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Intelligence information to the president so that he can make good decisions in support of the country. what this really becomes is a political question and an issue for congress to deal with, because he does have the legal authority to declassify information, but he also look an oath of office. and he is supposed to uphold the constitution, protect and defend, and so the question, but a political question, is is he now doing things by releasing this type of information, for example, that violates his oath of office or otherwise goes against what the oath that he took. >> so the political impl...

Russia's allies in the region. and third, if the report is true, the president's alleged carelessness with classified information will further damage the relationship between the white house and the intelligence community, an essential relationship for the security of america. the intelligence community needs to be able to trust the president, trust that he will treat classified information with caution, with care. our intelligence professionals, many of them, put their lives on the line every day to acquire information that is critical to our national security, that is critical to keeping ame...

This -- in these matters, instead of, you know, providing the information and being forthcoming. >> your take away? >> here's the question from the perspective of what the role of the intelligence committee is, they're providing intelligence to the president so he can be better informed to make decisions that protect the united states's national security. so the questions that members of the intelligence committees in particular are going to have is why is he -- why did he give this information to the russian diplomats, who are working in concert with the assad regime in syria, if, in fact, th...

More is an indication that being president is harder than running for president. >> in axe yos today. mike allen calls it the price of inexperience. saying the president didn't know any better. >> we've written about how he's a real estate investor. as a president it's different. you have to keep these things compartmentalized. i think we've seen people tell us thre these things. he doesn't have the experience dealing with this kind of information before. >> back to what we were discussing, the president's comments when he was not president, on the campaign trail. >> we can't have someone in t...

Intelligence partners. there are real consequences for the intelligence community, especially if this information was regarding counter-terrorism information. >> michael, "the post" reports the president revealed this information, they say, as kind of a boast. quote, i get great intel. i have people brief me on great intel every day. kind of showing off the information that he gets. your reaction? >> my reaction is people are coming to the stunning realization that the president of the united states can't adequately defend the country. if that's true, what do you do with that information? can'...