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Now is the unravelling to some extent of that oversight process based on the actions of -- >> youre seeing unravelling because you are saying the oversight process that was designed to keep the fbi from being political has now become political itself? >> exactly what im saying. >> okay. so the dangers of that conceivably would be as grave as politicizing the fbi. want to get to the issue of the memo itself from the republicans. we will read from it. deputy director mccabe testified before the co...

Because he talked with some people in russia and i guess he thinks we should have a better relationship with russia. im not defending him. i mean it seems really like thin grewell and i think michelle, dan hit on that point. the media know that they were complicit. they were useful idiots or, you know, willing participants in this effort to stop trump. an insurance policy against his winning. and i want to play a couple comments to you from today from the media. watch. >> they put their lives on...

People in russia and i guess he thinks we should have a better relationship with russia. im not defending him. i mean it seems really like thin grewell and i think michelle, dan hit on that point. the media know that they were complicit. they were useful idiots or, you know, willing participants in this effort to stop trump. an insurance policy against his winning. and i want to play a couple comments to you from today from the media. watch. >> they put their lives on the line in terms of law an...

Lost trust, to at least begin questioning the trust they have in the fbi? >> in a democracy, we should always question authority. thats a basic part of our democracy. so i think it is never inappropriate to question, especially when you have an organization like the fbi, that in this area of its operation, when you talk about its foreign counterintelligence obligations, must be conducted in secrecy. the -- >> well, not only conducted in secrecy, but also has such enormous power, were learning. >...

Because he talked with some people in russia and i guess he thinks we should have a better relationship with russia. im not defending him. i mean it seems really like thin grewell and i think michelle, dan hit on that point. the media know that they were complicit. they were useful idiots or, you know, willing participants in this effort to stop trump. an insurance policy against his winning. and i want to play a couple comments to you from today from the media. watch. >> they put their lives on...

Intelligence community or he is that dumb. dave and i were talking and saying this is watergate for stupid people by stupid people. and it is. the memo that devin nunes drafted himself did not have any new information as sean hannity says. the only new information we had is that the, quote, plan to manipulate the election happened with a secret fisa hearing in october, one month before the election, that was never leaked during the election and after carter page had left the trump campaign. so h...

Saying this is watergate for stupid people by stupid people. and it is. the memo that devin nunes drafted himself did not have any new information as sean hannity says. the only new information we had is that the, quote, plan to manipulate the election happened with a secret fisa hearing in october, one month before the election, that was never leaked during the election and after carter page had left the trump campaign. so how this was an attempt to spy on the trump campaign and change the cour...

Members that are democrats still in congress. they learned the play book. >> they understand from ken starr that a special counsel has to have public opinion with him and what theyre trying to do is destabilize this special counsel so he doesnt have public opinion with him. bob mueller is a hard guy to attack because hes so silent and so well respected. so, you attack everything else. and you kind of muddy the waters that way. they want to, you know, when he finally issues whatever he issues or ...

>> so quickly back to one second, to ryans statements, he made three statements. he saids in about oversigt. and its not. i think we fairly discussed that this is not an oversight process. he said this is not an attack on the fbi. the director of the fbi says it is. he says its not about attacking mueller. but the president says it is. so its just not acceptable to anyone who disagree was that point of view to let it be out. >> we have to take a quick break. again, more news ahead. well be right...

You used to as acting and deputy director of cia, be intimately involved with fisa warrants, applications, signing off on them. tell me how this affects our allied intelligence service, intelligence sharing, the confidence of fbi and cia officials to share information with house and senate committees. >> thats a very important point, andrea. in fact, well have to look at this memo and absorb all the details, but in truth, i think a couple months from now, we are not going to remember this memo. ...