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Who ran the counterintelligence division who said absolutely they would have done a defensive briefing of at least the president so they could counter the intelligence efforts going on here. thats what the fbis mission is to counter intelligence, not to trap u.s. citizens or try to run -- what they did is gave the russians an opportunity to interfere in our election. and the belief on many peoples part is because they did not like the president. thats just not the role of the fbi. thats my objec...

In the this wasnt jason bourne, this was beavis and butthead. >> we concluded the current policies are not sufficient to ensure appropriate oversight and accountability. >> as if. theyll make edward hoover came back to life. the old fbi. the fbi that had a chip on its shoulder and wanted to intimidate people and find out whats going on in your life and the law be >> bret: lindsey graham on the inspector generals report. a lot of questioning on the hearing today, after the attorney general weighe...

Brave men and women and the best law enforcement agency in the world, those top guys knowiy misled that fisa report repeatedly. they knowingly and purposely, we learned yesterday and today at -- omitted exculpatory information. the reliability of steeles principal source. they altered things and ag barr sank comey, the fbi, well, they may have been been acting in bad faith. that is an understatement. take a look. >> not only did they not tell the court what they had been relying on was completel...

Men and women in the best law enforcement agency in the world. those top guys knowingly misled that fisa report repeatedly. they knowingly and purposely, we learned yesterday and today omitted exculpatory information. they knowingly suppressedto information of the rye liability of steeles principal source. they altered things, and ag barr saying comeys fbi, well, they may have been been acting in bad faith. that is an understatement. take a look. >> here, to me, is the damning thing. not only di...

Fanned and hyped by an irresponsible press. and i think that there were gross abuses of fisa. and inexplicable behavior that is intolerable in the fbi. in one area, i do disagree with the ig. and that was whether there was sufficient predication to open a full-blown counterintelligence investigation, specifically using the techniques that they did. to collect intelligence about the trump campaign. the core statement, in my opinion, by the ig is that these irregularities, these misstatements, the...

Did to collect intelligence about the trump campaign. >> the core statement in my opinion by the ig is that these irregularities, these misstatements, these owe missions were not satisfactorily explained. and i think that leaves open the possibility to infer bad faith. >> here for our lead-off discussion on a tuesday night, carol lenic, washington post, jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the pentagon and formerly chief counsel of the house intel and michael schmidt pulitzer prize winner for "...

Irregularities during that inquiry. tomorrow, the inspector general himself, michael horowitz, willp testify before the senate judiciary committee to answer for his work in effect. here is what the president had to say about horowitz as he offered a straight-up misrepresentation of the reports findings. >> this report was great by the ig, especially since he was appointed by president barack hussein obama. >> attorney general barr is voicing his objections to the ig report. here is what he told ...

Legal jeopardy. >> you had an inspector general just give you a report yesterday to show that a law enforcement agency spied on a presidential campaign. >> the headline was initially that james comey, andy mccabe, peter struck, they had reasons to launch the investigation into the trump campaign. then you read it and theres a lot of problems with it. >> welcome back to "hardball." the day after the release of the inspector generals report on the investigation into the trump campaign, the trump f...

>> attorney general barr is voicing his objections to the ig report. here is what he told our colleague, pete williams. >> in one area i do disagree with the ig, and that was whether there was sufficient predication to open a full-blown counterintelligence investigation, specifically using the techniques that they o did to collect intelligence about the trump campaign. >> the core statement in my opinion by the ig is that these irregularities, these by misstatements, these owe omissions were not...

Investigation into the trump campaign and its possible links to russia, but the attorney general bill barr has a problem with one key finding in that report -- that the fbi was not politically motivated when opening the investigation into the trump campaign. he voiced those concerns in an exclusive sit-down with our own pete williams yesterday. >> so, thats hard to explain, and i -- the core statement, in my opinion, by the ig, is that these irregularities, these misstatements, these omissions w...