most of it or you dont it had to have the fbi wondering what is it with carter page? he keeps coming back up on the radar. now we have the papadopoulos situation. it was a completely valid thing as a law enforcement officer. as a person who has authorized these search warrants and my last point, what amazes me that i love about this story is finally as a former civil rights litigator arguing against police brutality usually with black and brown people, people are finally n...

Whether you agree with most of it or you dont it had to have the fbi wondering what is it with carter page? he keeps coming back up on the radar. now we have the papadopoulos situation. it was a completely valid thing as a law enforcement officer. as a person who has authorized these search warrants and my last point, what amazes me that i love about this story is finally as a former civil rights litigator arguing against police brutality usually with black and brown people, people are finally n...

The memorandum reflects the judgments of its congression authors. here were towing both worlds, political and legal world here. you told us some things we dont know, that we could learn more from that fisa application. what are the things going forward that we might get answers to? this democratic memo written by members of the house minority. what are the unanswered questions yet? >> well, there are so many, i dont even know where to begin. all of this is unsatisfying, because if there was real...

To cultivate him as a possible spy. you look at that information, three, four years ago, and in 2016, during the time of the campaign. he goes to moscow. so theres a lot not in here that went into the work and we know in addition to the dossier, the document hints at that, but it doesnt say it fully. we know that there is additional intelligence the fbi had for this application. >> yes. previously, trump campaign officials, trump white house officials, they constantly sought to play down who c...

Dossier. and it does raise questions about why some of the other information about the dossier wasnt included in the initial fisa application, that it was really a political document. it is hard to make a judgment without more information. but republicans say look at the time line. you used the dossier to get fisa application. you briefed the president on this dossier. and then comey, his june testimony of last year says the dossier was completely salacious and unverified. >> i think jeffrey wou...

Of trash. >> want to make sure that our viewers in the you sats and around the world understand what youre saying. kim whaley, how do you see the release of this memo? >> i know our listeners are interested in the bottom line here. we need to pump the brakes in terms of letting go mr. rosenstein. was there probable cause for a federal judge to issue this fisa warrant with respect to surveillance of carter page? were not talking about putting someone in jail. were talking about intelligence. a co...

I want prosecution. i want to lock them up. >> thats a big if. heres the first problem. if thats what you want, this isnt the way to go about it. its no unilateral. this isnt going to lead to that action. it will lead to push back and political warfare. thats what its starting as. its not bipartisan. tactically it draws criticism for me. >> i have been in front of one committee. >> fair point. no reason and its not right to talk about that questioning. those are politicians. >> political prosecu...

>> there is a gang of eight process. i was in the gang of eight, so was mike when he became chairman, allow us to see information that the rest of the committee cant, so i assume that was the process that was followed. weve done careful oversight over the fisa process for years. in fact, until about 1990, i was not in congress yet, but each fisa application was reviewed or at least shown to the house and senate communities. we remanded fisa in 2008 to set up section 702 and there is sophisticati...

Tactically, thats why it draws criticism for me. >> ive been in front of one. >> no reason and its not right the to talk to you about that questi question. those are politicians. i do not see a potential for oversight. those are the politicians. on the fbi level thats the suggestion they are making right now. the fisa application. none of them have read the application. >> do you find that unusual that