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Appropriate. so we don't yet know, really, whether the dni agreed with the fbi and others and said it should not be declassified. >> well, yeah. >> or said it was of grave concern. >> we don't know whether they asked for redactions or whatever. but we do know they did communicate not only informally but there was this process where at least they were asked or at least they got on the phone and said don't do this. >> john mcloughlin, from your experience in the intelligence community, is it likely that once there was a grave -- a warning of grave concern from the fbi, that the dni would say go ...

Before sending it back to congress because obviously congress would be the one releasing this. >> president trump up and tweeting about this himself today. let me read you what he's been tweeting. he says the top leadership and investigators of the fbi and the justice department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of democrats and against republicans, something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. rank and file are great people. you have republicans saying this document effectively shows there was misconduct at the highest ranks of the fbi. democrats ...

Contents for national security concerns, chief of staff, the president, other fbi officials, you know, read it over. wray and now fbi officials say no, this is an issue of grave concern. that seems like -- to me it seems like a stretch. you keep saying do it by the rules. i think they have followed the rules. again, setting aside this tweet that we can't confirm. professor, final thoughts? >> constitutionally the president has the authority to declassify anything. >> laura: right. >> he is the ultimate authority on what can be declassified. and if he wants to see the memo out, nobody can reall...

Contents for national security concerns, chief of staff, the president, other fbi officials, you know, read it over. wray and now fbi officials say no, this is an issue of grave concern. that seems like -- to me it seems like a stretch. you keep saying do it by the rules. i think they have followed the rules. again, setting aside this tweet that we can't confirm. professor, final thoughts? >> constitutionally the president has the authority to declassify anything. >> laura: right. >> he is the ultimate authority on what can be declassified. and if he wants to see the memo out, nobody can reall...

Veteran of the u.s. intelligence community, malcolm nance, and msnbc chief legal correspondent and host of "the beat," ari melber. >> i want to pop in. i want to flag nancy pelosi, calling to paul ryan to remove devin nunes as the intel chair. i mean, it is not a surprise she feels that way. >> right. >> she's made that statement. >> malcolm, i want to get to you on this. because you have been in intelligence for more than 30 years you've worked in the field. tell me what the danger is if the fbi and the justice department have now made clear they have material concerns about this memo being p...