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I was one of the best agents. i didnt get anywhere near these high level people. she did a great job but, you know, unfortunately she didnt have the training and the wherewithal to see this through and not get caught. >> malcolm nance, ive got to read you this and this is fantastic. this is from government papers. in a series in november 8 and 9, 2016 twitter direct messages. gun shes using twitter to talk to the home office. the russian official and butina discussed the presidential results as ...

Trump. like you said, real trained officers, case officers of the svr would not have been able to get it donald trump and ask him a question. but civilian subcontractors can because they are not actually assets that could be quickly and easily identified as members of russian intelligence. and thats where i think its successful. >> jack, i have less than a minute. if shed been the pro that you were, if shed been a full immersion pro spy, can you imagine what she could have accomplished in this c...

Because they are not actually assets that could be quickly and easily identified as members of russian intelligence. and thats where i think its successfu successful. >> jack, i have less than a minute. if shed been the pro that you were, if shed been a full immersion pro spy, can you imagine what she could have accomplished in this country? >> oh, yeah. very, very dangerous. i just want to say i agree wholeheartedly with the assessment that theres a whole lot more sort of contributors, unoffici...

35 years working in counterterrorism who rote wrote the book on this topic called the plot to destroy democracy. also were happy to welcome jack barski back to the broadcast, a former kgb spy. hes now an american citizen. he quote the book "deep undercove undercover,". jack of the three of us youre the only former kgb spy in this conversation. does a number like 14, does that leave coincidence behind and become actual coordination in your mind? who thought we were such an easy mark? >> its clear...

>> seriously? >> not even -- whatever question you might have asked because what with im seeing here is the investigations continuing and going forward and its political here and there and we constantly battling with one another and vladimir putin just loves it. this is what it calls in our field, the field i was active in in our field, active measures, causing trouble and as long as were investigating -- this whole memo, your memo is better than my memo -- its -- it is insane. >> it muddies wha...

That going after the nfl and players in the nfl and particularly african-american players in the nfl plays well with one narrow slice of the republican base. >> you also note that its divisive. >> he knows that. he knows exactly what he is doing. he knows full well what he is doing when he chooses these words, when he chooses words like that. he knows what signal hes saying which is basically the guys who are standing, like tom brady, you know, my friends, you know, thats who we respect. those o...

Derail or problemize the mueller investigation were not going to buy that. theyre protecting the white house and sending a signal and say you can spin all you want but dont take any actions that really, you know, put yourself in jeopardy. >> i suppose theyre not saying we dont support the president and if there is nothing to hide then let the investigation play out is what i get from some of that. jack, being a former kgb spy, i want to get your take on what senator john mccain said about this w...

Connections, don. so it appears that this didnt go anywhere. >> evan perez. we appreciate it. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> i want to bring in now cnn legal analysts lauren coats, steve hall, and jack barski. jack is a former kgb spy and author. good evening, everyone. thank you. welcome to the program. steve, kushner testified he didnt communicate with russia, he didnt know of any such contacts by the campaign. we now know he received and forwarded an e-mail from donald trump jr. about conta...

Hired guards that are basically russians that the american embassy employs to keep the inner perimeter, then you have the inner most perimeter, which is the u.s. marine detachment, and beyond that, only americans are allowed. but again, when you talk about hiring a local guard force who are you hiring? you are hiring russians. and the people that are allowed to have the jobs are the fsb, the ones that the internal service says can have those jobs. so a lot of times, really american embassy offic...

Many people lose out because of the end to the medicare expansion and medicaid expansion which allowed many low-income americans to get health care and opponents of the bill say many will fall through the gaps because of the senate bill. >> the cbo score impacts the bills chances of getting those 52 senators to say yes or at least 50 senators to vote for it. >> lets add more voices to the mix and turn to russia now. cnn national security analyst sean turner. hes also the former director of commu...