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Are turning against them, that the american people defeated them and, frankly, if the election were held today the margin would be even bigger because people have now begun to realize donald trump is not in any way the kind can of things that the "new york times" and "the washington post" said he was. >> hes not the caricature they tried to paint leading up to the election. but the country, we really do need to wrap our arms around cyber security, and probably the person -- >> absolutely. >> -- ...

Reality that the american people are turning against them, the american people defeated them and frankly if the election were held today the margin would be bigger because people have realized that donald trump is not in any way the kind of things that the "the new york times" and the washington post said he was. >> hes not the caricature they tried to paint leading up to the election. but the country, we really do need to wrap our arms around cybersecurity. and probably the person that put us i...

Normalized, were going to make a determination on the people that youre talking about, who are terrific people. >> americas president in waiting is about to learn the deepest, darkest secrets of u.s. intelligence, from drone strikes and special operations, to cia assets and the nations nuclear codes. in "the washington post," bob woodward spells out the process as president-elect trump is briefed on his new far reaching powers as commander in chief. they are responsibilities so profound that eig...

People. it falls on the military under title 10, whats called special access programs, theres no congressional oversight. they can go in, determine who needs to be taken out and then they take them out. >> i was struck having covered iran-contra to see clairijs name mentioned. is this a return of hands from the iran-contra days? >> its indicative of an abscess of good intelligence. in order to carry on good assassination campaigns you need good intelligence. you need a scalpel to take these peop...

Classifications? there are so many different agencies out there. >> i was not aware of the number, wolf, but i will tell you, its funny. when i was in government, i left in january 2008. the real burden and real problem was we couldnt get people cleared that we needed to get clearances for. and resources were devoted to that. i think weve got to now take a look at, do we have too many people with clearances? and do the ones whove got it, are they working on essential democrat krths that require ...

Thats so we dont have leaks to the public of information that we spent millions and billions of dollars to build a capability. we dont want it revealed to our enemies. so there are special access programs inside the defense department. its really the responsibility of the undersecretary of defense for intelligence to manager those programs. >> and wes been nominated to take over as director of national intelligence. well see if he gets confirmed. >> ill bet you at tomorrows confirmation hearing,...

We cant really determine that without this information. and so, you know, thats one reason why there needs to be an examination. we spoke to the secretary of defense bob gates on the record, and he certainly said that hes going to look at his programs and leon panetta says he is already the director of the cia. >> the interactive map that you have on "the washington post" website shows locations all over the country where there are intelligence gathering operations. and you can click in and find...

Remember, the white house is seeing the most secret stuff, special access programs from the pentagon and the cia, and for these people to be held up on a security clearance is very, very unusual. in fact, im not sure ive heard of it before. the question is why. even the white house doesnt know why theyre being held up because the fbi does their investigation. theyre looking for unexplained foreign contacts, financial entanglements or crimes. >> what about someone without a full security clearanc...

To exonerate hillary clinton and her email server scandal months before interviewing key witnesses including the former secretary of state herself. does this not prove what ive been saying? we dont have equal justice under the law. we have a two-tiered justice system. one for the clintons and one for the rest of us. it also proves james comey acted inappropriately. he deserved to be fired. he played politics and let clinton off the hook even though she had top-secret special access programs, cla...

Questions. is a president who would do this even unwittingly, competent to be the commander in chief? is president trump up to the job? well discuss all of that tonight. i want to get right now to cnns david chalian, jim sciutto, david gergen, and sara murray. and cnn political and national security analyst, david senger. good evening to all of you. jim sciutto, what are you hearing from intelligence forces about the president and the russians inside the oval office? >> two officials knowledgeab...