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PM Anthony Albanese’s decision to keep controversial senior public servant Mike Pezzullo on as home affairs secretary doesn’t bode well for those hoping for progressive change, argues Paul Gregoire.

Disclosed, it seems like nothing comes with the idea. its not getting corrected. as vulnerable as ever before. >> andy: how can we know that, though? if they put it out and it looks like something really atrocious happened that they took a piece of campaign literature, or a screen, which this dossier was, that was the only thing the judges asked to make a probable cause finding on. >> melissa: we know it wasnt the only thing. >> kennedy: the republicans have to stop reauthorizing the surveillanc...

And again, this came after a lot of rangeling over who exactly only investigate but it took was going to attend these affirmative actions against the can you cluks clan, which various meetings. everybody was happy about, sds, as you pointed out, initially it communist party, socialist was just republican and the party, various groups. white house never asked to be a part of the meetings but and the church committee democrats cried foul saying they undertook an enormous you this get the informati...

The justice department this morning says it is asking its inspector general to expand a review of whether the department and the fbi abused their spy powers during the 2016 campaign. >> the president sent a dozen tweets about the investigation over the last 72 hours. a dozen. >> all hes asking for is for them to investigate it. hes not telling them what to conclude so its perfectly appropriate. >> the day that we cant protect human sources is the day the american people start becoming less safe....

There will be a lot of former officers that supported gina haspel. but it will be interesting to see whether donald trump sticks to the script or whether he goes and ad-libs like he did before. >> krista welker, you and we are on day two, this year we know that the backdrop of all of this is him being furious with his doj, calling on this investigation to be expanded into the investigators. really demanding in his own words that the justice department look into this purported informant that had ...

West virginia. reporter also get a chance to shout some questions as he gets on the chopper and maybe get some answers. youll want to watch to see if that happens about 35 minutes from now. one of the reporters who will be there is my colleague, kristen welker on the north lawn right now. before you and i talk, i want to set up here the who, what, when, where, why of this memo thing. we know it was written by devin nunes and his staffers. it reportedly charges the fbi and justice department of a...

Dangerous. two, cia, deep state abuse of spy powers to subvert elected government is dangerous. one can cogently believe both. speak to that issue. >> sure. im somebody who has advocated a lot of political positions, devoted my journalism and legal career before that to a lot of positions that the trump presidency is waging war. on i think the trump presidency poses severe dangers. there is also a severe danger from having unelected but extremely powerful people who operate in the dark, who exer...

Now on wiretapping. statistics from the justice department showing the obama administration has increased the number of applications to install wiretaps on suspected terrorists, spies and their associates by roughly 10% over the last two years. is it making america any safer? chief washington correspondent james rosen live in d.c. with that. james? >> reporter: jon, good morning. these new numbers on wiretaps have surfaced at a time when the obama administration is pressing conference to renew c...

Dossier and how much the fbi may have relied on that when getting those fisa surveillance warrants. president trump met today with deputy attorney general rod rosenstein in differences between a republican memo that explains the spy powers and the democrat memo that counters at narrative for this is after president trump refused to rule out firing the deputy attorney general . >> shannon, great to see if youre just breaking tonight, we are getting our hands on a less redacted version of the crim...

Have relied on that when getting those fisa surveillance warrants. president trump met today with deputy attorney general rod rosenstein in differences between a republican memo that explains the spy powers and the democrat memo that counters at narrative for this is after president trump refused to rule out firing the deputy attorney general . >> shannon, great to see if youre just breaking tonight, we are getting our hands on a less redacted version of the criminal referral that senator chuck ...