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>> and it wasnt in his hands. >> but it had not gone to coats. at least according to coats. >> i think this showed actually the inexperience of a joe mcguire on the job. he had a decorated military career. led an intelligence component. youre hit with this in the first week on the jock. i felt kind of bad for him. no one can be trained for this squeeze play between executive privilege and wrongdoing and the whistleblower statute. so i think he was trying to navigate this. but i think at the end ...

Comes out and say they have high confidence, as i said before, you can take that to the bank. there were multiple sources used to put this story together, each of which the agency had high confidence. its a pretty compelling case and i am sure she laid it out. >> does it tell you why they did not have gina haspel go last week? there was a question about why isnt the white house offering her up? >> i did not get the strategy there, because typically in any event like this you would always have an...

And counting, with extensive knowledge of corruption and money laundering, and criminal fraud cases. occasionally details have spilled out into the open. in june we learned that the special counsel had essentially swallowed up ongoing federal investigations into the activities of trump campaign chair paul manafort and of michael flynn. nbc news and other outlets reported that subpoenas were issued to business associates of both manafort and flynn by a federal grand jury in the eastern district o...

Handle national intelligence cases in particular they will handle national intelligence cases that -- excuse me, national security cases that have an intelligence component to them. youve heard about fisa warrants and the fisa court. theres also specific national security rules and law about that. that stuff fisa stuff tends to be handled through the eastern district of virginia. so national security focus. national security and intelligence focus in particular. on paper, because of that, it mak...

>> i think that donald trump should not be left alone with any other individual not with the last name of trump. because clearly he winds up saying or doing something that disturbs them. i think the most interesting thing about the coats story is the degree to which trump clearly does not understand that the odni cant tell the fbi director to back off and that theres a different relationship between the strict intelligence agencies, like the director of national intelligence in the cia, as oppos...

But maybe co-conspirator. he may have struck a deal. they will talk to him and listen to him but at some point, hes going to end up in handcuffs if what were hearing is actually true and i think some of it is. >> sean, theres reports they got information from electronic intercepts. how likely is that? how important do you think that could be? >> intercept prior or post? >> i believe prior, i believe. >> yeah, so if they are talking about electronic intercept -- >> the information is thin on it i...

He wants to talk, but at some point, hell end up in handcuffs if what were hearing is true, and i think there actually is. >> it appears they got information from electronic intercepts. how likely is that? how important do you think that could be? >> electronic intercepts prior or post? >> they were prior, i believe. >> so if theyre talking about electronic intercepts -- >> the information is thin on it, i should say. >> if they are electronic intercerpt. >> theyre going to analyze it and what f...

Another major city deals with its issues. i am currently consulting in a number of cities. detroit, baltimore, a few cities working with the chiefs of police there. so i have a much more significant base of experiences than i had even in 1994. >> the intelligence component has to be night and day between your first time as commissioner and today given what happened in september 11th, 2001. >> where we had gone to is into an era of predictive policeing in l.a. in 2007. we are with that informatio...

Other intelligence organizations around the world. but he is a lieutenant general, so he has a military component, he has the intelligence component, and then he also has a political side to him because he has been involved. if you look at some of the wi wikileaks you can read about this. he has been involved in a lot of the political movements and -- especially in the mideast peace process, israel, palestinian, and other areas, bringing them together. so hes a highly important person. but you k...

Military he founded a company which provided security solutions to the u.s. intelligence and defense communities. what you dont see on his resume is any indication hes worked in the aviation or transportation area or that hes had much interaction with the private sector, but it may be that in the wake of that attempted christmas day bombing theyve decided the intelligence component is the most important thing, john. >> interesting aspect there to this whole thing. remind us again, jean, why this...