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T. justice department charging reality league winner. the document she allegedly leaked was the basis for a story published monday by the intercept. >> it includes details of a 2016 russian military cyber attack on a software supplier. winner is due in court on thursday. national security correspondent tim scuitto has the latest from washington. >> reporter: dave and christine, lets talk about this nsa document first. we know it was classified, prepared just last month in may. so some of the lat...

John mccain and other republicans who considered what the russians did, attempting to interfere in our lec as an attack. why havent they taken steps to retaliate, safeguard or democratic system. thats a separate system from whether it actually received the result. theres no indication the russians actually tilted the election in favor of donald trump, though it seems he tried. yet his ego and those of his advisers seem to get in the way of dealing with this substance and doing something about it...

Access to this information. >> based on new data, the nsa documents has russian military intelligence was behind in august 26 cyber attack auto voting software supplier and a follow-on hack days before the election. at a congressional hearing, a senior democrat said the nsa report shows russia wanted more than stolen emails. >> we have in the public domain verified information that the russians made an aggressive attempt to access not only a vendor of voter software but also a number of states. ...

Once again the presidents tweets seem to be undercutting those efforts from attorneys. a federal contractor with top secret clearance is now the first person for facing charges for leaking classified charges under the trump administration. the justice department charging, reality winner leaking information to an online outlet. they say the document that weir leaked was published by the intep september. >> that includes details of a 2015 russian military attack on a software supplier. winners d...

It seems like he made a good decision here. >> peter, i want to read reporting from the intercept. headline is top secret nsa report details russia hacking effort days before the election. it reads, quote, russian military intelligence executed a cyber attack on at least one u.s. voting software supplier and sent spearfishing e-mails to more than 100 local election election officials days before last years presidential election, according to a highly classified intelligence report obtained by th...

Committee weighed in. >> you can see the problem. they have hundreds of thousands people with security clearances that can do that. there are supposed to be safeguards in there. when we talk to the state department and the department of justice and the nsa they assure you they have the safeguards. how many times do we need to see this story happen? >> when confronted by the f.b.i. on saturday she admitted to taking the report, retaining it and mailing it to reporters not authorized to receive it...

Privilege? or do you know not think it would have stuck had they tried? >> im not a lawyer. i cant answer that exactly. but i just dont politically. >> you are being congrate lated for that, by the way. >> i dont think politically it would have worked if he had decided to exert executive privilege. it seems like he made a good decision here. >> peter, i want to read reporting from the intercept. headline is top secret nsa report details russia hacking effort days before the election. it reads, q...

The associated press has called a key figure in the controversy, carter page. page will join us shortly. first in the news breaking late today. the intercept is reporting that the russian military intelligence group executed a cyber attack on at least one u.s. software supplier. the report indicates that russian hacking may have penetrated further into the u.s. voting systems than was previously understood. in fact, just an hour after the story was posted authorities announced the arrest of the ...

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You unilaterally as 25-year-old that its the best interest for the united states to releases information, because you think so. >> we may contact fronted by the fbi that she had owned up to what she had done. we are waiting for a response from attorney, but in the meantime, he has told another news organization that she is a good person with no criminal history. >> harris: its interesting pair will get into it later with how the news got involved with this. and the responsibility. we move on. ho...