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>> yes. and i also recognize that this was an exceptionally, exceptionally sensitive issue. an active counterintelligence case trying to stop and uncover what the russian intelligence activities were. in the midst of a hotly debated presidential campaign. that's including information that may have involved u.s. persons' contacts with russia, whether they benign or not. there are, one of the key pieces of any counterintelligence effort is to compartment that effort so that your operators, your investigators, your collectors can continue to uncover what the russians were doing. we set up a group...

Cohesive fashion? >> yes. and i also recognize that this was an exceptionally, exceptionally sensitive issue. an active counterintelligence case, trying to stop and uncover what the russian intelligence activities were. in the midst of a hotly debated presidential campaign. that included information that may have involved u.s. persons' contacts with russia, whether they're benign or not. therefore, one of the key pieces of any kind of counterintelligence effort is to compartment that effort so that your operators, your investigators, your collectors, can continue to uncover what the russians w...

>> as any administration would handle an investigation. talking about these documents what you are talking about starting counterintelligence effort, the process doesn't really change, looking at the list of people with access to this information, staffers, contractors, service providers and all those jewels and narrow it down to a step-by-step, takes time it is labor intensive but something they will work through, the fbi leads the effort and part of this may point to there has been concern in the agency and until community for some time about overreliance on contractors, outside providers, w...

Counterintelligence agents and the fbi are seeking to keep an eye on this activity to some extent. in some cases, the fbi will use surveillance to track the suspected russian intelligence officers as part of a counterintelligence effort, and that's how the u.s. was able to identify and expel 35 russian diplomats accused of spying last december in response to election meddling. but we're told that some of the russian diplomats have violated protocol recently by leaving the d.c. area without notifying the state department. that has been a source of concern. russia, we should point out, has simil...