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Secrets that make their way to the white house specifically to the desk of the president. these aren't low level diplomatic tables or correspondents. these are high-level secrets. defence information, possibly things and end up in the president's daily brief. they can be a threat to our national security. they can get sources killed, they can compromise sources of information that we have if they get into the wrong hands. and trump is sort of a counterintelligence nightmare. in addition to blabbing secrets, mar-a-lago has a lot of traffic including traffic from foreigners and including possibl...

Of the signal themes of the presidency as sort of a counterintelligence nightmare. you have the president of the united states, first of all, making cell phone calls, unsecure lines, and a capital that's right next to russia. that's obviously an intelligence nightmare. then you have the question of foreign officials trying to understand first of all who speaks for the united states, and the from the beginning of the presidency, it's been clear that president trump undermines his officials, even those he himself has appointed. he said in the past, i am the only one who matters. well, this scand...

Dealt specifically with counter intelligence matters and that came up in a big way. i was struck by an exchange adam schiff had with the compromising behavior around the president and by the president as a counter intelligence nightmare. robert mueller did not answer that directly. that's your characterization, not mine. how did that strike you. was that fair? >> it was fair for him to ask the question, but i understand why he demured on responding to it. the generic answers that would present and precisely why they went to the white house and told them about concerns regarding michael flynn. ...

Steps that he took to strengthen the country's laws about registering as a foreign agent, that led to, ultimately, some of the biggest convictions we've seen in this whole scandal, including the conviction of the president's campaign chairman, paul manafort, and the president's national security adviser, michael flynn, and just jed, bijan kian. joining us is david lockman. great to have you here. >> the honor is mine, rachel. >> you dealt with national security and counterintelligence matters. that came up all day today. but i was struck by an exchange that adam schiff had with robert mueller ...

To answer those questions. i understand why the special counsel demurred on that. he gave generic answers, and that's precisely why, for example, senior department of justice officials went to the white house and told white house counsel about their concerns regarding michael flynn, because they felt he was a counterintelligence inyat thpin. >> he was suggesting that the trump tower moscow deal and the secrecy around that deal and that persisting throughout the campaign when the president was lying and saying he had no deals and business, that that, too, was a counterintelligence nightmare, be...