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Hack america, how putin cyber size and wikileaks stride to steal the 2016 election. when we see someone like this pop up in the news, obviously the mueller questioning is notable. we dont know automatically where he fits in. what is your view of the significance? is this some guy or more than that? well, first you have to understand just exactly are the oligarchy fits into the russian chain of command. they are civilian, captains of industry the robber barons of the former soviet union who becam...

It was totally conclusive, strong, powerful. >> we should note the senate investigation into russian interference is ongoing, and of course there is special counsel robert muellers investigation. here with us tonight to talk about it, clint watts, former fbi special agent and member of the joint terrorism task force. his new book out next month is "messing with the enemy, surviving in a social media world of hackers, terrorists, russians, and fake news." . and malcolm nance, a veteran of naval i...

Of cia, fbi and nsa about what they did and continues to ignore, i think, the real challenges to our system of government by what the russians and others can do, it -- it undercuts any effort to try to deal with this issue comprehensively, strategically and thoughtfully. >> that was a clip from a video by the committee to investigate russia featuring advisory board members representing more than 90 years of collective intelligence experience. they want americans to understand why russian interfe...

Wave election one party over another, they could validate that by hacking the party that is not in power. thats the democrats right now which would throw the entire process into chaos because you wouldnt be able to determine whether it was a legitimate win or whether now the nefarious russians are some other third-party has assisted them. and you would have the grounds for practically civil war. >> i just want to repeat for our audience the title of malcolms book, the plot to hack america, how p...

There. >> joining me now, russian american journalist, a writer at salon. ben hopkins, and malcolm nance, msnbc terrorism analyst. also author of "the plot to hack america, how putins cyberspies and wikileaks tried to steal the 2016 election." im going to go to you first, malcolm, as you heard jeff sessions. is he right? is this so complex that the u.s. is barely scratching the surface of this meddling? >> no, the issue is not complex at all. the issue is that social media has been weaponized in...

Multi sensor sis ystems. its going to require framework to go through and its a damning document. lets not make any jokes about it. that document is explosive. >> malcolm nance, intelligence community veteran, author of "the plot to hack america," malcolm, thank you. appreciate you being here, my friend. >> my pleasure. >> well be right back. stay with us. lilly.

Trump/russia dossier, we believe malcolm nance may have been the first to be briefed of the existence of this dossier. appreciate you being here. >> my pleasure. >> how is it that you were one of the first people to learn about the dossier? >> well, i may have been one of the second persons to learn about the dossier. david corn managed to get ahold of the dossier relatively early on, more than a month and a half before the election. he called me out of the blue and he had known that i had publi...

Meanwhile, the senate judiciary committee has worked out a deal with trump jr. and manafort to hold a session also close to the public next week. the committee also asks them to turn over all documents related to what -- to that eight-person that we know of june 2016 meeting that included russian nationals with connections to the kremlin and the former kgb. now known as the fsb. all this comes as another member of trumps inner circle is under fire. last night "the washington post" broke the news...

Want to talk about this with, malcolm nance, 35-year veteran. including naval intelligence, special ops and homeland security. also the author of the timely book "the plot to hack america, how putins spies and wikileaks tried to steal the 2016 election." the book that preceded most of this conversation. whats going on there. what did we just witness there? >> i think we witnessed two parts of sergey lavrovs game. one, actual frustration that these questions are coming up in the middle of his dis...

>> the primary goal in my mind was to sew discord and try to delegitimize our fair election process. i also think another of their goals, which the entire united states intelligence community stands behind was to denigrate secretary clinton and to try to help then current president trump. >> joining us now, malcolm nance, msnbc counterterrorism and intelligence analyst, the author of "the plot to hack america," and david frum is still with us. malcolm, what did we learn today? and i mean we, not...