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Reported your exclusive 24 hours ago yesterday morning on our show, you have new information about the covert informant. what can you tell us? >> we had these details when we first filed our story yesterday. but withheld them because we didnt want to add to speculation about the persons identity. since then, another news organization has reported these details, "the new york times," so were sharing some of them here just to get at the level this source was. >> how high up he was. >> and, therefo...

Information widely, youre going to risk leaks and compromises, which certainly looks like it was a huge factor in deciding to exfiltrate him now. so in this particular case, now that hes out, perhaps he can answer some very big questions for us. for example, what was vladimirs intentions -- vladimir putins intentions in 2016? what are his intentions in 2020 vis-a-vis the u.s. election? did members of the trump administration collude or conspire with russian intelligence? presumably if this sourc...

Difficult circumstances operating in moscow. secondly, the fact we got him out alive. and i can tell you from history, that doesnt happen all the time. that we successfully exfiltrate our agents. and i know that vladimir putin and the fsb right now are very upset about that. and thats another success for the intelligence community. the third thought, though, and i think its an important part of this, where we can look at the success of getting him out successfully from a practical perspective, i...

Intentions. intelligence assessment of national security threats all depend on a combination of both human intelligence as the sources are called but also signals intelligence, that is intercepted communications, et cetera. just imagine all of the threats that depend on that kind of information. north korean missiles and nuclear program and -- al qaeda and isis threats and the russian interference in the u.s. election. >> jim sciutto, thank you. joining me now is fbi analyst phil mudd. the presi...

Such foreign intelligence sources will damage his relationship with foreign leaders, trump has expressed doubts about the credibility of the information they provide. another former senior intelligence official told cnn that trump, quote, believes there are people who are selling out their country. we should know that even in public, trump has looked down on these foreign assets as they are known in the intelligence community. responding to reports that the cia recruited kim jong-uns brother as ...

What are his intentions in 2020, vis-a-vis the u.s. election? did members of the trump administration collude or conspire with russian intelligence? presumably, if this source was as well placed as he sounds, we can -- we would know some of the answers to those questions. >> wow. its fascinating. steve hall, i really appreciate it. wolve, thank you so much. president trump went after the three republicans so far who have said theyll run against him for the republican presidential nomination. c...

President and at the same time not the birmingham, alabama office, that had come out with a contradictory report that alabama was never in jeopardy. the director, acting director, says the purpose of that statement was to clarify the technical details. what it did not say, however is, we understand and fully support the good intentions of the birmingham weather office as he tried to calm fears in short public safety. he says, no one is going to be fired over this, but it is clear this issue is n...

But that that was also a factor in what is a decision -- its a decision to carry out a very dangerous and difficult operation. >> this isnt just any source. i mean, you talk about his proximity to vladimir putin and the trust that hed established within the creme rikremlin. can you go back to the time you mentioned prior to the u.s. being concerned, however, about him being exposed? because it wasnt just this one time. >> it was not. so were at the end of the obama administration. the intelligen...

They provide. another former senior intelligence official told cnn trump "believes there are people who are selling out their country." even in public we should note that trump looked down on these foreign assets as they are known in the intelligence community, responding to reports that the cia recruited kim jong-uns half brother as a spy. what the president said. >> i saw the information about the cia with respect to his brother or half brother, and i would tell him that would not happen under...

Intel excellencegent sources will damage his relationship with foreign leaders, trump has expressed doubts about the credibility they provide. another former official told cnn trump quote believes there are people selling out their country. of course, we should note even in public trump has looked down on these foreign assets because they are known in the intelligence community, responding in reports the cia recruited kim jong-uns brother as a spy. this is what the president said. >> i saw the i...