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Out at people simply on the smallest amount of criticism. it didn't take any blackmail or holding any derogatory information over him. it simply was a matter of people realizing what his vulnerabilities were. you become a counterintelligence risk when anyone can manipulate you and that means also foreign adversaies and vladimir putin, we have to remember, used to be an operative in the kgb and the russian intelligence services. he's adapted all of the things that he learned there to his presidency. and he knows how to manipulate people, how to upstage them. he knows how to target in on what ma...

Former cia officer. before we get to the politics, evan, i want to get to the cia sources. in china a decade ago, many were exposed and killed, frankly, by beijing. that was the result of a brief. i wonder, do we know, is it just bad practice that is leading to the loss of these acgents, a breach, a combination of those things? >> it could be a combination of those things. i would guess the issue is a broader matter because i think we're seeing this across the agency based on this report, and that is that, look, we've been fighting terrorists and insurgents in war zones and other hostile envir...

Specific instance puts a real bull's-eye on this new reporting that sort of tracks with what we understand about the case, which is that this was ready to go and there was apparently a long delay and the justice department wouldn't allow this indictment. the justice department under trump wouldn't allow this indictment to go forward until trump was out of office and biden was in office. if one of the things that you're describing there is that there's a blackmail risk, there's a coercion risk for every moment that passes from when that questioning happened in 2018 when this case is a known, li...

That passes from when that questioning happened in 2018 when this case is a known, live case with this foreign agent to when actually charges are finally brought, all of that delay, at least some of that delay is on the justice department and may have been politically motivated. that increased the counterintelligence risk, the national security risk to our country and our government. >> without question. and it was part of a pattern of behavior by the past administration. you look at this but don't look at it in isolation. think about the intelligence community whistle-blower who came forward ...

Rudy giuliani is under counter intelligence investigation by federal authorities, yet he was at mar-a-lago just like he was invited to the white house by president trump. and that really boils down to president trump inviting a known counter intelligence risk into mar-a-lago where president trump is supposed to be doing official business. >> he was seen dancing, socializing, a grand old time. thank you for being here. happy holidays. i'll see you in the new year. debate over fashion on capitol hill. we're used to seeing congressman jim jordan without a jacket. but look he got dressed up for im...