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Seniors, but i'm talking about the rank and file, people in trenches, men and women, compatriots in the intelligence community. and that was completely inappropriate. >> but the president-elect described their call much differently. james clapper called me yesterday to denounce the false and fictitious report that was made up, phony facts. too bad. and he's continued to bash their phony spy services at home. >> the fbi has been in turmoil. you know that, i know that. >> and abroad. >> i remember when i was sitting back listening about iraq, weapons of mass destruction. they were wrong and it l...

>> martha: then went on to say that the president is "being played" by vladimir putin and president xi. is it wise or is it wrong for these former u.s. military and cia depth officials to criticize the sitting president while he's overseas, and that discussion with foreign leaders. they believe it is a badge of honor. so is it? tony schaefer and ambassador john bolton join us with their take. we begin with trace gallagher five and a west coast newsroom tonight. >> it wasn't just the former spy chiefs under president obama, james clapper and john brennan, who criticized president trump's statem...

James clapper that the president is being played by vladimir putin and president xi? do you think there's anything to that? >> i don't think so. next perhaps general clapper will become a shrink. these opinions are not based on contact with the president. they are based on their reading of the political atmosphere, and i think it's reflective of the sad and very unfortunate politicization of the intelligence community under the obama administration, and not necessarily gross things like distorting specific facts or adding in facts, if the ideology that they carried out. general clapper once sa...

I really believe that when he tells me that he means it." but the audio wasn't released and our chief correspondent john roberts, who were at the end of her says the president's voice inflection is very important because it's clear the president is not saying he believes putin, he saying he believes putin means it when he says he didn't do it. the president later clarified his remarks by issuing his clearest comment yet that he agrees with u.s. intelligence, watch. >> i believe that he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the election. as to whether i believe it or not, i'm with our agen...

So you look at that and you have president putin very strongly, vehemently says he had nothing to do with them. what's your reaction, senator, when you hear that kind of talk from the president of the united states about these three leaders of the law enforcement and intelligence community? former leaders. >> wolf, this was veterans day weekend and it was striking to me to hear our president on foreign soil taking the word of a former kgb colonel vladimir putin, the leader of a country that really does not share our interests. it's one of our major adversaries around the world. so publicly dis...