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Warrants . The concern grows out of the fact that all of the failures and the and The Information that shouldved been given and wasnt given. And the question being what was the intent . What what washa their intention . Their motivation there. And what we determined was we couldnt definitively say what the motivation was. Are these pretty smart people . Fairly welleducated . At least welleducated. I dont know if theyre smart. I dont know if were very smart to beow honest with you. I was b going ...

That would have to come from the fbi orld the department. >> okay. so with that, how many -- how many case agents involved with the fisa applications in your report are still active case agents today? >> as i sit here, i cant tell you the precise number. there are several who still are. >> that are active. >> that are still active agents. whether theyre still in certain roles or not, i dont know. >> okay. because you dont know specifically if they are still working as casely agents, do yo believ...

A fisa warrant, and the government -- informations given to the government that questionsto the foundation of t warrant, is there an obligation to tell the court? >> absolutely. >> they did not do that, did they? >> correct. >> they lied about the information that was exculpatory to mr. page. >> they gave misleading, inaccurate information. >> at what point does --ad can surveillance that d started lawfully become illegal? >> it can -- it can become unauthorized, inappropriate, illegal. dependin...

These reports w subsequent to tt in finding inappropriate, improper contact between agents and theop media. since our report last year, director ray has put out a new policy and ordered to take a new training to deal with that. or try too address that and to change theo culture, which is what we talked about a year ago. the culture and the viewpoint in a federal, criminal investigation, fairness to the defendant or the subject of the investigation. fairness to victims, if there are victims. fair...

One of theam highest profile, i not the highest profile, case in the fbi. involving a presidential campaign. >> i understand that. i appreciate that. i think it is explicable. but i understand that you cant -- or at least arent -- going to make that jump. you are going to refer these cases. >> heuh-huh. >> and --ca and i appreciate th. is criminal prosecution a possible action in the cases other than the one youve specifically referred?ct >> i -- i wouldnt want to prejudice or prejudge anything....

Investigate misconduct committed byve the attorney general of th united states.ct who is doing the bidding of the president to undermine our intelligence community. and i trust you take that duty seriously. >> i -- i do. and id just like to add that, under the law, under the inspector general act, it carves out for my authority, the ability to look at misconduct by department lawyers from the line lawyer all the l way to the top and the attorney general. >> history has also shown us that the ins...

Could show what we found, frankly, with strzok and page. i mean,st that is how you find evidence of bias. now, beyond that,ev im stuck trying to understandi whats i somebodys head. >> i understand. i just want to make it really clear what it is you are saying and what you are not saying. >> correct.cl i >> and in this case, what youre saying is thatas you could not find anyou documentary or testimonial evidence to contradict the statements of the investigators that they were nof letting bias inf...

Evidence we dont have that somebody t acted -- may have acted. >> in my opinion, and i think in the opinion of most of us who have -- m on this side of the aisle at least -- who have talked to you today. i think theres tons of evidence of bias here. in fact, you have referred for further action to the attorney general. one case, for criminal prosecution, if i understand it right. and other cases of how many other individuals? >> so -- but i want to be clear. were talking nowto about the fa as op...