Page 49 - Intelligence Gathering News Today

>> sean: you think it was designed for the purpose of allowing their spies to do everything we seees happening? >> yeah, theyre justification to be, it will help with intelligence gathering. like i said, eight years into your administration you decide to do it? j 17 days to go? that needs to be answered. i will be very curious to say what they say. >> sean: the president is going to issue a new executive order as it relates to extreme vetting. you actually have written your own version, if you w...

Not only illegal, but the way they did it. >> sean: designed for the purpose of allowing their spies to do the very thing we see happening? >> yeah, theyre justification to be, it will help with intelligence gathering. like i said, eight years into your administration you decide to do it? that needs to be answered. im curious to see what they will say. >> sean: the president is going to issue a new executive order as it relates to extreme vetting. you actually have written your own version, if y...

They did it. >> sean: designed for the purpose of allowing their spies to do the very thing we see happening? >> yeah, theyre justification to be, it will help with intelligence gathering. like i said, eight years into your administration you decide to do it? that needs to be answered. im curious to see what they will say. >> sean: the president is going to issue a new executive order as it relates to extreme vetting. you actually have written your own version, if you will, that you feel would w...

>> so class feuds involved? >> yeah. that was a case that took almost ten years from beginning to end. this is moving a lot faster because technology has improved in terms of intelligence gathering. but were in a case now you were harkening back to water gate. this is a case -- >> not harkening back. the encryptions. im going back to vanona, the way we got all the communication between moscow and america during and before the second world war. that kind of stuff. >> sure, but here we have a case...

Whats been going on the last several weeks? however have they progressed? its like google. malcolm said lets punch in paul manafort, roger stone, somebody else, and see if that connects in any way to the kremlin. >> the american people are getting a look in realtime at the most politically charged counterintelligence investigation since the soviets stole the request of the atomic bomb at the end of world war ii. >> so class feuds involved? >> yeah. that was a case that took almost ten years from...

Counterintelligence investigation since the soviets stole the secret of the atomic bomb in the end of world war ii. >> so, clous fukes involved here. >> that was a case that took almost ten years from beginning to end. this is smmoving a lot faster because technology has improved in terms of intelligence gathering. but were in a case now, you were harkening back to watergaetwater gate, chris. >> no, im not harkening back -- the encryptions. im going back to venona, the way we got all the communi...

Theres. the big point is, you and i were talking about this, erin, this was a risky operation, lots of american boots on the ground. you had the cooperation of special forces from the united arab emirates. you had u.s. aircraft involved, including an osprey that was lost. seemed like a great idea for intelligence gathering. >> thank you very much. jim sciutto, and also new tonight. president trump claiming that the media is refusing to report on terror attacks. heres what he said during a visit ...

>> he was a kid when he found out how to washington d.c. politics could be. judge neil gorsuch as a teenager with his mother had to resign from the reagan administration after a fight with congress. what is the legacy of that bruising battle? or is that now prepares to face the senate next is some personal insight from one of the judges former clerks. a murder mystery that made national headlines may have been solved. new-line permission today that investigators just released in the killing of a...

During this operation. but just hours later, sin come admitted that the video was actually nine years old and had been circulating widely on the internet before. military spokesman admitted that the video was not properly analyzed before being released to the public. heres white house press secretary sean spicer yesterday touting the raid success in part because of the intelligence gathering. >> when you look at the totality of what was gained to prevent the future loss of life here in america, ...

By far including vladimir putin. >> and had made that comment directly to the prime minister of australia as well. this was a call that ended abruptly. what is really shaking about this call you know is the fact that australia is considered one of the united statess most reliable allies. someone the united states often turns to for intelligence gathering and vice-versa. to be alienating somebody like australia at a time when theres so much turmoil in the world is confusing to say the least. >> t...