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Training, infrastructure building, you know, intelligence gathering, support roles like that, and theres been a question as to whether its worth the expense and effort of moving these troops there in terms of what you get out of the equation. >> so today were talking about militarizing the u.s.-mexico border. this started way back sunday. seems like a long time ago. but it started with tweets. we have all of those tweets on the screen here. many -- >> a lot. >> yes -- >> big graphic. >> running ...

Reagans speech after the soviet union shot down a korean civilian jet liner in 1983. what reagan did brilliantly then was to provide for the american people an understanding of what kind of regime would undertake that kind of action, killing hundreds of people in the air. and thats whats missing here. its not just donald trump making a statement. its donald trump saying, this is what russia has been doing. it seized crimea, it invaded ukraine, it is aiding the assad regime in syria. this is part...

I thinkcommended for taking this step. >> woe say theyre diplomats, in actuality they are spies. you have 60 coming out of the u.s., dozens around the world. how much does this hurt russia in terms of intelligence gathering in the west? >> well, look, i think its significant and 60 is a big number, but we also should be clear that im sure that the administration has baked in to taking this step the fact that there will most assuredly be a tit for tat response from russia. so were likely to see, ...

The democrats that have done that through the church committee and others are saying oh, no, no, no. intelligence agencies never makes mistake. everything is perfect when it comes to prosecuting. were seeing a flip here because, you know, we have the criminalization of differences on both sides. when that happens, you see people make hypocritical statements. but im thrilled that were seeing critical analysis being done of the intel agencies. thats very, very important. i think its important whet...

That through the church committee and others are saying oh, no, no, no. intelligence agencies never makes mistake. everything is perfect when it comes to prosecuting. were seeing a flip here because, you know, we have the criminalization of differences on both sides. when that happens, you see people make hypocritical statements. but im thrilled that were seeing critical analysis being done of the intel agencies. thats very, very important. i think its important whether youre a republican, wheth...

That through the church committee and others are saying oh, no, no, no. intelligence agencies never makes mistake. everything is perfect when it comes to prosecuting. were seeing a flip here because, you know, we have the criminalization of differences on both sides. when that happens, you see people make hypocritical statements. but im thrilled that were seeing critical analysis being done of the intel agencies. thats very, very important. i think its important whether youre a republican, wheth...

By turning off its transponder. >> it is very unusual for this beacon to be turned off. that in itself is a powerful indicator of criminal activity or sanctions busting activity. >> norman rule spent more than 30 years in intelligence gathering. now he works for an organization that tracks sanctions violations. >> the activities had some common characteristics. first, they turned off the transponder. they left traditional shipping lanes. they went to an area of water near north korea where ships...

>> its possible if an indictment is brought. but its no longer justice department policy to name unindicted coconspirator as a general rule. but i think the interesting question is theres a certain category of cases that the justice department investigators which its clear for there to be any political involvement whatsoever. a bank robbery case, insider trading case. but a case where the justice department is involving bringing national security, implications for foreign relations with other co...

Would be implications for intelligence gathering and sources and the intelligence community will have real interest in what comes out and how its presented. ordinarily the justice department might consult with the state department, the cia, other organizations in government and ultimately maybe the white house to determine if a course of action should be puffer sued in a case. here because of the context which were operating because the president himself is the subject of an investigation it cre...

You have just articulated is what is happening with china. theyre doing it in a very smart way. theyre doing it in a very effective way. theyre looking beyond their own region. i think they have -- it is clear that they have a long-term strategic objective to become a world power. and they are executing throughout the whole of government ways in which they can accomplish that. we have intensive studies going on throughout the intelligence community relative to a to z on what china is doing. gene...