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Fundamentally misleading. which cannot be redacted for wray. it omits things. you cant redact something which is not there. he finds himself -- >> the reason it goes to the white house is for the national security concern. >> no. i understand that. >> we will come back. if you can finish your point. >> he find himself in the position of having to protect the national interests the national security interests of the united states. against the release of the memo which he feels is compromising our...

But they are working together. this is the second time theyre working together. they worked together on a previous document review. went to the white house. >> charges of unmasking irregularities. >> all before going back to committee. now it looks like theyre doing that again. uts thats inappropriate behavior. chris wray is sitting there watching this. and theyre getting wray to release a memo which he says is fundamentally misleading which cannot be redacted by wray because it omits things. yo...

Broader classified information than that. because of serious material omissions is inaccurate and gives a very misleading impression. designed to tar the fbi and tar the department of justice. >> this memo is not indictment of the fbi, of the department of justice. it does not impugn the mueller investigation or the deputy attorney general. what it is, the congress legitimate function of oversight to make sure the fisa process is under control. this affects our civil liberties. >> the speaker of...

Later, is that in describing the abuse you are going to give away some tricks of the trade. so now weve got ourselves into a situation where journalists like -- as stan said, like to have a lot of details out there. but now where is the line between what should be out there and what is a national security issue. >> and the other thing to point out is the fbi and the justice department said there was no abuse theyre aware of in this process. so there is a question whether there was real abuse. >>...

Been doubtful of the fisa process. it is sort of something republicans have preferred. at this point, define the democrats and the fbi and the department of justice all on the same tide of the issue must give one pause to say two groups who are not on the same side about surveillance are saying dont do this. >> absolutely. why is this? this is at least it was this presidents deputy attorney general, his attorney general, his fbi director, here are serious-minded law enforcement professionals say...

Been explored before. its been clear that they are working overtime to figure out all the potential scenarios and make sure they are going by the book here because they will seat precedent here. there are three scenarios in which this memo will become public. the first is that the white house will declassify the memo and release it itself. and thats the cleanest scenario. available to us publicly and everyone including the fbi, democrats and republicans can talk about whats in it. the second sce...

As prominently needed and deserved there has to be a change to certain practices and a change to some personnel towards the highest levels of the doj and fbi. i really wish i could get in more specifics but to your question you just asked about carter page i would just re-emphasize that this memo is specifically about fisa abuse. >> congressman, thank you very much for joining us. >> take care, katy. >> a former staffer on the house intelligence committee. mika thank you for joining us. you were...

Transparency there is going to be. the fbi is not going to answer substantive -- in a substantive way how they worked through this fisa process because it is classified. >> right. >> and the winners in all of this -- >> are the people trying to undermine the fbis authority, because the fbi cant defend itself once this comes out. >> them and the russians and the chinese who are watching every bit of this and learning from it. >> so now we have stan pottinger on here a few minutes ago, saying the ...

Not the same one we voted on. and it is just another corruption of the process. >> weve got a whole lot to get to this afternoon. lets get to kelly odonnell following the latest from white house. and garrett haake from the republican retreat in white sulphur springs, west virginia. kelly, we just heard from president trump in west virginia who did not mention the memo. what are you hearing from the white house today about the possible release of the memo? >> well good to be with you. i could hea...

Oversight of the fbi. now you -- when you were assistant attorney general, you led the investigation of the fbi on co-intel pro and for edgar spying on students and socialist clan, americans who hoover didnt like. so you know the system and the oversight that is supposed to be there. does this feel like the same thing. >> well, no, it is not the same thing in terms of the underlying concerns. whether underground and the other targets were abused in certain ways that are not at issue here today. ...