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>> jeremy, what do you make of this first appearance in terms of how you can expect his interactions to go with the cia? presumably once he has the cia director confirmed, that might be the only person he interacts with at the cia. >> he will have to rely on all 17 components of the intelligence community and a lot on his new director of national intelligence, dan coates. congressman pompeo is a good pick, will be a good leader, will probably be confirmed on monday, but hes also the new presiden...

Monday, but hes also the new president will have to rely on an extensive array of professionals from across the community who will help set the table for every national security council decision they will make. they will actually provide intelligence analysis and then they will also carry out covert action which is presidentially directed activity overseas. and the president is going to have to really rely on those proo troops, trust them and bring them into his circle of confidence. >> one foot...

Tweeted about that exchange. he says james clapper called me yesterday to denounce the false and fictitious report that was illegally circulated, made up phony facts, too bad. is that how you see it? >> mr. trump maybe used some adjectives that i would suppress if i were doing an intelligence analysis but i think the basic idea of being quite angry if someone has come up with an invented story like this blog apparently did is an understandable human reaction to be very negative toward someone th...

Is the basis of most every recommendation or decision that you would make. and we are in a very unique situation where we have the president-elect disparaging the intelligence community, questioning its conclusions and questioning its motivations. suggesting perhaps that there would be some actions taken perhaps bordering on retribution, for intelligence analysis that is being done, we presume, i certainly presume, based on the trade craft and allegiance of the facts and the best judgment that t...

Why was he so -- if this has been a democratic president and that something like this -- do think former congressman pete hoekstra would have gone on about why the need to doubt it? explain what just happened there. >> after the iraq fiasco, they added this level of high confidence, middle confidence, low level. in all presidential, intelligence analysis, if there dissenting views and the intelligence community, that was in the classified report. if there is no dissent in the report, its because...

The intel community has become politicized. former michigan congressman served as house intel committee chairman and is a formal advisor to the trump transition team. good to see you, congressman. this makes it pretty clear. let me ask you whether you accept the conclusion of the 17 agencies. and that it came at the direction of vladimir putin. >> let me make three points, megyn. it wasnt all 17 agencies. thats one of the things that hits you very, very quickly. it was only three of the agencies...

Bipartisan issue. weve seen the obama administration encourage the incoming trump administration to continue on with this after president obama leaves office. so its just really in president-elect trumps hands right now whether he joins the course of republicans who are saying, hey, we need more investigation into this, or will he be this outlier as he takes office. >> one idea thats been discussed, mike, is the idea congress will set up an independent commission. if they do, how do they do it, ...

Theres room for a wide range of opinions. we dont question that for one minute. and every intelligence professional knows that. ive had plenty of times in my career ive presented my intelligence analysis to commanders and policymakers and they just look at me and say, mike, thanks but thats not the way i see it, or youll have to sell me on this. that doesnt bother any of us. what we do, i think, is relevant and we realize what we do is in no small part driven by the confidence of our leaders and...

>> we have said repeatedly in last two months our source is not the russian government and it is not state party. trump tweeting julian assange said a quote 14-year-old could have hacked podesta. why was dnc so careless? also said russians did not give him the info. on capitol hill today vice president-elect mike pence defended trumps skepticism. >> the president-elect has expressed his very sincere and healthy american skepticism about intelligence conclusions. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell ...

Julian assange than in the americans who risk their lives daily to provide objective, nonpartisan intelligence analysis. so, that is sort of kind of sums up how people ive spoken to today feel about this growing divide between the president-elect and the intelligence community. >> whatever you heard, pamela, about the intelligence briefings the president-elect already has received on this subject? >> thats right. what ive been told by officials is that there is a disconnect between donald trumps...