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They don't put that in. how do you ignore something like that? >> we should not have ignored that. >> why was it ignored? can it be a simple mistake? can it be i forgot the cia said he was okay? >> it can be a mistake. it can be lack of training, lack of adherence to policy. i've seen a lot of mistakes in fbi work over my 21 years there. this is a unique lineup of mistakes in a fisa, but nevertheless, people are human beings. mistakes happen. >> mistake means there's something accidental about it. that lawyer then changing the document, now they're investigating him. but you put those two thin...

The russia case, so that predication is we think that the government of russia might be coordinating with the campaign. we have no idea who. so once that case is open, the question is who are candidates within the campaign who might be interacting with russia. so we look at those people who we know have established relationships with russia or russian intelligence figures. carter page is the first person on that list. he was already the subject of a counterintelligence investigation for his repeated interactions with russian intelligence agents over time. so that's why the case was opened on h...

Politics. >> so the first part of your statement i would agree with. the finish, i would disagree with, and here's why. so the fisa process is unique. it's not like any other court hearing. it's not like each side advocates for themselves. in the fisa process, it's just the government going to the court, asking them if there is probable cause to believe that the target of the application is an agent of a foreign power. the court has only the fbi's information to rely upon. so it is incumbent upon us to provide all of the derogatory information that would basically argue that the person -- >> b...

Or incompetence. >> but you didn't mean to hurt the guy. that's all i'm saying. >> that's the difference here. and nowhere does the i.g. find that any of these errors were the result of intent. >> what about the lawyer changing the document? >> that's the -- that is the one exception. so that's an unbelievably serious allegation against that young man. if it's true, that is certainly conduct or activity that no fbi employee should ever be involved in. it's also the subject of a criminal referral, so i don't want to get involved in saying he did it or didn't do it. that's for other people to fi...

You with us. what do you make of this. we had the op-ed from mister comey saying the facts are all out, this is the truth, the fbi got it right, there were so many lies about us and he is vindicated. >> typical behavior for comey. you did something similar when he was referred for criminal prosecution, demanded apologies, he has amazing pride in his behavior given all the bad things that came out about it. this couldn't have been more definitive with the inspector general said, that no one was vindicated, he laid out so many problems with the fisa process, not just the 17 errors on the warrant...