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To fight terror around the world? what needs to change? cia trained intelligence operative colonel shafer. we start with the big question. what needs to change and what needs to change right away? >> governor cuomo is wrong. it is not a lone wolf. how many lone wolves do you need to see it is a pattern here? this is a known isis captain. we need to look at this both ways, look at what we could have prevented, what we could have done more to stop this, why this guy was here. donald trump is corre...

And a russian lawyer. it was specifically about adoptions. then, after he released his e-mails, we found out that donald trump jr.s intent about going to this meeting was to gather negative information about hillary clinton that was gathered by the russian government. last night, we find out that there was this russian lobbyist there, someone who senator chuck grassley has said has ties to russian intelligence, also calling him an intelligence operative. in his defense, the russian lobbyist has ...

Ways of washington, and not what we think of as an intelligence operative. he was in milita intelligence. and that tends to be things like how many tanks does the other side have, what is the weather going to be tomorrow. it is not doing dead drops at post office boxes in the woods in the middle of the night. a few years ago i helped a piece that he wrote, actually a young officer wrote and he endorsed. it was very good piece about how to revive military intelligence in afghanistan. and i helped...

Tell us about your history with michael flynn and how you helped bring him the kind of attention that actually pushed him up the ladder. >> let me be clear. i dont think general flynn is actually a monster. i think he is a rather naive guy, not really educated in the ways of washington, and not what we think of as an intelligence operative. he was in military intelligence. and that tends to be things like how many tanks does the other side have, what is the weather going to be tomorrow. it is no...

Were joined now by thomas rick, contributing editor at foreign policy magazine and author of the new book "churchill & orwell: the fight for freedom." you are also the author of a piece toward the end of last year asking did i help create a monster, and you were with that monster on the day that he was fired in the white house. tell us about your history with michael flynn and how you helped bring m thkif attention at actually pushed him up the ladder. >> let me be clear. i dont think general fl...

There arent tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking things. nothing to suggest there is or isnt a taping system at this point, martha. >> martha: an interesting piece of information. john, get on your phone and we will see what happens. joining me now with more on this issue of leaks coming out of d.c., lieutenant colonel tony schaefer a cia trained intelligence operative. good to have you here this evening, tony. you listen to all of this, you read "the new york times," what you mak...

Congressman peter king as a member of both the house intelligence and homeland security. and cia trained senior intelligence operative. thanks to you both for being here. tony, what do we know with the detainees still left there? that could possibly still be released? >> talking about mr. trumps comment about dbad dudes, these are bad dudes. as the reporter talked about, these folks are not cleared for release. this is an act of desperation and frankly an act which i believe goes against the ver...

Joining me now with more, congressman peter king as a member of both the house intelligence and homeland security. and cia trained senior intelligence operative. thanks to you both for being here. tony, what do we know with the detainees still left there? that could possibly still be released? >> talking about mr. trumps comment about dbad dudes, these are bad dudes. as the reporter talked about, these folks are not cleared for release. this is an act of desperation and frankly an act which i be...

Operatives names who are perhaps at a presidential event when the president is abroad. it basically is an omg moment for the white house, for the press pool. the person acting as the print pool reporter noticed the mistake, alerted the white house, and the white house went back and put out a new list of participants that did not include that station chiefs name. so really big screwup all around. >> yeah, without -- without even commenting even on what had happened. so these kinds names are not n...

The fbi says shes a highly trained intelligence operative, a spy sophisticated enough to elude detection until now. an fbi agent says she was inside this coffee shop when a van driven by a russian government official drove by and fbi agents detected a wireless signal and say anna was transferring data from her computer to a computer inside that vehicle. whether real estate was her real career another woman was also involved in real estate. ann folly is described as a native of canada and was edu...