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Countries uncover stories and bring to light information that they used to policies. and it can be a vital resource not only to the american public, but to provide evidence and bear witness in places where, you know, government officials cant necessarily go. >> no, thats absolutely true. and anderson, i need to be very careful leer. . no one needs to think that american journalists are in some ways agents of the american intelligence enterprise. i but ive got a lot of time. i used to fly into sa...

Thought it wouldnt do any good in the first place. so you see a general erosion of the ethic of the intelligence enterprise. >> you paint a very dire picture. i just want to push you a little bit. what is the next logical consequence if the agents arent supported and if their product isnt trusted, and if the ally isnt inspired to share, what is the next obvious consequence? >> the consequence is american intelligence has a smaller contribution to make to the development of american policy. look,...

And the point i would then make, nicole, to the question you just raised, there are probably a whole bunch of allied services who might be reluctant to share information with us because, you know, we dont have that great a track record about keeping things secret. and they would be even more reluctant to share the information with us if they thought it wouldnt do any good in the first place. so you see a general erosion of the ethic of the intelligence enterprise. >> you paint a very dire pictur...

Agency. ive also known chuck for a long period of time as well and i had the opportunity to work with him closely, particularly in his capacity as chairman of the presidents intelligence advisory board. i greatly appreciate the work he has done to strengthen our intelligence enterprise. it has been extremely important to our ability to improve our intelligence capabilities. and as secretary of defense, i also benefitted from his work when he served on our defense policy board. chuck hagel is a p...