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But if these people were in constant contact with people from russia all the time reporting back and forth and they were innocent, they would haven't a fisa warrant going on right now. they would not have -- it's not just wiretaps, this is the awesome collection power of the national security agency and all of our allies which means we can handle any information we get on someone who we believe is in communications with a russian intelligence spy. >> so here's the remarkable thing, too, about the specifics of the flynn intercept which is is what the ambassador -- what would the change of custo...

They were innocent, they would haven't a fisa warrant going on right now. they would not have -- it's not just wiretaps, this is the awesome collection power of the national security agency and all of our allies which means we can handle any information we get on someone who we believe is in communications with a russian intelligence spy. >> so here's the remarkable thing, too, about the specifics of the flynn intercept which is is what the ambassador -- what would the change of custody of a transcript like that be like? it's remarkable to me that in some ways it's gotten out. this is a piece ...

Intelligence from other foreign intelligence collectors. the ukrainians, latvians, estonians, french gchq in england. that's an enormous amount of collection power out it tl. i would scrub every connection these people had, personal, telephone, financial and try to determine exactly what they're trying to determine now. are these people connected to russian spies? are they being handled by russian spies? are they russian spies? >> can we tell, using modern electronics and data collection, if somebody's met, if they talked on the phone, if they e-mailed? can we basically get a universal look at...

There's an enormous amount of collection power. i would scrub every correction and try to determine exactly what they're trying to determine now. are these people connected to russian spies? are they being handled by russian spies? are they russian spies? >> can we tell using modern electronics and data collection if somebody has talked on the phone? can we get a universal look at all communication pretty much now? how -- what percentage of communication can we nail down? >> well, not universal look at communications. we get a focussed look, target or ye oriented look. if we're going after a s...

Counterintelligence, where would you like to find out the dots connect? >> well, we already know fbi has pfizer warrants. i would be doing what we've seen. we are coordinating or they are coordinating with the national security agencies. they're coordinating with the central intention agency, and however, getting that warrant also allowed them to take in intelligence from other foreign intelligence collectors. the ukrainians, estonia, french ghq in england. there's an enormous amount of collection power. i would scrub every correction and try to determine exactly what they're trying to determi...