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First and only time where you went from listening to a presidential call directly to the national security lawyer, is it not? >> yes, thats correct. >> and i think youve said that your concern was not that it was unlawful but that it might leak, is that right? >> that is correct. >> now, the problem with the leaking is that what would be leaking is a president asking a foreign head of state to investigate mr. biden, isnt that the problem? >> i -- i -- i believe i stated i had sort of three conce...

Interest. >> mr. morrison, shortly after you heard the july 25th call, you testified that you alerted the nsc legal adviser john eisenberg right away. >> correct. >> you indicated in your opening statement, at least from your deposition, that you went to mr. eisenberg out of concern over the potential political fallout if the call record became public and not because you thought it was illegal. is that right? >> correct. >> but you would agree, right, that asking a foreign government to investig...

>> after 9/11, the n.y.p.d. was prepared to try anything to prevent another attack. while the federal government went after terror cells abroad, the department turned a microscope on what they considered a threat in their own backyard. new yorks muslim communities. anger at the n.y.p.d. comes following the leaking of a 60-page report. the demographics unit was a surveillance program designed to infiltrate muslim gatherings in city neighborhoods. >> under cover cops would visit places of worshi...

Anger at the n.y.p.d. comes following the leaking of a 60-page report. the demographics unit was a surveillance program designed to infiltrate muslim gatherings in city neighborhoods. >> under cover cops would visit places of worship, cafes and businesses, where people ate, where they prayed, even where they got their haircut. >> no matter where you lived, if you were muslim in new york, theres a good chance your community was being watched. ♪ >> everybody is a suspect. we used to watch ever...

But likely its even worse than that because likely many of these people have known this whistleblower for a long time because hes probably been leaking, would be my guess. if you look back on some of the names that are out there its clear that information is coming from somewhere from within the nsc and that should be investigated and there should be an investigation. thats one of the things the presidents got to do. the nfc is way too big and a lot of the problems have come in the leaks have co...

But likely its even worse than that because likely many of these people have known this whistleblower for a long time because hes probably been leaking, would be my guess. if you look back on some of the names that are out there its clear that information is coming from somewhere from within the nsc and that should be investigated and there should be an investigation. thats one of the things the presidents got to do. the nfc is way too big and a lot of the problems have come in the leaks have co...

When there is so much classified information in it and they have to go through it line by line and go to every intelligence agency who has equity as they say in classified passages that has been the difficulty. shannon: in tennessee, this is extremely irregular, there are growing signs there are serious problems with the ig report and questions whether this is designed to be an honest accounting of the views of the ig or political document driven by bars conspiracy theories. they are preemptivel...

Anticipate that our adversaries and enemies around the world have credible capabilities and i think people need to be aware of that and take necessary precautions. by the way, wolf, the second point is the most important. weve hurt ourselves in that area. and ill give you a really good example. someone leaked that general flynn was having a conversation with the russian ambassador and that are -- and that we were monitoring that. once that was leaked, it absolutely was destructive to our nationa...

Provided an explanation for it. >> the money flowed. >> eventually only after the whistle-blowers report came out and a lot of republicans in the senate calling the white house complaining about what was going on. as a result, the president decided to let the aid go. >> we dont know what the whistle-blowers role was. the senators were calling for the aid to be released to ukraine. he released the aid. thats what we want at the end of the day. it was the right thing to do to release the aid. its ...

And other aid we are giving countries across the globe and focus on america first. if you are our friend, we will help but, but we will ask questions. that means merkel could do more. americans have to understand that. the democrats are spinning. leaking and trying to dramatize this impeachment farce for everybody to see. they are keeping any other evidence from seeing the light of day. thats what adam schiff rules will rule over the next few days. i give you a little primmer so you will underst...