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Not asking you aboabout the nat it. is it inappropriate to ask whether or not the information was husbanded but not disseminated. >> my resququest is to talk abo it in closed session. >> well tk about nitit in a little bit. >> tha you for your testimony here today. over the course of the last several months, the intelligence agencies have been beraidberber by the president about the leaks. >> i know intelligence officials have been responsible for the leaks, yes. >> are you aware of a story yest...

Is it inappropriate to answer yes or no whether or not that information was husbanded but not disseminated? >> my request would be that we could talk about that in closed session. >> okay. ill honor your request and well talk about it in a little bit. >> chairman yields back. mr. castro, five minutes. >> thank you, chairman. thank you, director brennan, for your testimony here today. over the course of the last several months, the intelligence agencies have been berated by the president for the ...

Russians. i know that, again, the obama administration in january took actions against them, so i believe that depending on how this investigation proceeds, both by the fbi and special counsel as well as by the work of the committees -- and i agree that the appointment of a special counsel should not in any way stop these committees, intelligence committees in the senate and the house, from doing its work because youre supposed to be looking at what do we need to do to strengthen our system so t...

Hadnt reached that conclusion yet. that there was not yet a definitive evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and these russian officials. so this is, yes, what has been widely reported, but it is critical that this is kind of a confirmation on the record from the former cia director that this was the case. now, brennan talk add little more openly about some of these issues weve been talking about for the past couple of weeks. dan coates, the direct r of national intelligence who was a...

Say, he thought itd be unthwarted to have those conversations. it does indicate these hearings are going to have some resistance from people who know things about talking about it in public. >> yeah. look, i think thats right. and one thing here that is important to remember, and were still watching it shake out, as these kind of days and hours go by, and that is the new presence of mr. mueller, the special counsel investigating this in the wake of mr. comeys firing. youve seen former director c...

To the fbi director, have you reviewed the fbis development of that evidence or any other evidence? >> im unaware of what the bureau has done with that information, and i have no knowledge of anything even that the ajgency has done since january 20th. >> are you awe ware of whatwas information? >> i watched comeys hearing and comments and have gone through his transcript. im aware of it, yes. >> are you aware of what the fbi briefed this committee in classified setting with respect to evidence o...

Late. thats why, again, my radar goes up early when i see certain things that i know the russians are trying to do and i dont know whether or not the targets of their efforts are as mindful of the russian intentions as th needo be. >> thank you for your service. thank you, mr. chairman. >> we have been listening to continued testimony from john br brennan, the former chief of the cia. his conclusions are when he left office prior to the trump administration coming in, or just at the beginning of...

Stability of his regime. so he is striking back against us. there is a constant struggle going on underneath it. but nations work through this. you understand this is really about russia. whats taking place, in syria, this passion play. assad is on decline. putin knows that. certain putin is tired of propping him up. and the united states understands that. so what we have is a situation where -- if you look at civil wars over the course of history, they have flamed out after ten years. we are at...

He heard it. >> i heard a thud. i asked him what that was. he admitted he had thrown the shavers. he apologized. i said, light get through this. >> as bobadilla was about to board the bus, he dotted underneath it. >> hes trying to do something he shouldnt be doing. i run off the bus. i come around the corner and i seem him with the shaver in his hand. he had gone to retrieve the shaver. whatever process told him it was a good idea to crawl under the bus to get the shaver. he turned it over and w...

He admitted he had thrown the shavers. he apologized. i said, light get through this. >> as bobadilla was about to board the bus, he dotted underneath it. >> hes trying to do something he shouldnt be doing. i run off the bus. i come around the corner and i seem him with the shaver in his hand. he had gone to retrieve the shaver. whatever process told him it was a good idea to crawl under the bus to get the shaver. he turned it over and we had a conversation about why that wasnt a good idea. we w...