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Unconstitutional, one of your colleagues said or even just that would reflect poorly on the department of justice, would i say no? and i looked at this, i made a determination that i believeds that it was unlawful. i also thought that it was inconsistent with the principles of the department of justice and i said no and that's what i promised you i would do and what's that i did. >> i don't know how you could say it was lawful and say it was within your prerogative to refuse to defend it in a court of law and leave it for the court to decide. >> senator, i did not say it was lawful. i said it ...

Ambassador and general flynn? was there unmasking in this situation? >> are you looking at me yes. >> i don't know. >> can i try to clarify one point on this unmasking thing? >> very quickly. >> as a consumer of intelligence, for example, i would receive intelligence reports from various agencies. >> i get that. >> oftentimes the names are already unmasked by the intelligence agency. >> the bottom line is i want to know how it got to the "washington post." somebody had to have access to information. and they gave it to the "washington post." is that a fair statement? >> that's right. that's wh...

And never had and never would. >> ned price, you worked for susan price, so just to put that out there, you worked for her in the national security council. but we understand that general clapper, who is also testifying today, is going to or prepared if he's asked to testify that he routinely did unmasking, checked on what the name is of someone who came up in one of these -- one of these references because that's his job. he needed to know what the context is and whether that is significant to protect national security. >> what the trump administration has in effect done, andrea, is demonize ...

While. i think the gravity of this situation, what we heard from general clapper, what we heard even from director comey. no one was willing to say whether they attempted to do it. especially on the senate side. this hearing called by lindsey graham, a republican, who it has been pointed out that they don't have the staff to do the investigation. they have called for an independent commission. something not likely to happen any time soon. a long hearing and i think people were walking away from this, shaking their heads of kernel. >> on the hart senate office building. over to the white house ...

General flynn possibly being compromised here and then these important national security decisions had followed, would you have concern about that? >> well, i would hypothetically, yes. i mean, i was gone from the government as well. >> you've had quite a career in intelligence and national security, and here you have a man that's been told, the white house has been told he could be compromised and blackmailed by the russians continuing to make the highest level decisions of our government. >> well, that's -- it's certainly a potential vulnerability, there's no question about it. >> would i sa...