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Every other intelligence agency came to the conclusion that general flynn was an issue, was a risk, could be susceptible to russian blackmail. during that time he was still being briefed daily. one of the people sitting there in the room as he was briefing him was the cia director, both sitting at the same time. he was asked directly whether he knew of all these flynn concerns in congress and i just want to play again briefly that exchange with ron white and here he is. >> did you have any indication, second-hand, any sense at all that the national security advisor might be vulnerable to black...

We know that the cia shared the same concerns that the doj and fbi and department of justice, that's what drove sallyuates to go talk to the white house. we know the cia had those concerns. there were 21 days between when he was confirmed to when flynn was fired. as you also know from what we've been told, he did not tell trump. neither one of those are great options if you're the cia, if you're this administration. there is nothing illegal there, obviously, but there is an issue over, you know, what exactly is going on there. what were the politics around this, and that's something that's rea...

Second-hand, any sense at all that the national security advisor might be vulnerable to blackmail by the russians? that is a yes or no question. >> it is actually not a yes or no question, senator. i can't answer yes or no. i regret i'm unable to do so. >> my question to you is from the investigation you have conducted thus far, do you think the director was aware of those concerns when he briefed flynn? >> well, before i answer that question, i'd want to do the due diligence of getting him in front of the house intelligence committee to ask him more questions about it. but i will say that by ...

His security clearance, why exactly he was hired as national security advisor, even as these concerns were being raised. the questions they are focussing on in the 18 days in which michael flynn continued to sit in these classified briefings after sally yates repeatedly warned white house counsel that michael flynn could be susceptible to russian blackmail and democrats say they want records about those interactions. in order to get those records, they need support from republicans, including the republican on the committee in order to issue subpoena the republican tray goudy right now saying ...

Could be significant. >> yeah. no doubt. and it is significant for three quick reasons. chuck is somebody who understands that there are three branches of government and congress has oversight of the executive branch of the administration. so the fact that he's doing that really i think has long-term consequences quite frankly because he needs to protect the santtyty of what congress does. by showing willingness to do thr this, it does alleviate concerns that decisions will be made on political thoughts or outcomes and the third reason is his willingness to be open about it now is that as matt...