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Were informed. with that, well see. >> i want all to be safe, every time i hear hacking, in the back of my mind are we doing that. you dont want to ask that question. >> all countries have intelligence gathering, how they use it, hacking is illegal in united states. if its illegal in united states and we find another country hacking us, should we not have a broad base of sanctions that say if you pick this is punishment you are going to get. rather than case by case, whoever it might be, shouldn...

>> go for it. >> miranda didnt exist back in world war ii, but it does now. but the law, this is very important. you do not have to read an enemy combatant a miranda rights. they do have -- >> in a habeas court, yes. >> to see if the government got it right, you can hold them as long as necessary for intelligence gathering. you can try them in article 3 courts, you can try them in military commissions. as attorney general of the united states, would you accept that military commissions could be ...

People out into the field. >> exactly right. i think theres a lot of belief within the trump organization that people at these headquarters are more susceptible to political pressure. they have more interaction with politicians and theyre more likely to say things the politicians want to hear. when theyre out in the field, whether the middle east, russia or elsewhere, theyre more likely to focus on intelligence gathering. obviously the risks are that, you know, decentralized intelligence communi...

Baby out with the bath watter and say were no longer going to do intelligence gathering. when we dont agree with the conclusion were simply not going to believe it. this is very dangerous. julian assange is a bad person with probably american blood on his hands and definitely the information hes put out there has made our country far less safe. >> congressman, thank you very much. look forward to having you on again. >> you bet. >> will donald trump change his mind about russia and julian assang...

>> right. >> theyre used in europe. >> sure. >> so is trump being played for a fool or is he just willing to let this go to get the other things he wants? >> well, signal intelligence has been going on forever. the issue is disclosing it to wikileaks and places like that, using it for something other than intelligence gathering. i think one of the things that were seeing here with john mccain and lindsey graham, two guys with serious military histories, and amy klobuchar, a democrat, is a remind...

To answer that as well then we have to wrap up. quickly. >> you want to do intelligence gathering but dont want to appear as biased. we can go back and debate for hours the calculation that was made here. thats irrelevant at this point. we have a new president who is coming in. we have certain information thats now made available to the public. a report coming out and you have our intelligence agencies which we shouldnt undercut. i mean were getting foreign enemies in when we sit here when we qu...

Tougher sanctions against russia. they attacked the united states of america. the hacking was an attack and we should be treated as such. gregg: caroline shively has the latest from washington. caroline, we saw the plane sitting on the tarmac at dulles outside d.c., where are the russians now? >> reporter: russians government-owned news agency reports the plane has landed in moscow. the diplomats flew out of dulles with 60 dependents, expulsion is the visible part of the punishment cold it out a...

Million national guards men dressed in jungle camouflage stationed outside every new years eve party tonight? i dont think thats practical. i think the inevitable result will be that over the stens you objection of the aclu and john camny, this country some day will get a national electronic identity card. >> oh, boy. thats all we need. >> scary but not as scary as terrorism. >> what do you think about that, an id card for everybody? >> i guarantee they will find a way to hack it. nothing is per...

U.s. election. caroline shively is live in washington. so caroline, do we know when the russian diplomats will be heading back home? >> well, arthel, they officially are kicked out tomorrow. thats when the 72-hour clock runs out. take a look at their plane parked at dulles international airport in virginia. russias news agency says almost 100 people have been told to go. thats 35 diplomats and their dependents. russian officials say its part of the roseya special flight squadron. they locked up ...

With top russian officials, individuals, and companies. on top of that, the u.s. is kicking out 35 russian diplomats based in the united states. in a statement the state department says -- republican senators mccain and graham say -- the two senators say they will also push increased russian sanctions in next years senate sessions. also the obama administration says its closing down two russian pieces of property that the administration charges the russians uses for intelligence gathering. russi...