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Have to look at it for the reason that phil mud mentioned. if general flynn in his discussions with ambassador made representations about what the u.s. was going to do relative to the sanctions and this was a follow on meeting to that, theyre going to need to know that. they will want to know what was discussed in that meeting and did and who authorized this meeting between prince and a representative of putin and was it part of the same discussion. that seems to me central to what they are look...

Very, very likely an investigation going on, but the fact that he announced it is quite telling. then, i think the other thing that was remarkable on its face is the fbi director saying that, when the president of the united states accused his predecessor of wiretapping trump tower, he was wrong. it didnt happen. and that is his assessment and that of president trumps own justice department. double whammy. >> a third whammy, phil mud, let me bring you in. you worked at the fbi and the cia for a ...

Signal, confide. by hacking the smart foreigns the apps run on and collecting the data before the encryption is applied. cnn cannot independently verify the information contained in these 8761 documents and files which wikileaks is calling vault 7. in a statement a cia spokesman said, quote, we do not comment on the authenticity or content of purported intelligence documents, unquote. joining me now is former cia counter terrorism specialist phil mud. thank you for joining us. i think our viewer...

Official national security adviser general mcmaster sean spicer saying quoting whatever he wants to have a team, might that include doing away with chief strategist steve bannon at the head of the table? phil mud is with me, counterterrorism official, gentleman good to see both of you, phil, you know, what did you hear when you heard sean spicers answer when you here 100% whatever he needs to implement a team, is that wiggle room to say thanks but no thanks to steve bannon? >> no, thats bleep ba...

Discuss the potential positions in the administration. finally, were hearing the name of retired vice admiral howard, a former navy s.e.a.l. he served on the national security council during the bush administration and served underneath james mattis. he has a very close relationship with one senior member of the administration. back to you guys. >> thanks so much for all of that. lets bring in our panel right now. we have david gregory, abby phillip and phil mud and criminal defense attorney p...

The breaking news we are following with the deadline now less than half an hour away. we are standing by for word from the u.s. justice department that it has filed a legal paperwork to try to convince a u.s. appeals court to reinstate president trumps travel ban. lets bring in our political and counter-terrorism experts. phil mud, you are former cia officer. when they argue, the justice department, working for president trump, that courts do not have access to classified information about the t...

Intelligence report, but the stuff thats not in that report, it is information about the sources. his report says source a says this, source b said that. without knowledge who those sources are, we just cant decide. what we would do in the intelligence community, for every one page of intelligence report that might go go to people like phil mud to read, there might be 100 pages or more on that person, on their motivation, on their access, who are their sub sources, why is this person talking. th...

Interviewed. this is how the russians do it, it is how they have done it forever. so the strange details people would read in there might make them think this is crazy are not so crazy in the russian sense. >> phil mud, take the final 30 seconds. i hope you speak to the serious way putin takes these matters, thinking of the case, why i wanted that widow to be here. >> i know the wife, wonderful human being. we are talking about a russian entity that hasnt interrupted the process for a republican...

The fact it is under questioning of the united states and russian involvement and the fact mr. trump has questioned the fbi must have driven federal officials to say if we dont tell the president-elect this is swirling and he finds out elsewhere, we have a bigger problem. >> i will accept phil muds characterization it is gossip, yet i still want to ask john cypher, does it nevertheless fit the m.o. of putin that he seems to gather this kind of data on business leaders, for example, that come to ...

>> you need to be sure who youre dealing with. president of russia for last 17 years just shown he plays the dirty game. >> marina, we wish you good things. thank you for being here. >> thank you. more on the man that prepared the dossier on trump. former british spy christopher steele worked undercover in russia and paris. joining me, retired cia agent, john stiefr, 28 year veteran, ran the cia russian program three years, and counter terrorism official, phil mud. john cypher, i know by reput...