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Revelation of the secure server in her residence that had nothing to do with benghazi. if we learn that russians were using spearfishing techniques that means they created a infrastructure in which they intended to go after the databases, manipulating the tallies, and these are things that are direct attacks on the electoral process. i think its all going to come out in the wash. we have this snowden effect happening with i think some of the younger operatedors out there. she was an intelligence...

The bottom of a lot of thing not just with regard to the russian hacking. his remit is he can investigate everything, any bit of malfeasance. as you saw with the hillary clinton investigation into benghazi that led to the revelation of the secure server in her residence that had nothing to do with benghazi. if we learn that russians were using spearfishing techniques that means they created a infrastructure in which they intended to go after the databases, manipulating the tallies, and these are...

Voting software supplier. it states unequivocally that it was russian military intelligence, specifically the gru that conducted the cyberattacks described in the document. the russian hacking may have breached some elements of the voting system. joining us now malcolm nance and counterterrorism and intelligence analyst and the author of "the plot to hack america." also with us josh barro, an msnbc contributor. malcolm, you have the floor. your reaction to this report. >> well, two things come t...

Were starting to see this trend now that starting with chelsea manning and this one, were having this snowden effect. within a community where we would never, ever, ever compromise our security. i mean, being back in nsa was like being part of a club. and even military subcontractors when they get out of the service. she had to have known as soon as she printed that document, she was going to be caught. it is not in her career field. its not her operations. she is a subcontractor. i think she th...

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The snowden leaks about nsa leaking. one can be disturbed by all of those things. being disturbed and concerned and the general march towards secrecy does not thereby say and bradley manning should be pardoned or released. i just want to make that clear, that those -- one can be properly concerned about all of those things and think that the snowden effect is more good than bad, but that -- again, i would say that doesnt mean that all bets are off and anybody can leak anything. >> i am not propo...

Over the court. there are pending lawsuits filed by the aclu. can the lawsuits keep up with the technology? >> that is the question. i think the snowden effect is interesting. edward snowden, whatever his ultimate disposition, has been -- has done good. and the fact that we are learning of the extent and sophistication, frankly -- >> x-keyscore which was revealed today is extraordinary and to have that out and to have people, citizens understand the degree to which these tools have leapt beyond ...

Honestly, the ambiguity of them is the most dangerous thing about them. i think there is something very real about the snoewden effect but i think the most dangerous thing is the snowden precedent. and what this means in future ways we determine what exactly is legal and unlawful and moral. one of the great things about our democracy is that there are checks and balances. there are state checks and balances of what powers executive branch can have, judicial branch can have, legislative branch ca...

Dont have to care -- thats not what youre saying, alex, but i have heard that. that is a little bit alarming. i am with jay rosen on wanting to pay attention to the snowden effect. i also find there were 1,800 requests for surveillance last year. not one was turned down. they are establishing new judicial precedents in secret for interpretations of law we know nothing about in a world that is rapidly changing. it deals with technology, it deals with things that prior courts have not had to deal ...