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Declassify information. what the intelligence agencies are worried about is that the attorney general will selectively, will cherry pick documents. >> what is declassified. >> what is declassified to set a narrative -- >> that's a good point. >> to set a narrative just as he did in that first opening weekend when the mueller report came out. even though there are these sort of four investigations that could lead to different places, what's in the interest now is that president trump trusts this attorney general so much to set a narrative to choose declassification that might work in his intere...

Already seen there is no criminal predicate that would actually support continuing to investigate this further. >> okay. susan hennessy, thank you very much. let's keep talking about this with my next guest, patrick healy is here with the "new york times," their political editor and also a cnn political analyst. good morning to you. >> good morning, poppy. >> how did this thing get started and the man who was the former fbi general counsel at the time who signed off on this probe, james baker, took the rare step of publicly defending it when he explained it was this australian democrat who sai...

Overturning an executive order that's been in place since president reagan that said these intelligence leaders and only these leaders have the authority to declassify information. >> so much to unpack there. let me follow-up with you on two points. one, two former intelligence officials likened this move to the one that put secretary mattis over the edge. ultimately a lot of officials believed secretary mattis finally resigned not because he disagreed with the president's syria policy but he feared people's lives were at risk. they said that there might be a parallel concern in the intelligen...

Of the power of the president. both presidents barack obama, bill clinton used their authority to declassify information. obama declassified hundreds of c.i.a. records in 2015. former president clinton declassified thousands of confidentialal documents surrounding the military.as but according to top democrats tonight, president trump hasou no authority to declassify these important fisa-related documents. we got shifty schiff calling it an abuse of power to put the country at risk. he joined three other democrats, demanding to be debriefed on the declassification before anything is released t...

This constitutional investment of the power of the president. both presidents barack obama, bill clinton used their authority to declassify information. obama declassified hundreds of c.i.a. records in 2015. former president clinton declassified thousands of confidential documents surrounding the military. but according to top democrats tonight, president trump has no authority to declassify these important fisa-related documents. we got shifty schiff calling it an abuse of power to put the country at risk. and he demanded other democrats to be debriefed before it's released to public. john br...