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The word of american services. >> so he slams our intelligence community and so many who served, including former cia chief, former director of national intelligence james clapper calling them and their peers political hacks. >> putin is committed to undermining our system, our democracy and our whole process. and to try to paint it in any other way is i think astounding and in fact, poses peril to this country. >> i think he is giving putin a pass. it demonstrates to mr. putin that donald trump...

Democracy, and our whole process. and to try to paint it in any other way is, i think, astounding and, in fact, poses a peril to this country. the likelihood that the russians are going to pursue like interests with us is slim to none. i think its very naive and, again, perilous to this country to make an assumption that russia is going to behave with the best interest of the world or certainly the united states in mind. theyre not. >> i think hes giving putin a pass, and i think it demonstrates...

The politics there. thanks a lot. two former u.s. intel chiefs are firing back. mr. trump said he thought russian president vladimir putin was sincere in his denial of russian meddling. he also stopped short of saying russia was indeed responsible for hacking the election. the former head of the national lngs is saying that is dangerous. >> there is important work to be done. i agree. we need to find a way to improve relations between moscow and washington. but i think that by not confronting ...

And to try to paint it in any other -- in any other way is, i think, astounding and in fact, poses a peril to this country. >> i think hes giving putin a pass, and i think it demonstrates to mr. putin that donald trump can be played by foreign leaders who are going to appeal to his ego and to try to play upon his insecurities. >> lets talk this over with cnn contributor michael di antonio, a biographer and lindsay more ann, a former undercover cia operative. good to have both of you on. >> micha...

Responsible for this, i think hes giving putin a pass, and i think it demonstrates to mr. put that donald trump can can be played by foreign leaders who are going to appeal to his ego and try to play upon his insecurities, which is very, very worrisome from a national security standpoint. >> lets bring in our reporter in moscow. >> reporter: well the russians are very happy with the way things went in h the meeting. we had those debates about whether trump believes his intel agencies or the russ...

I adpreegree. we find to find a way. i think by not confronting the issue directly and not acknowledging to putin that we know that you are responsible for this i think he is giving putin a pass. i think it demonstrates to mr. putin that donald trump can be played by foreign leaders who are going to appeal to his ego and to try to play upon his insecurities which is very, very worrisome from national security standpoint. >> the russians are going to pursue like interests with us is slim and none...

Election and very committed to america first, i dont understand how aligning yourself with funding approved as a demonstration of the america first strategy. john mccain was critical of and sally uses critical of it. youd be well served to listen to. >> you wanted to see him be more critical and not get both of your takes on this. did you feel as if he gave the russian president vladimir putin a pass on this or do you think he handled it correctly? i assume you both will have different answers. ...

Theres important work to to be done. i agree. we need to find a way to improve relations between moscow and washington. but i think by not confronting the issue directly and not acknowledging to putin that we know that youre responsible for this, i think hes giving putin a pass. and i think it demonstrates to mr. putin that donald trump can be played by foreign leaders who are going to appeal to his ego and try to play upon his insecurities, which is very, very worrisome from a national security...

Elections in europe and potentially in the united states again? >> well, i think what hes doing is saying to vladimir putin, we need to put this behind us, because there is important work to be done. and i agree. we need to be able to find a way to improve relations between moscow and washington. but i think what by not confronting the issue directly, and not acknowledging to putin, that we know that youre responsible for this, i think hes giving putin a pass. and i think it demonstrates to mr. ...

Relations between moscow and washington. by not confronting the issue and not acknowledging to putin that we know that you respond with this, he is giving putin a pass and demonstrates to putin that donald trump can be played by foreign leaders who are going to appeal to his ego and try to play upon his insecurities which is very, very worrisome from that standpoint. >> do you agree donald trump can be played by leaders like putin and does it make you concerned about the security of the united s...