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Security adviser, susan rice, might ask for those identities to be unmasked so she can understand the intelligence value of that conversation. makes sense to me. >> and its something you referred to in the past as attempt as criminalization of routine intelligence gathering. >> right. and this example kind of stands out that if this were one of those cases where she asked for unmasking, she would be derelict in her duty if she didnt try to find out more. >> okay. let me try and be generous towar...

In light of those facts, they have to walk back the initial claim but the president was clear about what he was charging, that president obama himself wiretapped mr. trump himself. no evidence of that saying republican members of the house, the attorney general, et cetera, so when at hes talking about n is something different and thats crucial because there is evidence that the intelligence community was surveilling russians who were in touch with members of trumps campaign during the campaign. ...

To permit sort of routine intelligence gathering beyond any kind of imminent requirement and thats really problematic. and -- has not been judiciarily sanctioned and should be tested in court. i think that her going for some sort of, you know, hybrid here between criminal process which shouldnt permit this kind of exception and a form of preventative detention borrowed from the -- sort of guantanamo paradigm. thats a very dangerous hybrid that we need to be careful to prevent. >> i mean, it is -...

>> and its something you referred to in the past as an attempt at criminalization of routine intelligence gathering. >> right. and this example kind of stands out that if this were one of those cases where she asked for unmasking, she would be derelict in her duty if she didnt try to find out more. >> okay. let me try and be generous toward the trump administration with regard to this inquiry. the fact that "the washington post" broke the story, the fact that general hayden, former head of nsa a...