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Vice president? >> no. again, i was gone after the 30th. >> further investigations into the national security adviser or that they restrict his access to sensitive and classified information. >> well, it's a bit of a hypothetical. had i remained at the department of justice and if i were under the impression tha nothing has ben done, yes, i would have raised it again with the white house. >> thank you, miss yates. thank you. >> miss yates, director clapper, thank you both for your years of service to the american people. miss yates, i want to start with you. you declined to support -- to defen...

>> no, not wittingly, no. other. >> and general flynn received $70,000 $for sit go next on putin at the tenth anniversary of russia today. all this seems very odd today and raises a lot of questions. i was struck that mr. mcgann did not and you in the second meeting why doj, general yates, would have concerns that the national security adviser had lied to the vice president. first meeting, did you mention? >> we went through all of our

Coordinated intentionally with certain news outlets. again, that's kind of in the domestic realm. >> you said that the russians will continue this behavior until we impose some significant costs. could you speak briefly to what sort actions you think we might take that would deter them in this. >> that's a little hover my labor grade as an intelligence guy. i thought the sanctions that we did impose is part of that, part of the former administration, were a great first step. >> well, i'll simply say that i agree with you and a bipartisan bill led my my colleague senator graham and co-sponsored...

Research to verify that. it comports with what -- if they chose a candidate for whatever they had an aversion too, they would do that. >> okay. general clapper, have you ever leaked information classified or unclassified to a member of the press? >> not wittingly or knowingly. >> classified or unclassified. >> unclassified is not leaking unclassified, that's -- >> have you -- >> somewhat of a non sequitur. >> have you ever given information to a reporter that you didn't want to have your name connected with but you wanted to see it in the paper? >> i have not. i've had many encounters with med...

>> had you not been fired, would you have recommended to the white house counsel that they begin further investigations into the national security adviser or that they restrict his access to sensitive and classified information? >> it's a bit of a hypothetical. had i remained at the department of justice and if i was under the impression that nothing was done, yes, i would have raised it with the white house. >> thank you. >> mrs. yates, dr. clapper, thank you for your years of service to the american people. mrs. yates, i want to start with you. you declined support to defend the president's ...