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Saifer worked in moscow. >> u.s. case officers intelligence officers in moscow were strategic assets meant to meet strategic russian sources. whether its a short meeting or whether theres other means to exchange information be it technical means or what have you. >> i think they may know about you. >> reporter: experts say the scenes depicted in popular spy shows like "the americas" with dead drops, clandestine meetings and fake identities are not that far off from real life. >> dead drops and s...

That there is a big difference between the leaks there, when donald trump said he loved wikileaks, when it was affecting the clinton campaign, because it was campaign information, and these looks now which are matters of national security. >> i thought that was fascinating because, of course, he has to parse this because last year they loved wikileaks, and now we have to be outraged about it. the reality is these were both crimes. they were theft of private information. here you have the spokesm...

Whether or not -- the tweet dealt with wiretaps. the other is an investigation. they are two separate issues. there is no reason to believe there is any type of investigation with respect to the department of justice. ill see you tomorrow. thank you. see you guys -- i cant comment. >> are you aware of investigations? >> sean spicer refusing to answer whether theyre aware of an investigation into donald trump about his connections, potential connections, to russia. refusing to answer that a few t...

So were trying to learn, did they reach someone who said she was still missing, and was her name put back on that database? were still looking into that. >> lets bring you up to date on this mornings other top news. victor blackwell is in atlanta. russia apparently did not tell the u.s. everything it knew about the older boston many bom suspect. moscow did warn washington two years ago that tamerlan tsarnaev could be an extremist. a law enforcement source tells cnn that russians held important...