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But, mr grozev, you also at different times over the last few months have also said that you do have deep sources inside the russian security services. so im a little confused. are you using human intel or not? human intel is very useful as a follow—up to provide context, to provide colour for this puzzle. because the puzzle, youre building based on data bits and pieces. then sometimes you dont understand why something happens and then its very useful to rely on sources that you can trust, but...

Is you rely so heavily on the deepest of deep dives into the electronic trails and the data trails. are you of a mind to say that today, when so many of us are sceptical about so much information we receive because it cannot always verify it, are you saying you believe in data more than human intel? human intelligence? do you think the data dominates all now? well, i think data should be taken seriously and it wasnt always taken seriously byjournalism as a profession. i think there is room for t...

Right, right but, mr grozev, you have said at times over recent months that you have deep sources inside the russian security services. so, i am a little confused. are you using human intel or not? human intel is very useful as a follow up to provide context, to provide colour for this puzzle because the puzzle, you are building up based on data, bits and pieces, and then sometimes you dont understand why something happens and then it is very useful to rely on sources that you can trust. but i w...

Disappear. >> yeah, no, absolutely. whether its one or two and could be multiple suspects. who knows at this point and its all about collection right now. theyre looking at all that and the fbi is involved and forensic folks turning that world upside downright now and hopefully they have some answers but again, once somebody is identified and my former folks, u.s. marshals are not involved yet but once they get somebody on their radar, hopefully they bring them on board and theyre the best in th...

Security secrets. things that, if revealed, would cause imminent and grave danger to our national security. what american isnt a little bit shook like that by that. but in addition to that, these materials were expected to put human intel sources, their lives, theyre human welfare in danger if released. so, if this is just sitting on a carpet in mar-a-lago -- >> in a carton. the former president seems very -- on the carpet, he had them in the carton, never mind that that carton was in his shoe c...

Assume that was an ambush as seems likely. are there many routes in russian forces can use? >> reporter: i mean there are, i think. 3 million people, 360 degrees you can get in by various different routes but, yes, of course the ukrainians know which routes they are traveling along. its hard to hide them. they have their own drone intel, human intel and i suspect intelligence from western sources as well. i dont know that for a fact but i suspect they are. one of the easiest things to do if you ...

Linking eisenberg to the decision to move the problematic transcript to a highly classified server. joining our conversation just in time former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul. let me ask you -- i could talk to you for another 45 minutes, but let me just -- have you ever heard of someone in the white house counsels office ordering a transcript after any sort of inner agency review -- or if there was a problem, was locking it down in a server for code word protected intel, which, its m...

Republicans about obama but not generally. at the white house, there was a spontaneous celebration that we had finally brought usama bin laden to his ultimate justice. >> theres a little bit of disconnect between bin laden and al baghdadi. he didnt get the name recognition and the focus in the regular world. in the counterterrorism world, this was a huge, huge get. >> dana: it continues. apparently isis has named for a new leader. what do you think that means for the president strategy? >> conti...

The police wouldve responded first. we are not at war with pakistan. they are an ally. we dont want to have to hurt them. they dont know whats going on. in their fighting abu bakr al-baghdadi. hes the head of isis. it doesnt really matter who they killing there. to say that they took two of his chiefs and have them which is incredible. >> dana: at the intelligence that you can get. >> even his own trusted associates, they would take their watches and phones and blinds on them. >> dana: if baghda...

>> this is obviously a major accomplishment. the presidents engagement with the media is surprising to me. this is a high risk period with increased risks of retaliatory attacks and increased risks to human intel on the ground. the level of detail that president trump went into in that press conference increases the risk to sources who may still be on the ground. its unprecedented when you think about how much detail he went into. >> are you saying its irresponsible? >> it is irresponsible, it p...