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Insisting on a level of proof beyond all reasonable doubt such as youd find in a court of law, why do you have an intelligence community? the intelligence community rarely comes forward with that sort of legal bar and most cases the intelligence is going to be a lot murkier than we even have today, and you need that intelligence to give you at least a factual basis upon which to make decisions, and also id point out, andrea, general clapper will be moving on from his position, director brennan w...

Yet, i sense tomorrow le may not be able to say that once he hears from the intelligence folks. whats going on here? >> it was concluive as to the involvement of the russians in the election, general clapper, admiral rogers, career professionals concluded that those are the facts and those are the facts we have to operate from not anything else. >> is there anybody in the world you have to study in armed service is there anybody in the intelligence world, cia, dia disbelieve that the russians di...

"the washington post." that advice clearly not heeded because donald trump called the "new york times" and blasted this russian hacking investigation and the focus of it. the stories that are being written. >> well have to see how the end of the day plays out but it does seem clear that on a day when donald trump could reach out to the intelligence community, could turn course, try to mend fences and what james clapper called yesterday the disparagement of the intelligence community. donald trum...

>> americans skepticism. welcome toll "hardball." mike pence echoing donald trump expressed about the conclusions of the intelligence community on russia. testimony before national director james clapper skepticism as something worse. >> i think theres a difference between skepticism and disparagement. i have received about the disparagement of the u.s. intelligence community or what has been interrupted as disparagement of the intelligence community. >> the president dig in his

Agreement. but obviously, general clapper, from your testimony, the chinese have not abided by that, have they? >> they have. >> i thought you indicated -- >> i indicated in my testimony -- im sorry. >> im sorry, i thought you said in your testimony today that they continue to conduct cyber attacks. >> they continue to conduct cyber espionage. they have curtailed, as best we can tell, there has been a reduction, i think the private sector would agree with this, there has been some reduction in t...

>> i did two tours in southeast ar aasia, one in vietnam, stationed in thailand flying reconnaissance missions in 1970 and 71. would y >> would you say that your experience in the military, and especially your service for the government has always been for either political party and apolitical in terms of your mission and your job? >> absolutely. i have served, i toiled in the trenches in intelligence for every president since president kennedy. i have served as a political appointee and both re...

Russia across multiple regions of the globe. so we look to impose costs on russia by a range of measures across multiple regions in partnership with our allies through nato where we can to push back on russian actions and deter future aggressive actions. so thats a bit of what we mean by imposing costs here. >> thank you. >> it seems every attack is handled on a case-by-case basis. thats not a strategy. senator mccaskill. >> thank you. i know this is parole -- will confuse you a little bit, gene...

Information particularly on cyber threats to the private -- to state and local officials as well as the private sector. >> thank you, sir. admiral rogers, what is your assessment of the current state of information sharing between the government and private sector especially regarding cyber security threats, and more importantly, what is the appropriate level of expectation to have with respect to that information sharing? >> so in some ways i characterize it as uneven. some sector relationships...

Particularly when you work for an intelligence agency. i dont have to tell my friend sitting at the table with you, wolf, about that. and they are going to try and make -- get their points across about the validity of their information. i mean, these are people who risk their lives to get this information. and theyre taking this very seriously. >> you know, that clapper, general clapper, the director of national intelligence hey said its okay for someone to have a healthy skepticism but its anot...

You can say. at least here in washington. against his own party, democrats, the intelligence agencies on who is responsible. the big question is does he change tack on this. >> very quickly, clapper also disclosed today the russians not only according to clapper, the u.s. intelligence community, were engaged in cyber attacks, also engaged in planting what he called fake news. tell us about that, presumably i assume in the report that will be released on monday, the declassified report, there wil...