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From the director joining our conversation here tonight, jeremy bash is back with us. former chief of staff to both the director of the cia and secretary of defense during the obama years. and mike crowley is back with us. senior correspondent for politico. lets hear the particular piece of sound at the top. >> there are americans, well meaning thoughtful people who think wikileaks might just be a journalistic outfit. can you. >> to me it cross as line. its about intelligence porn, pushing out i...

Lets hear the particular piece of sound at the top. >> there are americans, well meaning thoughtful people who think wikileaks might just be a journalistic outfit. can you. >> to me it cross as line. its about intelligence porn, pushing out information without regard to interest without regard to the first amendment values that normally underlie press reporting and simply become as conduit just to push out information to damage the united states. >> and with that intelligence porn was born as an...

Instead it becomes intelligence porn, frankly, just pushing out information about sources and methods without regard to interest, without regard to the first amendment values that normally underlie press reporting and simply becomes a conduit for the russian intelligence services or some other adversary of the united states just to push out damage the united states. i realize reasonable people struggle to draw a line and there is so far to the side of that line that theres nothing that smells jo...

Just becomes about intelligence. just pushing out information about sources and methods without regard to interest, without regard to the first amendment values that normally underlie press reporting and typically becomes a conduit for the russian intelligence to cause damage to the united states. i realize people struggle to draw a line, but certainly theres conduct that is so far to the side of that line that we agree is nothing that even smells journalist about this conduct. >> if you could m...

Intelligence porn, frankly. just pushing out information about sources and methods without regard to interest, without regard to the first amendment values that normally underlie press reporting, and simply becomes a conduit for the russians or other adversary of the united states to push out information to damage the united states. i realize regional people struggle to draw a line, but there is contact so far to the side of the line, that nothing even smells journalist about some of this conduc...

Instead just becomes about intelligence porn frankly, just pushing out information about sources and methods without regard to interest, without regard to the first amendment values that normally underlie press reporting and simply becomes a conduit for the russian intelligence services or some other adversary of the united states. surely theres conduct thats so far to the side of that line that we can all agree there is nothing that even smells journalist about some of this conduct. a huge port...

I laud the swedish leadership for calling this terrorism right away. we have to pick up on the separatism. thats the only way to prevent this. once they get in the vehicle and he stole that beer truck, theres nothing you can do other than get out of the way. >> neil: what is weird to me and this was the case in berlin and not so in nice france was the guy was shot in the truck, but that they get away. you know, you hope to apprehend them later but they do get away. in this case, the guy plows in...

The primaries, either democrats or republicans? >> what we can say in an unclassified seth what was in the report, we have evidence they were trying to infiltrate associations with the republican party and there were not releases of material taken, hacked from republican organizations. >> but the hacking, the use of cyber tools as part of their broader how do you call it hybrid warfare, information warfare campaigns, it was done to both parties? >> correct. >> thank you. taking a further step ba...

Unclassified setting is what we have in the report, that there were efforts to penetrate organizations associated with the republican party and that -- i think what we said in the report, and there were not releases of material taken -- hacked from any republican associated organizations. >> the hacking, the use of cyber tools as part of their broader, whether you call it hybrid warfare or information warfare campaigns, it was done to both parties? >> correct. >> thank you. taking a further step...

Million dollars for this work? >> same answer. >> and is a nontrue the trump white house on at least two occasions was asked by mr. flynns lawyers whether he should report that work? the work that he was doing on behalf of the turkish government, and they did not give him any advice to the contrary, do you know anything about that? >> i have to give you the same answer. >> director comey, i know you cannot discuss any investigations ongoing, i understand that. i think it is important for the ame...