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Warrants . The concern grows out of the fact that all of the failures and the and The Information that shouldved been given and wasnt given. And the question being what was the intent . What what washa their intention . Their motivation there. And what we determined was we couldnt definitively say what the motivation was. Are these pretty smart people . Fairly welleducated . At least welleducated. I dont know if theyre smart. I dont know if were very smart to beow honest with you. I was b going to say they have law degrees, right . At least somehe of them do. So you think the woods review for ...

Inspectors general of these various agencies on that issue? >> as i mentioned, i'm -- you know,yo allegations that come i. we'll talk with our fellow igs. >> on that specific one, are you working with other igs? >> we're not -- i don't have any ongoing work at this point. again, i'm not sure what my legal -- if i'd have a statutory authority to look at actions by lawyers at the department related to misconduct. >> have you been approached by any other igs to work with them on an investigation that related to that phone call? >> i'll say we've had discussions generally. i don't know what -- whe...

>> all right. understood. and i did want to get to this question, though, about the operation of the fisas. and, again, you may not answer this and that's fine. but it seems to me, if we go beyond the bias question. to intentional versus grossly negligent. it seems to me that the kind of misconduct that has been presented by you and reviewed by our chairman and many others here today is mind numbing to consider that it could be just accidental. can you reach a conclusion like that? >> i'd be skeptical. but i understand why people would be skeptical of that. there is such a range of conduct her...

Investigate misconduct committed byve the attorney general of th united states.ct who is doing the bidding of the president to undermine our intelligence community. and i trust you take that duty seriously. >> i -- i do. and i'd just like to add that, under the law, under the inspector general act, it carves out for my authority, the ability to look at misconduct by department lawyers from the line lawyer all the l way to the top and the attorney general. >> history has also shown us that the inspector general can participate in an investigation of the attorney general. and that, in fact, happ...

Continuing toar pursue cases. or aren't allowed to stay in those positions if they've violated the trust that they've been given. >> i think that's important. the reason we're talking a little bit aboute this and discipline, pollty, aicy, and procedures, is because the american people, when the look at an institution likehe the fb. they want to know that they are good guys. and if they are not good guys, they need to go. i think the american public gets tired of seeing bad actors with no repercussions. >> very important from our standpoint as i -- as the inspector general's office that there b...