Page 120 - Security Side News Today

So on the security side, we have a firm set of principles and cooperation. always on the economic side, yes, sometimes national interests creep out in front and we need to guard against that. its only by being united and determined that russia will be deterred. >> neil: were still facing trade frictions, some of the trade impasses with some countries in the united states, not so much with china and the united states. obviously, you know, your country a lot of european partners are worried it wil...

By the same token, scoring large business deals, natural gas deals with the russians, this president, trump has said sends mixed messages what do you make of the back and forth on that? >> theres always a danger when economic interests loom so large in a contest if you like in europe between the e.u. and russia. some find an individuals set of national interests are going to win out over the collective need to stand firm against russia.on the security side, all of europe has been very united in ...

About -- in whats been described as a deferential way toward russia. do you believe america is sending mixed messages when it comes to ukraine? >> well, i look at our policy, i think our policy is getting, is a pretty good one toward ukraine and is getting stronger. so we are providing assistance as you described. and i think were on the path to providing more assistance on the security side in this coming fiscal year. >> more assistance, more training, more weapons. the trumpeting of a dangerou...

Her phone may go. so on the security side, you know, theres no patting down. you just assume senior members of the white house are invested in our safety and security. so thats the specific piece. the larger piece is what, you know, in the corporate world we call having a security culture. in other words, that comes from the top down. and what weve seen since the day trump has become president whether its the unsecure phone hes tweeting from her the breaking he does in the oval office with russi...

White house, in the situation room the chief of staff john kellys firing of her last january. from a security perspective, how is that even possible? >> well, because security in most of these instances is based on trust and its self-executing. in other words, you are a senior official to the president of the united states. not to donald trump but to -- and you represent our interests, yours and mine. the safety and security of this nation. and so there is embedded in that apparatus a sense that...

Authorized area. he is authorized to be on the security side of things. however, you believe at this point from when you can tell your analysis that this is some sort of inside job. he did not know if he was working with someone, it goes to some of the questions that will be needed to answer. with that in mind, does this incident open the door for a broader security concerns on your part? >> i do not think so. when i say it was an inside job it was an employee. it was a normal working employee i...

Clear in stating the truth as they understand it. >> those men and women dont stand up there in the white house briefing room without the president knowing about it and probably signing off on it. is he giving himself cover saying we have come out strongly against russia and then can continue to say that its a hoax on twitter and at rallies? >> i actually there theres two tracks. has to cover himself on the security side. doesnt want to seem weak here, but as he went after mueller and the team a...

Deliver on specifics that he had promised. he was going to have to talk the kind of language that his supporters wanted to hear and continually stand up for them in an emotional way, but made them feel they had a champion in the white house. i think kevin is exactly right. not to get too grandiose, but the big threat of the moment we are in democracy, i think its this idea experts cannot be trusted. whether its on the economic side or the security side, weve had years of experts telling us what ...

Prospects? >> it does two things, it could lead to a real surprise, a lot of things can come out of this. a new deal in syria, the new position of the united states and annexation of crimea. a host of things that could come up. the other things, it puts the onus on the optics of the event. if nothing does come out there is no big agreement to come out of this, it is going to be a big win for latimer putin and trump i think also try to spin this as a win for himself. it is also possible sometime ...

Know how serious it is and they have to move on it quick. something ana said and i agree with, were talking about people here. theres a rush to go and talk about this and the numbers. these are human beings. and this is why i think the security side of this and making sure were getting the right kids with the right parents and were not handing kids over to drug traffickers or human traffickers or mules or anything like this is very important because it could be one child, it could be ten, it cou...