advis adviser, his son-in-law jared kushner. during a december meeting kushner reportingly asking sergei kislyak for help setting up a back-channel for secret communications concerning syria and other matters between russia and the trump team. back-channel that would bypass u.s. surveillance. >> this is off the map, michael. i know of no other experience like this in our history, certainly within my life experience. >> my dashboard warning light was clearly on and i think that was the case with all of us in the intelligence community very concerned about the nature of these approaches to the russians. >> reporter: kislyak himself reportedly surprised by the request, according to intercepted communications between russian officials, first published by "the washington post." ousted national security adviser michael flynn also purportedly present. the meeting initially left off kushner's security clearance form before being amended a day