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That it was tainted and the fbi is bias against the u.s. president. critics say it's misleading and shows part of the picture. given what we know, there is a lot we don't know. was this a hit or a miss from republicans making this information public? >> well, i think what's behind it are two things, let's be fair. one is the midterm elections in november, republicans want to win, they want to hold on to the house. two is a white house under threat from the robert mueller investigation into alleged links, the campaign with russia. so, that's the basis of this. the memo said little we didn't kno...

All this? we asked tom foreman to explain. >> reporter: in the long investigation into possible russian meddling in the u.s. election, carter page has become a flash point, not because this one-time adviser to donald trump had a long relationship with russia or he traveled there during the campaign, that is true. instead, some republicans believe the justice department improperly used a fisa court to wiretap carter page. now, fisa stands for the foreign intelligence surveillance act. this is what is used when investigators want to spy on, e sp sensually somebody on u.s. soil. they go to fisa, ...

Your first thoughts as you look at this? >> i think there are some parts of it that are damaging to the fbi and to the trump investigation, raised questions about it and there are some aspects of it that are striking to me in terms of what it leaves out. one other point i think is important to make right at the start is that you heard from adam schefter and some of the congressional democrats on how damaging this memo was to national security, that basically give up sources and methods. there is none of that in here. i've read multiple times, it's not even three and a half, it's 3.33 page is, ...

Foreign intelligence security court without the steel dossier information. they don't have a quote, they just say as a fact that mccabe says they never would have been a warrant to fire carter page without the steele dossier. what doesn't it have? >> harris: can i just step in? i want to step back, there are a lot of questions about this. the fisa court has so much power, it's so secretive and important in this country. catherine herridge has been reporting on the processes we go through to make sure americans are protected and surveilling us. to get to the point where the court would say yes,...

Serious question about how all of this was handled. democrats are saying that if this memo is used to fire rosenstein or mueller, that it will be a constitutional crisis. i think there are a lot of questions with this memo. >> harris: do we know why deputy ag rosenstein decided to just extend the surveillance of carter page? >> we don't. that's a perfectly legitimate question that rosenstein -- why does he do that? as a trump appointed person, what does he see that the carter page surveillance needs to continue? those are really strong questions that we don't know the answer to and i think the...