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Some publication. >> melissa: i think your answer this question. so we don't know for the transcripts like this report on the same system. i thought there was some reporting before that this procedure was in response to the various leaks that had gone on before. >> here's what i was told yesterday. after the leaks of the transcripts and information, the calls with malcolm turnbull, the white house did take steps to button up access to these transcripts. as to whether or not this transcript was put on the same system is of a transcripts, we do do not know. >> melissa: we don't know yet, okay. >...

For taking the time. as we mentioned at the top, last night's statement from the 12, then the 13 and now the 15 intelligence chiefs and deputies was followed late today by a statement from 60 other former intelligence professionals. i just want to highlight a few of those names and their accomplishments so you can get a better sense of the caliber and the sacrifice and the service of these men and women. let's start with greg vogel, is the former cia deputy director for operations. he was in charge of covert ops and is credited with saving the life of former afghan president hamid karzai. reme...

Clapper's case that clapper's interference won the election to trump." senior intelligence officers know we speculate at our own peril.tr joining us now with reaction is lee smith, the real clear investigation reporter who wrote that piece. we're joined by former cia covert ops operator baker and "wall street "wall street [ indiscernible ] >> it seems a lot of conservative have seen what happened to john brennan and a lesser extent to james clapper. what else did you find in your reporting? >> there's a number of different things going on here. one of the key things is is that the american pub...

Ii, i would never if i were president, never appoint a person who had been in the bowels of the cia in covert operations, getting people to betray their countries for money essentially then running those people, having those people killed and then hiring new people. that's what they do. with he need them, but they stay in the bowels of the cia, no the as the director of the cia. i would never appoint a person who had been in covert ops for 33 years as the director of that organization. >> i mean, cynthia, isn't that a fair point? i mean, she's been -- dick cheney loves to talk about operating ...

And pompeo? the upgrades are the story and not so much the chaos. >> i'm very excited about mike pompeo. but what about the rest of the story? >> mom pay pompeo is one guy. he is largely unstaffed at the senior levels. we are heading into a potential foreign policy crisis with north korea or some kind of gigantic negotiation, which is a different form, in my view, of the foreign policy crisis. if it all falls apart to be in a position to impose sanctions or run covert ops, that is very unnerving to me. >> my friends will go to work for mike pompeo. they put their interests ahead of their dista...