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>> yeah. >> that he didn't know that he was receiving value potentially wrongly from a foreign actor, but clearly his father doesn't help that case, does he? >> and, chris, in legal terms he barely escaped being indicted for this. so, no, his father -- his father doesn't, you know, doesn't help there. okay. so there is all the campaign finance violations. look, if you're using computers, there's wire fraud questions. if you know what you're doing and interacting with a foreign government, you start getting into the realm of espionage and national security offenses and then computer hacking and...

Finance violations. look, if you're using computers, there's wire fraud questions. if you know what you're doing and interacting with a foreign government, you start getting into the realm of espionage and national security offenses and then computer hacking and other sort of computer offenses, too. so there are a lot of things that are implicated when you start talking about taking the aid of a foreign government in our federal election system. and the president's just opening the door to that. look, i'd like to say it's shocking at this point. >> it's not shocking. be honest. it's not shocki...

Have gone to jar to fight for isis. convicted of computer offenses in 2012 for publishing the address book of tony blair, but also for hacking into the anti-terror phone lines of mi 6, the u.k. secret service. it's -- he's an established hacker but what makes him unusual his on-line presence is that he's always on-line, popped up numerous times under a number of different accounts and always cheering on these attacks including this most recent attack in garland, texas. apatiently why u.s. investigators are looking into what degree he may have had in either inciting or instigating that attack. ...

Instigate this attack in texas. it would appear that he might have had some foreknowledge of this plot. >> reporter: the british hacker is believed to now be in syria. in britain, he was convicted of computer offenses. hussein was linked on twitter to one of the two attackers of the prophet muhammad cartoon exhibit, elton simpson. u.s. investigators are still trying to determine what degree hussein inspired or had a role in the attack. hussein tweeted, the nights have been sharpened. soon we'll come to your streets with death and slaughter. a law enforcement official tells cnn, investigators w...