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Fell in that category of vulnerable to blackmail? >> certainly any time russians have compromising information on you you're certainly vulnerable to blackmail. >> let me ask general clapper. you're looked at a lot of these. the case of senior government officials, if they have hidden financial information things that are normally disclosed when they take a senior official position, is that an area where they could be black mailed, if it's discovered. >> why i, of course. and is it your experience that the russians search for that kind of thing? >> absolutely. ing. >> thank you. >> january the ...

Before. senator graham, you may have misunderstood me. you asked me if i was aware of any evidence of collusion. i declined to answer because answering would reveal classify information. i believe that's the same answer that director comey gave to the committee when he was asked the question as well. he made clear and i make clear that you shouldn't draw from that assumption that the answer is yes. >> okay. >> this illustrates what i was trying to get at in my statement about the unique position that the fbi straddles between intelligence and law enforcement. >> i want the country to know what...

Unconstitutional and one of your colleagues said would reflect poorly on the department of justice would i say no. i looked at this and i made a determination that i believed it was unlawful and i thought it was inconsistent of principles of the department of justice and i said no. that's what i promised you i would do and i did. >> i don't know how you can say it was unlawful and left it for the courts to decide. >> i did not say it was lawful. i said it was unlawful. >> i have one quick question about how 702 works. you said something, general clapper, that i don't quite understand. is it un...

Was there unmasking of the situation? >> are you looking at me? >> yes her. >> i don't know. >> do you, ms. yates? >> i can't speak to the specific situation. can i clarify one point on the unmasking thing. as a consumer of intelligence, i would receive intelligence reports from various agents. often times the names are already unmasked by the intelligence agents. >> the bottom line is, i want to know how it got to "the washington post" ." somebody had to have access to the information, and they gave it to "the washington post." is that a fair statement? >> that's right. that's what it looks l...

Would arrange, for example, for me to talk on background with reporters about a particular issue, to educate them about that, no, i've certainly never provided classified information and that would be the only kind of background information. >> do you know -- >> i have done the same thing, but certainly not -- that doesn't -- doesn't include sharing classified information. >> do you know anybody else of justice who has ever leaked classified or unclassified information to the press? >> no. >> miss yates? >> no. >> okay. thank you, mr. chairman. i went over. i apologize. >> that's okay. senator...