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Office is specific information that is essentially the stuff that they asked us not to publish. so we held some of this stuff back because the cia, because the director of national intelligence, and other intelligence agencies were specifically concerned that this information, fit got out would essentially reveal the way they collected that information, the sources and methods that they rely on, including from partner ally countries, partner agencies in allied countries. so the concern here that you hear from people we're talking to is that essentially by using the language that the president ...

Donald trump said hillary clinton was unfit for the presidency as a result of the way that she handled classified information. obviously she was never charged with any crime for what she did but this is something obviously of much greater gravity if these reports are true. it's not only an issue for donald trump but also for all of the republicans who supported him during this election, all of the congressional lawmakers who are going to be responding to this story within the next few hours and days. they also were highly critical of the way that hillary clinton handled classified information....

Operations. jeffrey tu jeffrey toobin, your reaction it breaking news, how serious is this, jeff? >> it is certainly a potentially serious national and security problem. as you have said, it is not a legal problem for the president. he does have the right to declassify anything he wants including in the moment. vice president has that power too. so what might get someone else imprisoned, the president has freedom to do. it doesn't mean it is a good idea. doesn't mean if couldn't have problem national security implications if he discloses something that is potentially information that could cau...

And times is a concern as jim sciutto was just talking about on the part of intelligence officials that the president of the united states effectively accord f according to the post bragging to lavrov about how great our intel is, spoke about some smings that he shou things that he should not said, that he is an friend of the united states and he shared this highly classified information as way to brag about how great our intel is. i still think there is a lot of dig tock done about why the administration felt the need notify these agencies about the president's conversation. >> good point. da...

The last several days. >> what is code word information? you cite u.s. official familiar with the matter saying this is code word information from the placement of that in your article and the way you describe it it is clear that that is supposed to indicate to us that this is very highly protected information. for us trying to figure this out can you explain that a little bit? >> very highly protected information that we don't distribute to allies that is even restricted within the u.s. government. this intelligence came from an ally. that made it additionally sensitive because they had certa...