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The problem, as you can see on that list, two of the people, james comey and andrew mccabe, don't have security clearances anymore. what we hear from sources is that this is going to be something that president trump is not in any way hurry to actually resolve. he may not even do this at all or any time soon. in part because this is about having the conversation, making this about former obama administration officials and ways of getting at what he calls the deep state. some people are taking it very seriously. listen to what james clapper, one of the individuals on that list, said about what ...

Political opponents or people who have been critical of the president and, you know, is that now going to become a criteria for obtaining a clearance anywhere in the government, is a pledge of loyalty to president trump? >> ooh, that has to have some sort of chilling affect on current potential future members of this administration and the intelligence community. >> i think that the way the administration has rolled this out has been incredibly ineffective. but i think we're losing the bigger picture here. that the clearance system is just completely out of control. and should we necessarily h...

Statement. but i must say, i was not really surprised to hear this because i've been hearing for months now concern among former justice department officials that this administration will be taking some action against people who speak out, like comey, mccabe, former intelligence officials who speak out, and one of the follow up questions i asked was, is there anything else they're going to do? because this action really doesn't have many repercussions but there has been concern there potentially could be criminal actions taken or pushed by this administration down the road. i think this could ...

New trade agreements with poor and partners to overseeing the middle east peace process without having access to top secret intelligence to intercept communications to the president's top secret. ok now it was the chief of staff general john kelly who ordered the changes to the clearance system and the president could have overruled them but chose not to what does this tell us about kelly's role right now in the white house. well it seems to be a win for john kelly it's instead he was able to impose his will and cushion he reportedly told he's so. that he was uncomfortable with joint cushion a...

Trump white house is working. jared kushner would not have set foot in obama white house for several reasons. one because he's not qualified. trump preferred to bring down people who he was comfortable with even though they didn't know what they were doing. secondly the obama administration would not let people in without them being fully vetted and all is this stuff coming out about these people would have been fatal. and thirdly they wouldn't have let somebody in without a clearance and so this is a completely different show, and we'll see how it unfolds. >> look, i think mike is absolutely ...