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Thats been kind of the standard pattern here. to me, the issue isnt so much johns clearance or mine or anybody elses. thats kind of small potatoes. the bigger issue here to me is using the presidents authority over the classification system and granting or revoking clearances as a political weapon. and that, to me, is a much larger issue here and has huge implications. for example, and im just positting this, suppose the president, given his version to the mueller investigation decides to revoke...

Security adviser fran town send was talking about this today. she said something that was really interesting about mueller and what just happened to john brennan. heres her take on the implication of trump taking away security clearances. >> the president did this personally using his article -- what we call his article 2 powers as commander in chief. lets be honest. if the president is relying on his article 2 powers to remove a clearance, its the same power hed rely on if he wanted to fire mue...

Has to be soothed. he cares most about what his family and friends think about him. and, again, the reason hes in this conversation is because hes driven by a sense of duty, and remember, he was sought out for his incites on national security and foreign policy. as a result hes been considered for secretary of state. i think if he get it, hed be glad to serve. if he doesnt, hed be glad to help in any other way. >> are we getting new information about the director of national intelligence? >> we ...

his finances, and theyre hitting hard with a new web video on a tax attacks from the vice president himself. >> he wants you to show your papers, but he wont show us his. >> democrats have been demanding more financial disclosure from romney for weeks, and suggesting that hes got secrets hes keeping from voters. listen. >> this is the most secretive candidate since richard nixon. >> mitt romney plays by a different set of rules and keeps secrets like other things he keeps secret. >> go...

transparency tornado. president obamas team is ripping into mitt romney for what they call an appalling lack of transparency. they say hes hiding things about his past, his businesses, his finances, and theyre hitting hard with a new web video on a tax frattacks from t vice president himself. >> he wants you to show your papers, but he wont show us his. >> democrats have been demanding more financial disclosure from romney for weeks, and suggesting that hes got secrets hes keeping from...

senior administration official tells me this was international murder for hire. heres what we have been told. two men charged in an alleged plot to assassinate the saudi arabiian ambassador to the united states. both are iranian. one is also a naturalized u.s. citizen, whos in custody and identified as 56-year-old manssor arbabsiar. manssor arbabsiar appeared in a federal courthouse in downtown manhattan this afternoon. he did not enter a plea. according to the complaint that we read, ...

senior administration official tells me this was international murder for hire. heres what we have been told. two men charged in an alleged plot to assassinate the saudi arabiian ambassador to the united states. both are iranian. one is also a naturalized u.s. citizen, whos in custody and identified as 56-year-old manssor arbabsiar. manssor arbabsiar appeared in a federal courthouse in downtown manhattan this afternoon. he did not enter a plea. according to the complaint that we read, ...

square last year. an extraordinary development and we mobilized cnn correspondents around the world to cover this breaking news story for us from the pentagon to istanbuistanbul. its hard to indicate just how important al awlaki was to the organization, but heres a frightening reality. he may be more dangerous dead. thats exactly what our nic robertson has been covering to this point. lets go straight to you. what exactly do you know with regard to how he was targeted and is it possibl...

happening today, at the trial of jacksons doctor. now, court reconvenes in about 45 minutes or so dr. conrad murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter jacksons death. yesterday a security guard testified that murray asked him to help gather up drug vials before even asking him to call 911. >> i was standing at the foot of the bed p he reached over and grabbeded a handful of vials and then he reached out to me and said, here, put these in a bag. and engineers are back at work to...

Watched the tv coverage from karachi, pakistan. mohammed would soon be on the run himself. but experts say bin laden would rely on him after tora bora to order up fresh attacks. >> bin laden cut a detected figure at that time. he wrote a will in which he sounded depressed. he felt that his fight may be over and that he would let other people to carry on his lifes work for al qaeda. >> reporter: a pentagon spokesman responded to the latest postings by saying wikileaks illegally obtained the docum...