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>> how does -- i mean, it seems like a book report and ibook you haven't read. >> that's exactly what it is. >> how could you even write a thing? >> the memo itself is basically a political document. it's a partisan document. and for whatever reason, devin nunes has decided to make his career a sacrifice fly for donald trump. that's exactly what he's doing. and for the white house and you know, i think when the memo comes out you'll have folks on fox news and breitbart who will make the kind deal about that donald trump would like to see. that's why we wanted to make sure both memos would be r...

Read the source material? >> yeah. >> how does -- i mean, it seems like a book report and ibook you haven't read. >> that's exactly what it is. >> how could you even write a thing? >> the memo itself is basically a political document. it's a partisan document. and for whatever reason, devin nunes has decided to make his career a sacrifice fly for donald trump. that's exactly what he's doing. and for the white house and you know, i think when the memo comes out you'll have folks on fox news and breitbart who will make the kind deal about that donald trump would like to see. that's why we wanted...

E-mail investigation. >> harris: intelligence people i've talked about say the information is either born or not or classified. she may say i didn't mow it was classified is different can than the secretary of state knowing it is classified whether you mark it or not, it is what it is. >> she has original classification authority, she's responsible for classifying material if she brings it and taking steps to secure material that may have caused information. we have information she ignored warnings by security officials not to use her -- her special blackberry that wasn't a government blackber...

Is it the president's position that he can at any time declassify anything he chooses? he tweeted this morning he has the absolute right to talk to the russians about whatever he wants to. is that what he's saying there, that he can declassify anything? >> several issues. one is he can obviously -- there is information that is shared with countries all the time on common threats or common areas of interest. then there is a second question that you are asking which is classification authority. my i understanding is the president of course has classification authority. they're not synonymous tho...

Probably all they have to run with, because the facts seem like they're so strong against him, they're going to say look, this is a low level enlisted soldier, he has absolutely no classification authority, what right does he possibly have to decide what information should and should not be classified, and what kind of precedent does that set. if we let government employees start saying i don't think this should be classified, i think this is covering up a wrong, i'm going to leak this to wickileak, what a dangerous situation. gregg: what about wickileak, could they face criminal liability her...