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What, it was done according to laws that were set up after government power was used to spy on american citizens according to all kinds of procedures with judges signing on warrants. but saying the government is spying on american citizens is as if bill barr doesnt know how the fisa process works. theres no proof that it was abused. you have to have an awful lot of people -- anyway, i think its really inappropriate for barr to say it that way. >> move on has been a skeptic of fisa warrants. >> w...

At certain points theyve stood up and said jeff sessions is our man and other times suggested after, lindsey graham, after the midterms the president might be entitled to his own man. well see how the midterms unfold. obviously, democrats take back the senate, a whole other ball game. with respect to the obstruction of justice and his various commentaries seems clear in the case of the two congressmen he doesnt have a leg to stand on either as to the timing, severity of charges or appropriatenes...

But they dont seem to understand how the fisa process works. its precisely that rank and file at the level of staff offices up all the way through. non-political actors, who reviewed this carefully, meticulously, and again and again. and i think that the chairman just is losing sight of the entire gravity of this whole enterprise. this is about career folks trying to stay one ahead of serious risks in a dangerous world. and the cavalier kind of revelations of sources and methods and information ...

Countering the fisa memo released by the republicans and ultimately the president. should the president make that democrat memo public? >> look, i think what we need to do in this is make sure there is no method or sources being compromised and then put out the information. the memo raises questions about the way the fisa process works. i want to be clear. im not sure it has anything to do with the investigation at large. its about a lot more than just this individual carter page. but i do think...

I think thats probably what it is. in political terms, though, i think the last few days have been a lesson for president trump. dont talk quite so much about the stock market and argue that its rise proves that your economic program is working because it will go down. but on the other hand the white house and a lot of other people have said looks to be fundamentally sound in the economy so ride out this period of volatility and things will be fine. >> sandra: as a former congressman jason chaff...

General, have always permitted biased information. theyve also permitted informants who have a financial motive. in fact, as long as its not too egregious, you can even omit that information from the warrant application and it wont be fatal to a warrant. in other words, this kind of thing has been going on for a long time. as a defense attorney, i would like to see a little more transparency. but the reality is that fisa has never required that and, frankly, the constitution has never required t...

How the fisa process works? >> there are members of congress who have high degrees of credibility when it comes to national security matters. devin nunes is not among them. >> i want to play this. this is the minority leader nancy pelosi. what she told chris cuomo earlier tonight. >> i want to tell you something. the republican party has as said crossed over to cover up. theyre deadly afraid of the russia investigation. we dont want the investigation to be anything but based on the law and the f...

Amanda, lets talk about this memo. because the doj has said it would be extremely reckless to release it. whats your reaction? why jump on it? >> my first question is, do republicans really want to stake their credibility on the russia investigation based on something a staffer of devin nunes has written? i think thats a pretty risky proposition, given the representatives track record, he had this scandal hes trying to cover saying theres illegal activities going on by the white house, he has a ...

This very sensitive information about how the fisa process works. thats something that somebody in mccabes position has depended on for years. to have that undermine him would be something that would really upset someone like mccabe. >> and j.d. maddox, you were at cia, but these fisa warrants are the most secret, sensitive issues that go before a judge. this is a special judge who only deals with these issues and has special training in that regard. and theyre never released. >> yeah, andrea, t...