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It came to dealing with national security issues. whether you believe he did the right thing and not taking more substantive action and determining that politics were too much of a factor, that could be debated, but this issue with russia today is this presidents issue. so the real question isnt why didnt president obama do more? that will be debated and historians will examine that and the real question is what is president trump going to do today to address the fact that russia, a foreign gove...

Intelligence is well ahead of the game here. we dont talk about this stuff. we have cyber capabilities that i guarantee you outpace what the russians have and the thing about doing something about a particular hack, you cant put up a wall and say dont hack anymore and youll have to launch a counterattack and obama determined that wasnt the right thing to do. >> its not the time. >> he did respond and we know what he did as far as the retaliation and it came in december. he had the sanctions and ...

The cracks in the foundation of the western world that slowly appear. >> jack, thank you. ali, great article. thank you very much. >> thanks. >> coming up, can anything -- i mean anything -- get done in washington next week? former fbi director james comey now to speak publicly for the first time. what kind of circus should we be getting ready for? plus president trump pulling the u.s. ought of a major international climate deal. the only other countries not on board, syria and nicaragua. will...

>> jack, your thoughts as this whole sort of russian thing is developing, when you sort of step back from your experience and you look at this whole investigation here in washington, what do you think? >> well, what i think, it looks like the 70s all over again when -- particularly what i believe the russians are after now is creating cracks within the western world, creating cracks between us and our nato partners, creating to the extent they can, creating chaos and confusion within the united ...

Diplomat turning up in odd places in the united states. intelligence officials concluding the kremlin is waging a quiet effort to map the united states telecommunications infrastructure perhaps even preparing for an opportunity to disrupt it. ali watkins is author of the article and correspondent for politico. and jack barski is a former kgb agent who spied on the u.s. nearly ten years, also author deep under cover, entangled allegiance as a kgb spy. welcome to both of you. these are russian dip...

I think theyre great. again, im speculating. but he ran most of his campaign on an anti-terrorism agenda. and on making friends to the russians. so the intelligence that he hands over to the russians has to do with counterterrorism. its a brilliant move on the russians part and amazing that donald trump fell for it. >> jack, this goes to your former line of work. why would this material be valuable to the russians as a trafficable commodity? what could they do with it? what is the value to them?...

Predisposed to like them, probably even more so because hes very stubborn and everybody keeps telling him that the russians are bad, theyre trying to play you, and he is kind of saying, well, i dont think so. i think theyre great. again, im speculating. but he ran most of his campaign on an anti-terrorism agenda. and on making friends to the russians. so of course the piece of information of intelligence that he hands over to the russians has to do with counterterrorism. its a brilliant move on ...

Tennessee republican senator bob corker, who is chairman of senate foreign relations. >> senator corker, a man to watch going forward. a reminder, the president leaves on his first overseas trip at the end of this week. lets bring in our panel on a monday night to kick off the weeks coverage. starting with our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson, jeremy bash, julia yafi is with us, currently with the atlantic, and we welcome jack barski, a former kgb spy living in the u.s. during the ...

U.s. jack barski is a former kgb spy. he spoke with cnns ana cabrera about general flynn. >> im absolutely blown away by the naivete of a senior person, such as mr. flynn, not understanding that when you get in touch with somebody in an official capacity from russia, or in the old days, the soviet union, you might as well talk to their secret service. i mean, these types of individuals are either directly associated with one of their services, or at least report back. this has always been like t...

Russian authorities? >> i cant even grasp how somebody with that kind of an impressive background of service and intellect can fail so miserably. i mean, it goes sort of along the line that i found americans to be rather naive when it comes to the world. we think everybody should like us and we sort of like everybody. theres a lot of naivete amongst the general population. i just did not expect this to extend to some of the highest level in government. >> the saga continues. jack barsky there. ...