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Successful meeting. you worked in the u.s. military. you dealt with very sensitive intelligence. whats your analysis? >> wolf, my basic analysis is this. when you look at the appropriateness of sharing this kind of information, it depends on the appropriateness and what context. im sure the russians were thrilled to get this kind of information from the president. the problem is what does it do to our relationships and to not only the intelligence relationships but the ability of the people on t...

Information on terrorism and aviation security that president trump shared with russian officials in the oval office. sharing that israeli intelligence caused dismay across capitol hill, the intelligence community and in some world capitals. one european diplomat telling cnn its a big deal, and we want to make sure sensitive information is handled properly. the problem. the very sensitive intelligence came from another country which had not given its permission to share it with the russians, acc...

Near perpetual crisis management mode now for a while. >> a white house i should mention is not it will as any reflection of mood but it will in blue for fallen police officers around the country. jeremy bash, what just happened today? and in your former line of work, how big is this? >> that sonic boom you heard at 7:15 on the east coast, that was 10,000 intelligence officers slapping their forehead, brian, because the thing that intelligence officers will want to be able to do is go out and re...

>> its a common concern between allies that share information back and forth. theres constant bickering and concern raising about this very issue but generally you dont have the president of the united states compromising sensitive information to a foreign adversary this brazenly. and it really is cause for concern. the russians will take this information, donald trump didnt have to talk about sources or methods. but if the information was very detailed, the russians can use their knowledge and ...

Reflection of mood but it will in blue for fallen police officers around the country. jeremy bash, what just happened today? and in your former line of work, how big is this? >> that sonic boom you heard at 7:15 on the east coast, that was 10,000 intelligence officers slapping their forehead, brian, because the thing that intelligence officers will want to be able to do is go out and recruit human sources and tell them two things. one, were going to protect your life. second, your information is...

So another late one here at the white house, brian, for an administration that has been in near perpetual crisis management mode now for a while. >> a white house i should mention is not lit as any reflection of mood but is lit in blue for fallen police officers around the country. jeremy bash, what just happened today. and in your former line of work, how big is this? >> that sonic boom you heard at 7:15 on the east coast, that was 10,000 intelligence officers slapping their forehead, brian, be...

Intelligence. meaning a human source meaning a spy that works for one of these intelligence agencies. that can be what this is all about. but it indicates that this is very much a need to know highly restricted information. the u.s. intelligence community would have briefed the president on it. they would have no expectation that he would turn around and tell the russians, wolf. >> yeah, one of highest levels of u.s. classification. you reveal code word information potentially you can reveal the...

Information that was really owned by the united states and for the president to share this information had come from one of our partners based on the reporting in the region and also based on the reporting, it was highly sensitive information that came from an espionage operation. based on my decade of covering this area, that is code for a human source or human spying. those were among the most delicate and likely to be compromised, martha. >> martha: thank you very much. we will go back to cat...

Phil mudd. cnn has never reported on the dossier because cnn has never been able to confirm. we know it exists, but we have not reported on the contents because they are sensational. how did the fbi get a judge to agree to this fisa warrant based on the contents? >> lets step there this. a judge has to have probable cause to do something that the fbi records as an iintrusive technique. i can listen to russians talking to you. i can have a human source listen to what you say. we have a retired br...

Level. you have to convince a judge -- its probable cause. its a technical matter. you cant just go in with some unconfirmed dossier like the steele report is and say how about it? you have to have more than that. theres been times in my career when i said, come on, we to get some sort of coverage on x, y or z. the judges go, not so fast. we have a threshold here. you have to get by it before we can allow this. >> phil, even if the fbi had corroborating information about some things in the dossi...