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The president never seemed to answer the question which was asked three or four times there. which is, did anybody does he know for sure that anybody on his campaign, can he say definitively that nobody in his campaign, nobody that he s been associated with, had any contacts with any russian agents? no. first of all, the answer is no. and we don t know of any, any contacts with russian agents. and that gets to that new york times story, chuck. i mean, we spent days talking about a story that says that our campaign had constant contacts with russian spies. i can tell you, i ve talked to the top levels of the intelligence community. and they ve assured me that that new york times story was grossly overstated and inaccurate and totally wrong. i know what the intelligence committees and the house and senate were told by the fbi. and i know what i was told and what i will tell you is that story was total bony. ....
While we re putting in a lobbying ban, while we re freezing federal government employees, while we re getting the economy back on track, we re sitting here talking about these stories or whether steve bannon and i get along or not, which we did. i can assure you people in kin 94 sha, wisconsin, are not worried about that. they want to see jobs and money back in their pocket. that s what we re trying to do. the ap has a story that senate intelligence committee sent a letter to the white house counsel asking for a preservation of any communication, anything that could have any ties either during right now since you ve taken office, during the transition of the campaign to make sure there are no all records are preserved regarding russia. are you aware of this letter? have you already acted upon it? yeah, i m aware of it. i think they re going to do their job. they have to do that. those are things that richard burr and that team have to do. and that doesn t mean that there is anyth ....
Where he believes that any bad story about him and a foreign leader or him and a situation having to do with national security is due to an intelligence leak and that s what he tells the public, what is the long-term impact on the cia? the bigger question is what is the long-term impact on the president of the united states and the decisions that the president has to make with regards to foreign policy and protecting the security of the country. that s his first responsibility is to protect the country. he can t do that without getting intelligence, without getting good intelligence as to what s going on in the world. and so ultimately, you do have to have a relationship of trust re-established. i hope mike pompeo, the new director of the cia, can do that. i hope that dan coates, the new director of national ....
If you establish a sense of loyalty, he will not have to worry about leaks. leon panetta, again, if i go through all your titles, i ll run out of time, but it s good to see you, sir, thank you for coming on. enjoy your evening. chuck, good to be with you, thank you. thank you. before we go, reminder of our podcasts this week. the story of a high flying lobbyist and a dark tale of power and influence in washington. 1947 podcast on itunes or wherever you get your podcasts. it is a gripping. gripping story. when we come back, the latest thing having a lot of americans worried, really worried, something we talk about in the broadcast every single sunday. stay tuned. it s over. i ve found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced, our senses awake, our hearts racing as one. i know this is sudden, but they say: if you love something. ....
leann panetta. again, if i go through all your titles, i ll run out of time. it is always good to see you, sir. thank you for sharing your views. chuck, good to be with you. thank you. thank you. before we go, reminder of our podcast this week. the story of a high-flying lobbyist and a dark tale of power and influence in washington. the 1947 meet the press podcast, check it out on itunes or wherever you get your podcasts. it is a gripping, gripping story. when we come back, the latest thing that has a lot of americans worried, really worried. and it s something we talk about on this broadcast every single sunday. ....