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Snowden, that perhaps the u.s. needs to preemptively start reaching out to some of these countries to warn them this is the information that was in these documents and we apologize but now it's public, can we mend fences still? >> i think it's exactly what we're doing. you've seen washington go out to countries bordering iran and china and telling them that you people are hosting platforms against china and iran. these may come out in the snowden documents. we're sorry. we'll do the best we can. truly, this is the worst damage to u.s. intelligence i've seen 30 or 40 years and we're going to se...

They say that questioning could take weeks just to prepare the questions that are needed, and months before the intel gathering is completed. he said ultimately that the suspect would be entitled to a habeas hearing with appointment of capture, takes place within usually 30 days of capture, and that is the fairest way to go. i'll give it to you on that, jay. >> i think he's right. i don't think it's grandstanding. i disagree with my friend julian on that. senator graham is also a lieutenant colonel, judge advocate general in the air force. critical at times of the bush administration on the po...

Throws of it. but catching everybody by surprise, both the afghan national forces and the international security forces who have largely handed over a lot of responsibility for afghan security to exactly them. this is a real test. it is a test. the fact they were compot by surprise shows there are definitely gaps in the intel gathering. >> gregg: if it's going on that many hours, big gap. stay safe. live in kabul, afghanistan. thanks very much. >> heather: from big gaps to big developments in the investigation into the federal agency assigned to protect your tax dollars from waste. executives ...

He's trying to release a memo that the justice department doesn't want released, that the fbi doesn't want released, that nobody wants released except -- wait for it, wait for it, wait for it -- the russians! the russians are actually with the russian bots going hashtag #releasethememo while donald trump's justice department is saying, if you roo he lease this memo, the contents you don't even know about, you will damage united states' intel gathering. and yet devin nunes is not listening to justice, he's following the russians and their bots. >> so along with joe, willie, mike barnicle and me...

Members names in that intel gathering. the fact is it's not unusual for a national security advisor to request the unmasking of identities and this is important. unmasking those identities to the national security advisor is not the same thing as leaking those names to the press. more importantly this is, of course, a distraction from the core investigation into trump associates and their contact with russian's. evan perez is in washington. the facts don't support the narrative the president is pushing today. >> reporter: that's right. as you mentioned unmacsking doe not mean leaking. this the...