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It wasn't a huge surprise. i have to confess that i turned on the tv this morning, cnn of course, and i see a pipe bomb with my name on it, it was a little disconcerting. >> look, in the intelligence business, you deal with propaganda, and political rhetoric. what is effective. what is not effective. what is your sense. what needs to change and who needs to make changes in order for political discourse to become more about decency than disruption? >> well, i think a lot of people have to think about, you know, the current situation, what they as individuals need to do about it. and at the indi...

>> continue. >> fireworks or something. when john brenon got one, i figured if he -- if the perpetrator sent out enough, i probably got one too. i have to confess that i turned on the tv this morning, cnn of course, and i see a pipe bomb with my name on it, it was a little disconcerting. >> look, in the intelligence business, you deal with propaganda, and political r rhetoric. what is your chance, what needs to change and who needs to make changes in order for political discourse to become more about decency than disruption? >> well, i think a lot of people have to think about, you know, the c...

Back the house. republicans are fighting to keep the house. that is led to this hyper partisan discussion. and clearly over the top rhetoric we have seen and it's individuals like this person who want to take it to the next step, which is completely unacceptable. we need to get through the election. we need to unite the country. when barack obama was elected, i didn't vote for him. but wanted him to be successful. i want my country to be successful. what we need to do, we need to get back to a place where republicans and democrats can put aside politics and work together on issues they can agr...

The morning after the bomb arrived at cnn, he blamed us for and it said the negativity is our problem. tonight at the rally in charlotte, they were chanting "cnn sucks" and they were ripped up by one of the organizers. don't you think that trump should say, stop doing that? >> i am concerned about the rhetoric that comes up and cnn has a large mike phone as well. >> not the president. >> it's a worldwide media organization, a massive reach around the world and to go out and accuse not only the president but the press secretary of the white house they had something to do -- >> no, they don't un...

Is something that i saw during the 2016 election campaign with what the russians were doing particularly their manipulation of voter opinion because of their very broad gauge and sophisticated use of social media. so one thing i wish individuals would do is not to accept everything they see, hear or read on the internet. so at the individual level. as far as overall discourse in this country, yeah, everyone needs to tone done the rhetoric. supporters and critics of president trump. but the leadership for that can only come from one place. and that is the white house, the oval office. the presi...