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Defense for russia, ukraine and eurasia under president obama. top russia expert is what that means. were talking about 2018 midterms. politically theres a lot of unknown but also russia, theres a ton of unknown about what will happen with russia. they meddled in 2016, according to our intelligence apparatus. are they going to do so in 2018? >> yes, because they havent left. i mean, i hated when former director comey said "the russians are going to come back because as far as i can tell they nev...

Last week. this bipartisan legislation would reauthorize section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act. the administration has chosen to oppose any reform of the law. i understand the desire for a clean reauthorization of this vital program. however, i believe this stance is a miscalculation that risks further eroding trust in our intelligence apparatus. we hope we can work with you now that the usa liberty act, which reauthorizes a law that is vital to our nations battle against terr...

Last week. this bipartisan legislation would reauthorize section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act. administration has chosen to oppose any reform of the law. i understand the desire for a clean reauthorization of this vital program. however, i believe this stance is a miscalculation that risks further eroding trust in our intelligence apparatus. we hope we can work with you now that the usa liberty act, which reauthorizes a law that is vital to our nations battle against terroris...

That this has lasted so long, the fact that this war has gone on as long as it has because this enemy is a different kind of enemy. they are very determined, very patients. they see this as eternal mission that they have. president bush pointed that out the first time he spoke to congress about this that this would be a long, long effort against them but i think governing weed havent had an attack like that since then you pointed out we didnt have a department of homeland security before on sept...

Happened. and what we can do to stop this from ever happening in the united states again. we have made a lot of progress since 9/11. the department of homeland security was created after 9/11. my committee was created as a result of 9/11. everything we do on the committee and in the department is to make sure we can prevent another 9/11 from happening. so its a very solemn moment that we reflect on, and remember those who lost their lives and never forget. >> obviously the wars that were launche...

At the same time, just like i said with -- i think it is important they exercise oversight in that, they need to do the same thing for what, you know, has been reported, as you said, by multiple sources, of the potential of targeting political folks using the intelligence apparatus. the people doing intelligence, collecting intelligence from the communities every single day are great people. were talking about at the top levels. again, no facts here, but i think it is something that warrants ove...

His statements were according to him inaccurate. the fact is that had it not been for "the washington post" writing the story this week, he would have never have revealed his meetings with the russian ambassador, and look, it is pretty much common knowledge in washington, d.c., at least among the intelligence community that when youre talking to the ambassador from russia, youre talking to the kgb. youre talking to the intelligence apparatus. >> hes a spy. >> of russia. >> hes a spy. >> i think ...

Again, yes, we all want the intelligence community to cooperate. we all want it to run more efficiently. we want it to run better. but to bring in a billionaire pal of yours who has a number of defense contracts it feels like another slap in the face to the intelligence community. i would just say there are so many missteps that at this point he really needs to take them seriously. billions of taxpayer dollars go into supporting our intelligence apparatus. we have the best intelligence apparatus...

Substituting his judgment for that of the president on this issue. >> jenna: are we headed to the supreme court, is that the next step based on the string above your arguments? >> there is no way this is not heading to the supreme court unless the president clarifies this and does it more judiciously. >> jenna: let me ask, what happens if sean spicer doesnt step to the podium to say we have made some changes, then do things change? >> remarkably it changes. the president has the intelligence app...

>> step in the right direction. look, our intelligence apparatus is pretty darn good. they really are. and if theyre saying the russians hacked into the election and all this stuff, im sure its true. now, the other shoe has yet to drop. president obama has promised a report before he leaves office, which is going to pretty much give chapter and verse except for the stuff that has to be kept aside for our own protection about just exactly what they did. i think a lot of us are going to wait and s...