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Want to have if youre going to make a major decision on the conclusion that right now with the dni is often what we call group think. this is bipartisan. you talk to the committee members in the house and senate, youll find they have problems with the dni and would like to see reformed. >> it doesnt sound in terms of the russian hacking as though those agencies are disagreeing. let me read what mr. trump has tweeted in connection with this. he said first, the intelligence briefing, he put in quo...

Chicago bound and tortured on facebook live. what his captors were saying on the assault ahead. good morning. welcome to "early start." im christine romans. >> im john berman. it is thursday, january 5th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. new developments in the battle with donald trump and the intelligence community. not only does mr. trump doubt views on russian hacking, but doubting the whole apparatus is set up the right way to begin with. more on that in a moment that the russians directed hacking dur...

>> secretary, what about imposing costs, what did you mean by that? >> well, as part of an approach to deterrence that takes each case as it comes up, case by case, we need to look at ways to respond, first deter and then respond to attacks at a time and a place of our choosing, that favors advantageous that we have as we use all of the instruments available. so we look to deny objectives and impose costs, as you indicated, senator. imposing costs can come from things like were announced last we...

Complexities of, if you launch a countercyb countercyberattack, and i have to be careful here, but you have to use some other nations infrastructure in order to mount that attack. well, that gets into, as i learned, complex legal issues involving international law. and so the judgment was to impose some other cost other than a direct cyber retaliation. >> did you recommend the presidents sanctions, were his actions in response to the russian hacking part of your recommendation? or did that come ...

And tortured on facebook live. words the attackers used could make it a hate crime. welcome back to "early start." im christine romans. >> nice to see you. im john berman. 30 minutes past the hour. new developments in the battle between donald trump and the intelligence community. not only does mr. trump doubt the views on russian hacking, but expressing doubts if the intelligence appareatus is set up. now the president-elect has publicly sided with julian assange over u.s. intelligence. the p...

>> yes. i dont want to get too far in front of the headlights of our rollout next week to the congress. this was a multifaceted campaign. so the hacking was only one part of it. and it also entailed classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news. >> does that continue? >> yes. >> the russians particularly are very astute at covering up their tracks. it appears that they werent quite as diligent -- or let me ask the question, do you believe that they made little attempts to cover up what they we...

Activity of concern. we, nsa, will partner with fbi, department of homeland security, u.s. cyber command, to ensure the broader government, the department of defense, and the fbi and its relationship with the private sector. the biggest frustration to me is speed, speed, speed. we have to be faster and more a agile. im constantly asking, how can we be faster, how do we organize ourselves, whats the construct that makes the most sense. we cant be bound by history and tradition. we have to be will...

These activities are ongoing now in europe, as europe prepares for elections, is that a fair assumption? >> it is. >> thank you. yesterday "the wall street journal" indicated that the president-elect is considering changes to the intelligence community. have you at all, as the experts in this field, been engaged in any of these discussions, deliberations, advice? >> no, we have not. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i heard this morning that a lot of the news media was char...

Very hard thing to prove. so it could be somebody else. and i also know things that other people dont know. and so they could not be sure of this situation. >> what do you know that other people dont know? >> youll find out on tuesday or wednesday. >> that was president-elect trump on saturday, saying hed reveal new information about russian hacking by today. however, no new information has been forthcoming from the president-elect. and now trump is again taking aim at the u.s. intelligence comm...

Involvement in this hacking, that comparing it to the judgment made about weapons of mass destruction in the iraq situation is totally a red herring, totally wrong? >> i -- yes, i agree with that. my fingerprints were on that national intelligence estimate. i was in the community then. that was 13 years ago. we have done many, many things to improve our processes, particularly with respect to national intelligence estimates, in order to prevent that from happening again. whatever else you want t...