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Every other intelligence agency came to the conclusion that general flynn was an issue, was a risk, could be susceptible to russian blackmail. during that time he was still being briefed daily. one of the people sitting there in the room as he was briefing him was the cia director, both sitting at the same time. he was asked directly whether he knew of all these flynn concerns in congress and i just want to play again briefly that exchange with ron white and here he is. >> did you have any indic...

We know that the cia shared the same concerns that the doj and fbi and department of justice, thats what drove sallyuates to go talk to the white house. we know the cia had those concerns. there were 21 days between when he was confirmed to when flynn was fired. as you also know from what weve been told, he did not tell trump. neither one of those are great options if youre the cia, if youre this administration. there is nothing illegal there, obviously, but there is an issue over, you know, wha...

Second-hand, any sense at all that the national security advisor might be vulnerable to blackmail by the russians? that is a yes or no question. >> it is actually not a yes or no question, senator. i cant answer yes or no. i regret im unable to do so. >> my question to you is from the investigation you have conducted thus far, do you think the director was aware of those concerns when he briefed flynn? >> well, before i answer that question, id want to do the due diligence of getting him in fron...

His security clearance, why exactly he was hired as national security advisor, even as these concerns were being raised. the questions they are focussing on in the 18 days in which michael flynn continued to sit in these classified briefings after sally yates repeatedly warned white house counsel that michael flynn could be susceptible to russian blackmail and democrats say they want records about those interactions. in order to get those records, they need support from republicans, including th...

Could be significant. >> yeah. no doubt. and it is significant for three quick reasons. chuck is somebody who understands that there are three branches of government and congress has oversight of the executive branch of the administration. so the fact that hes doing that really i think has long-term consequences quite frankly because he needs to protect the santtyty of what congress does. by showing willingness to do thr this, it does alleviate concerns that decisions will be made on political t...

Thes a ten-page letter signed by all the democrats on the committee, addressed to the white house chief of staff, reince priebus. the letter raises serious concerns about whether the white house is safe guarding classified information. it specifically raises questions about whether jared kushner, the presidents senior advisor and son-in-law purposely mislead the person people. it points out his failure to disclose meetings with russian officials and foreign officials and it concludes he must be ...

Clearance form, meetings with russian officials, including with sergei kislyak and the head of a russian bank under u.s. sanctions. now jared kushner has -- the white house has not commented specifically on this. but in the past his attorney, jared kushners attorney said it was not disclosed on the security clearance form initially because it was submitted prematurely. they said they are happy to disclose those meeting. they said jared kushner had those meetings because of the role he played on ...