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Listened in on and merkel to be listened in on, but somehow you think the intelligence community stops there and doesn't listen in on anyone else? that doesn't pass the smell test. >> no, it passes the smell test, mr. martin. it passes the smell test is if you're going to surveil an american, you go to a fisa court and you get a warrant. >> i think they found out -- >> it's -- check your facts, sir. it has been permissible is for intelligence community to listen to foreign officials. if they're talking to an american, that is acceptable. >> no, but you're -- listen, joel, general clapper admit...

Of national intelligence, general clapper, a couple of weeks ago saying he hasn't seen any evidence to suggest there was collaboration between the trump campaign and russia as far as the hacking operations on the democratic party. have you seen any evidence at all? hard evidence, congressman, and you are a member of the intelligence committee, to make that assertion? >> i have not. which goes more deeply into why i'm concerned about president trump's acertion. i think it's unfortunate. i think it wreaks of paranoia and someone who is undisciplined. he could have gotten on the phone and called ...

Agencies have an obligation to run out these people that betray their oath's. committing felonies. why does not the fbi investigate that? suppose somebody in trump's t campaign got on the phone after a night of drinking and called the russian ambassador and look, that's not a crime. james clapper says no crime has been committed but crimes are being committed regularly. >> sean: violation of the espionage act. >> the fourth state collaborators. first amendment protection working with these deep state folks. they are trying damage -- >> sean: this purge needs to go to where we are talking. inte...

But the american people with evidence that his predecessor, was guilty of breaking the law because our director of national intelligence general clapper testified that there was absolutely no truth to that allegation. so i think the president has one of two choices. either retract or provide the information that the american people deserve. >> sean: here with reaction, monica crowley, geraldo rivera. geraldo, let's start with you. everyone has free speech. we make are living with free speech. here is the first time republicans have a chance to do really, really big things. it's like a never en...

>> do you have any real evidence of this because james clapper says -- he runs the whole intelligence agency and he does not see it. >> sean: how critical is it for president trump, i talk about deep state and a purge, i think it is critical. obama holdovers, state, intelligent, they have to go. whoever the leakers are, in the intelligence community, all these agencies -- they areth giving the profession a bad name. i'm certain it is a small few. a >> there only a few people that have this information. only a few people can be leaking that. they ought to run them down, take them out, prosecute...