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Theres actually a russian website that started a false media campaign against you specifically. tell us about this. >> well, i think most of us are no longer strangers to russian propaganda attacks. but this one was particularly striking because its a 15-minute piece. essentially it chronicles our work that we did in the central african republic for the second part of the series that will be airing on cnn from tonight on situation room and also tomorrow. but whats extraordinary is that they were...

This sensitive information it could actually reveal information about individuals and entities that they have not charged but that the prosecutors believe are engaged in some kind of interference with u.s. politics. that is where this stands right now. >> the idea of revealing classified information to a foreign adversary is amazing. lets speak to former cia chief of operations in russia steve hall. he knows a thing or two about how russia operates here. you say this is straight out of the russi...

Conclusion, an then an opinion. they start with an opinion rather than builting an argument whether its factual or not to justify a conclusion that theyve already came to? >> yeah, i think thats true. and ill think there are a couple of dynamics at work. when it seems that theyre in denial when theyre confronted with the facts, as it showed oriley. i think its kind of a business model for a show like orileys and a lot of the right wing media. so if theyre confronted with the truth, this media ma...

Plot are not exactly new. homeland security pointing to russia in october saying they were confident the russian government directed recent comprises of e-mails from u.s. political organizations. and what is new, they say, are the u.s. intelligence assessments about details and motive. what started is what theyre calling a vendetta over clinton after she questioned russian elections. we want to be clear. theres much here about this story that we do not know. a declassified presentation of the ev...