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Obama went through in 2010. i assume that president trump will not even acknowledge that it was anything of a setback. >> how worried should the president be that the democratic majority in the new house will have subpoena power and go after oversight and try to investigate what he is up to? >> i defer to the reporter of colleagues on the hill and the white house as to what the democrats are planning and what the white house is prepared for. my guess based on the conversations i have had is it i...

See about whether there was a spy embedded in the trump campaign or not. all of that, and you are right, from our reporting it seems that rod rosenstein under pressure to turn over documents has warned the senior aides toevin nunes and others we will subpoena your emails. we will try to get some documents from you and devin nunes and others have been put off by this same we are trying to do legitimate oversight of the fbi and the justice department and you were basically threatening us in coming...

He thinks thats a far more nefarious and damaging assertion that he thinks, again, mud ddie the waters and makes this a bipartisan investigation. >> he trying to turn a catchy fr phrase. liein ted. crooked hillary. spygate. >> this is more than that. is the executive branch asserting itself into the oversight process, into a possibly criminal investigation. i think it is extraordinary that emmitt flood was allowed to go there. emmitt flood is not a member of an intelligence committee on the hill...

Defend. its a defining feature of the u.s. intelligence community, and one of the many things that distinguishes us from the hostile services we face in the field. if confirmed as director, i will uphold the agencys obligations to congress, and ensure that oversight works on behalf of the american people. mr. chairman, i want to thank you and the committee for the hard work that it has put into the oversight process and for the vital support that this committee provides to the officers of the ci...

Distinguishes us from the hostile services we face in the field. if confirmed as director, i will uphold the agencys obligations to congress and ensure that oversight works on behalf of the american people. mr. chairman, i want to thank you and the committee for the hard work that is put into the oversight process and for the vital support that this committee provides the officers at c.i.a. c.i.a. has given me a lot over the past three decades. a calling and service to my country, some real life...

U.s. intelligence community and one of the many things that distinguishes us from the hostile services we face in the field. if confirmed as director, i will uphold the agencys obligations to congress and ensure that oversight works on behalf of the american people. mr. chairman, i want to thank yound and the committee for th hard work thats put in the oversight process and the vital support that this committee provides the officers at cia. cia has given me a lot over the past three decades. a c...

Page fisa had very r little to do with the origins of the russia investigation, which predate it by several months. so i think its a very significant corrective to a very upsetting incident in which the chairman of the intelligence committee essentially used the oversight process to lie about the fbi. >> benjamin wittes editor in chief of law fair. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> well be right back. stay with us. ♪

Over his contacts with russian government officials. and, in any event, the carter page fisa had very little to do or nothing to do with the origins of the russia investigation, which predate it by several months. so i think its a very significant corrective to a very upsetting incident in which the chairman of the intelligence committee essentially used the oversight process to lie about the fbi. >> benjamin wittes editor in chief of lawfare. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> well b...

Real damage to the fbi. i spoke with a former fbi official yesterday, ill have this tomorrow, that there is real damage being done to the way fisa requests are being held, to the oversight process, to the morale and the retention within the fbi. these people are wrecking our national security and our law enforcement organization. and as a former republican, i kind of take exception to this. because they used to be the law and order party. they used to be the people who accused democrats of sabot...

Way fisa requests are being held, to the oversight process, to the morale and the retention within the fbi. these people are wrecking our national security and our law enforcement organization. and as a former republican, i kind of take exception to this. because they used to be the law and order party. they used to be the people who accused democrats of sabotaging our national defense, of being anti-law enforcement. no one, not any president, democrat or republican, has ever done the damage tha...