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Sailors. and the latest course of action is more sanctions. secretary of state hillary clinton and defense secretary robert gates visited the demilitarized zone that separates the archenemies, a symbolic show with the symbolic south and announced the round of sanctions in the works, officially a response to north koreas nuclear program. bill: are sanctions an effective way of dealing with north korea? head to foxnews.com and click on the "you decide" link on our home page to weigh in on todays p...

Every day, we have to remain on our guard. they are trying to find vul nesh nerbilities in our defenses. >> reporter: many have questioned the need to have a dni. there are worries about u.s. safety. >> i am very, very concerned about it. particularly, at this time, we are trying to figure out whats happening in afghanistan, iraq, pakistan. whats going on with the chinese military buildup. there is another wrinkle for general clapper on capitol hill. right now, he serves as the top intelligenc...

That the overall head i have always felt should be a civilian. but that civilian has to know how to temper sharp elbows and how to really move the entire community. and thats the trick. now, general clapper is respected for his intelligence acumen, no question about that. we will do -- were doing our due diligence and we will proceed. >> before i close with senator lugar, does that mean that a yes vote from you for the nomination of general clapper is not a done deal? >> oh, candy, look, you can...

Theres the risk 0 iran sliding back. having no incentive to cooperate. hes alienated us from the allies and nothing left but belligerence as a policy. hes significantly weakened our interests and i think jeopardized the security of the world if iran in fact returns to the nuclear development program. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. up next, the breaking news, the president considers the unprecedented move of stripping top former national security officials of their clearan...

No doubt when he said that, some people took his words more seriously, because after all, as a former intelligence official, he must know things that they dont. no problem trading on that politically, nor apparently does the president have a problem with using the likes of house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes for all kinds of shenanigans to try to manipulate the russian investigation. well have more on nunes shortly as yet another claim of his collides with the facts. but right now,...

In history. before resorting to his classic -- witch hunt, how he referred to robert mueller probe of russian interference in the 2016 election. >> no, were not undercutting. were cleaning everything up. this was a terrible situation. what im doing is a service to this country. and i did a great service to this country by firing james comey. >> reporter: history will offer the final judgment. but firing comey as fbi director led to the special counsel and the cloud of controversy hanging over th...

Their criticism? ill speak with james clapper and our correspondents and specialists standing by with full coverage. lets begin at the white house. correspondent kaitlan collins is standing by. kaitlan, an extraordinary and unprecedented threat from the white house and doesnt seem grounded in reality. >> reporter: wolf, extraordinary is a good way to put it. unheard that the white house is making this request targeting the former national security and intelligence officials, most who worked in t...

Clapper, director of intelligence in the obama administration said -- >> no they were not -- they were spying on -- a term i dont like, but on what the russians were doing and were they infiltrating trying to gain access and leverage and influence. >> reporter: the president suggesting the obama administration was behind it. a claim he softened today. >> i dont want to get into it yet but ill tell you after we look at -- after we look at the proof, would he know? i would certainly hope not. >> r...

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Highly credentialed critics, all former officials in law enforcement, national security, or the intelligence community. now he wants to punish them for speaking out by stripping them of their security clearances. it began with republican senator rand paul lobbying the president to do it of john brennan, who has become a vocal critic of the president. so rand paul may have started the idea, but by the time todays white house press briefing was over, james clapper, former fbi director james comey,...