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That it's a risk. but we don't realize how big of a risk it is because we continue to do it. >> well, therein lies i think maybe one of your other guests mentioned, what is the term, informed consent mean? we get these documents in the financial arena that are 50 pages long, filled with so much fine print. is it really reasonable in the real world to expect the average american to read through that and understand what they're signing away. probably not. so, you have to come up with a different construct in this highly technical rapidly evolving area. is it really -- most americans have the abi...

Zuckerberg himself questions. what we know now is that cambridge analytica might be the tip of the iceberg. >> the fact is that what cambridge analytica did on the other side of the atlantic, they believe had a big role in the brexit referendum. >> that's right. now one of the brexit campaigners says that cambridge analytica pitched themselves to brexit but that they weren't hired. that is in dispute. but certainly they are known for using cyber graphics to affect elections. >> anna schecter, thank you so much for being on top of this investigation for us. a critical part of course of the co...

>> well, let me be clear. i left cambridge analytica before it joined the trump campaign. what i do know is that cambridge analytica was meeting with corey lewandowski in 2015 before trump had even announced and offering the services that i'm talking about right now. what cambridge analytica does is works on creating a web of disinformation online so that people start going down the rabbit hole of clicking on blogs, websites, et cetera, that make them think that certain things are happening that may not be. >> and in exclusive new reporting by nbc news just now, several key figures in trump wo...

Some of that, indeed. thank you for your work. thanks for being with us today, anna. anna schecter from nbc news. and coming up, who's the boss? president trump unplugged. we'll talk to former white house chief of staff and head of the cia leon panetta about what it means for the presidency, next on "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. you know what they say about the early bird...

And the kremlin. what connection, if any, did luke oil have with these major players in cambridge analytica? >> well, cambridge analytica had meetings with luke oil and actually sent research done with some of this facebook data. a contract was never signed, but there were meetings, and cambridge analytica did want to work with luke oil. >> do we know whether or not steve bannon took any of those meetings? >> no, i don't believe he did. >> okay. well, all of which is more grist for the mill in terms of the mueller investigation and possible connections. one of the things, anna, that we've been...