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Initiation -- authenticity. -- he did so again this morning. >> wikileaks sources in relation to the emails and the dnc leak are not members of any government. they are not state parties. they do not come from the russian government. >> the u.s. intelligence committee also has a mandate to provide strategic warning. on fox news sunday, the head of the intelligence committee said that they failed to understand the significance of russian access that began in 2015. >> i publicly came out and said ...

That he has been a bad actor, and the latest episodes are not the only time russia has tried to use cyber war against the u.s., watch. >> i publicly came out and said this was the biggest intelligence failure since 9/11 to understand putins plans and intentions. we have known that russia is a bad actor in the cyber realm. many house members warned the obama administration about russias continued cyber attacks on on this country and they did nothing. >> reporter: the broader point is that former ...

The senate intelligence committee chaired by senator richard burr. you can expect more investigations. they will look at whether the i.c. provided what they call strategic warning. intelligence community is supposed to say this is what is coming down the pike, not being ambulance chasers after the fact. heres the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee. >> i publicly said this was the biggest intelligence failure since 9-11, our failure to understand putins plans and intentions. ...

Russian president putin directed this attack and that at some point, not originally, at some point it became an effort to stop clinton and help trump? >> so six months ago i publicly came out and said that this was the biggest intelligence failure since 9/11. this has been going on for a long time. weve known that russia is a very sophisticated bad actor in the cyber realm. many members of congress, not just members of the house security have been warning the obama administration about russias c...

Russian president putin directed this attack and that at some point, not originally, at some point it became an effort to stop clinton and help trump? >> so six months ago i publicly came out and said that this was the biggest intelligence failure since 9/11. this has been going on for a long time. weve known that russia is a very sophisticated bad actor in the cyber realm. many members of congress, not just members of the house security have been warning the obama administration about russias c...

Sending a message, theres a difference between skepticism and disparagement. >> all of this puts military leaders in a tough spot. do you think retired general dempsey felt he had to come out and defend the intelligence community? >> i think theres a sense in the intelligence community and military, been at war for 15 years so idea of disparaging them deeply disturbing. talked to four former cia officials say people are apoplectic about the way hes treating the intelligence community. morale is ...

Come out and defend the intelligence community? >> yeah, i think theres a real sense in the intelligence community in the military, you know, weve been at war for 15 years so, this idea of disparaging them is really deeply disturbing. ive talked to four former cia officials just tonight. they say people are apoplectic about the way hes treating the intelligence community. morale is down. there arent sort of resignations yet. so most importantly, this is very dangerous for donald trump politicall...

Soon president trump, has got to respect that. because you know something, if you just have yes people and people who are going to tell you what you want to hear, that is a game plan for disaster. as we saw in the iraq war. >> yeah. again, i just want to follow up on that quickly. again, donald trump invokes the iraq war. i think a lot of -- a lot of what he is talking about there, he might look at your book and he might look at the lessons -- some of the lessons you are drawing from that intell...

Been failures in the past. the d.n.i., the director of national intelligence, that office is a direct result of the lessons learned from our major intelligence failure that resulted in the 9/11 attacks, that was part of the 9/11 familys recommendation. but at the same time, you did see paul ryan go a little bit farther in defending donald trump than some of the republicans who we saw at this hearing today. take a look at what he had to say earlier today. i had a little bit of a question and answ...

Difference between skepticism and disparagement. >> thats james clapper. the director of national intelligence in a senate hearing today on russian interference in the u.s. presidential election. clapper talking about the debate forming around donald trump and his criticism and skepticism when it comes to u.s. intelligence agencies. scrutiny over trumps attitudes on u.s. intelligence intensifying in the wake of his tweet in which he accuses the italianing community of delaying a briefing on russ...