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As you know, and, ned, as you know, tends to exist in national security law. it tends not to exist elsewhere in the law. this very specifically says you cannot sue. ned price, it says adam schiff cannot go to court to try to sue to get this. and i imagine that when the barr justice department read that line, they took it to mean they could do anything they wanted. >> i think thats right. i think we really have two culprits. one clearly is the barr justice department. its bill barr at it again. i...

Involving classified information but does not include differences of opinions concerning public policy matters. ned price, i want your reaction to this story as we know it at this hour. >> lawrence, i think there is a maxim we can attach to this administration. it could always be worse. it could always get worse. im actually not sure thats true in this case, however. i will be honest that when i started to hear about this story, these rumblings, i had assumed there was a whistle blower within th...

Something he should have been talking about in public. >> and andrea, you and i have been cautioned by officials, its possible this whistleblower misunderstood something they overheard. but look, these people are sophisticated, theyre career staffers, as ned knows, its not their job to complain when they disagree or they think the president is doing something stupid. its only an issue when they see that national security is implicated, intelligence matters are being improperly disclosed. they kn...

>> we did not get any indication or confirmation of that and thats something were continuing to report on. >> ellen nakashima, please stay with us. i want to turn to ben rhodes a former national security adviser to president obama and ned price former senior director for president obamas national security council and both msnbc contributors. also with us pulitzer prize winning columnist for the "new york times" who has written extensively on foreign affairs. your reaction to this breaking news? ...

Leadership in the intelligence community, they might in some circumstances get transcripts of white house phone calls. the trump administration took steps to crack down on the circulation of some of those calls when there were some leaks of some embarrassing phone calls that president trump had. but its still possible that a transcript could have made its way over to the intelligence community or of course without discussing, you know, sources and methods we should presume that our government al...

An intelligence activity involving classified information but does not include differences of opinions concerning public policy matters. ned price, i want your reaction to this story as we know it at this hour. >> lawrence, i think there is a maxim we can attach to this administration. it could always be worse. it could always get worse. im actually not sure thats true in this case, however. i will be honest that when i started to hear about this story, these rumblings, i had assumed there was a...

Or confirmation of that and thats something were continuing to report on. >> ellen nakashima, please stay with us. i want to turn to ben rhodes a former national security adviser to president obama and ned price former senior director for president obamas national security council and both msnbc contributors. also with us pulitzer prize winning columnist for the "new york times" who has written extensively on foreign affairs. your reaction to this breaking news? >> well, its astonishing. ive nev...

Who work on russia or the leadership in the intelligence community, they might in some circumstances get transcripts of white house phone calls. the trump administration took steps to crack down on the circulation of some of those calls when there were some leaks of some embarrassing phone calls that president trump had. but its still possible that a transcript could have made its way over to the intelligence community or of course without discussing, you know, sources and methods we should pres...

General under this paragraph shall not be subject to judicial review. this is the kind of thing, ben, as you know, and, ned, as you know, tends to exist in national security law. it tends not to exist elsewhere in the law. this very specifically says you cannot sue. ned price, it says adam schiff cannot go to court to try to sue to get this. and i imagine that when the barr justice department read that line, they took it to mean they could do anything they wanted. >> i think thats right. i think...

Intelligence committee is not entitled to some very important classified information >> weve got a real standoff here the dni is essentially saying hes not going to comply with a subpoena we learned this last night, that chairman schiff on the intelligence committee has served him with -- chairman schiff has said he expects joe maguire to come and testify tomorrow, if hes not going to reveal what this information says the dni is trying to put this off and has said, well try to work this out in t...