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Again, as it relates to the oligarchs, we put some of the toughest sanctions on them. but let me just comment that when it came to russell, we werent trying to hourt the people. we werent trying to create b problems in the aluminum market and as one of the oligarchs got rid of their position, were working to deal with these issues. so again, sanctions are very powerful tools and were careful how we use them. >> so youre well aware that for the fbi to take a russian citizen when they come in the ...

Months ago tonight, that is when there was immediate speculation about what would happen to the at&t time warner deal. of course time warner owning cnn, the deal reviewed by the justice department. there have been b questions about whether the president himself or the white house try ed to interfere in the deal. was somehow trying to punish cnn by taking on the deal and trying to block it. amid all of that, with that as the backdrop, we know at&t essentially hired cohen as a consultant for what ...

Again, all open source information. >> but does he speak to -- is he saying this publicly because now he is willing publicly to make a statement that the president was unwilling to do? and that perhaps he may have felt and believed the intel community, his own community, before, but was reticent in making that public so as to be in step, you know, with his boss? >> i think that its hard to be in step with the president when the president used his tweet after this information came out to kind of ...

Open source information and see that there was connections between carter page and russian officials going back to 2013 that caused concerns. but what the democrats want to do is say here is what they asked for in the fisa warrant, heres the information it relize lied on. it wasnt the dossier. and then of course the white house is playing games. fbi says dont release the nunez memo, they do. the fbi says we have concerns about the democratic memo dont release is so they dont. this is all about c...

Recruit one democratic volunteer who was a campaign volunteer for jimmy carters campaign. in the lead up to the 2012 election, they used the so-called illegals, the non-official cover officers, who were here to collect, you know, "new york times" articles and other open source information on our electoral charkistacteristi. so what we saw in 2016 was on a vastly different scale and the scope of what we saw was quite different. and its my hope and its certainly my expectation, its my hope and exp...

Jimmy carters campaign. in the lead up to the 2012 election, they used the so-called illegals, the non-official cover officers, who were here to collect, you know, "new york times" articles and other open source information on our electoral characteristics. so what we saw in 2016 was on a vastly different scale and the scope of what we saw was quite different. and its my hope and its certainly my expectation, its my hope and expectation that this administration takes those lessons from 2016 and ...

Our intelligence analysts who have access to all of your clandestine the collection, access to what our allies around the world are collecting and access to report the and other open source information are in the best position to make that assessment of whether iran is complying with the nuclear deal. what the president has said is that in his judgment, irans not complying and then he has asked a group in the white house to provide him with justification, with intelligence to support his preconc...

Eyes of a former spy against russia. joining me now author "how to catch a russian spy" and his former supervisor, former special agent scott olsen. thank you both for being here. "daily news," essential from the point of view of the people who do this work, why what the president did in that oval office meeting was so dangerous. could you summarize for us? >> absolutely. look, all of this is based on trust. and even if you dont disclose sources and methods or dont disclose very, very specific d...

Thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> whats your biggest concern as an expert on russia? >> well, i think there are two things that are general areas of concern. we know from the assessment of our intelligence community and other open source information that vladmir putin order add an interview into the u.s. 2016 election. the american voters deserve to know what worked, what didnt work so they can be educated and understand how vladmir putin tried to manipulate their votes and wheth...

You i ask that you answer based on open source information available to the general public, and also your understanding of the law of war is a graduate of west point and your service as an officer in the u.s. army. first of all, your understanding of the officer in a u.s. army, is military targeting of civilians a violation of the law of war? >> senator, intentional targeting of civilians is absolutely a violation of law of war. >> based on open sources and information available to the american ...