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Dossier. and it does raise questions about why some of the other information about the dossier wasn't included in the initial fisa application, that it was really a political document. it is hard to make a judgment without more information. but republicans say look at the time line. you used the dossier to get fisa application. you briefed the president on this dossier. and then comey, his june testimony of last year says the dossier was completely salacious and unverified. >> i think jeffrey would ang lot more about this. you have to remember when they made the application to the secret court...

Of trash. >> want to make sure that our viewers in the you sats and around the world understand what you're saying. kim whaley, how do you see the release of this memo? >> i know our listeners are interested in the bottom line here. we need to pump the brakes in terms of letting go mr. rosenstein. was there probable cause for a federal judge to issue this fisa warrant with respect to surveillance of carter page? we're not talking about putting someone in jail. we're talking about intelligence. a couple of things come out of the memo that are pretty remarkable. white house counsel himself says ...

I want prosecution. i want to lock them up. >> that's a big if. here's the first problem. if that's what you want, this isn't the way to go about it. it's no unilateral. this isn't going to lead to that action. it will lead to push back and political warfare. that's what it's starting as. it's not bipartisan. tactically it draws criticism for me. >> i have been in front of one committee. >> fair point. no reason and it's not right to talk about that questioning. those are politicians. >> political prosecution. >> i do not see a potential for over sight. maybe senate intel. they haven't been do...

>> there is a gang of eight process. i was in the gang of eight, so was mike when he became chairman, allow us to see information that the rest of the committee can't, so i assume that was the process that was followed. we've done careful oversight over the fisa process for years. in fact, until about 1990, i was not in congress yet, but each fisa application was reviewed or at least shown to the house and senate communities. we remanded fisa in 2008 to set up section 702 and there is sophistication in congress about the fact that it works well. the fisa court is picked by the chief justice an...

Tactically, that's why it draws criticism for me. >> i've been in front of one. >> no reason and it's not right the to talk to you about that questi question. those are politicians. i do not see a potential for oversight. those are the politicians. on the fbi level that's the suggestion they are making right now. the fisa application. none of them have read the application. >> do you find that unusual that