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Urgent concern because it does not relate to intelligence activity." the letter involves confidential and potentially privileged matters relating to interests of other stakeholders within the executive branch. confused? stay with me. house inkel committee chairman adam shiffman says he expect maguire to show up under subpoena if necessary. the office of the director of national intelligence and cnn's national security analyst. step back with me. so glad you're with us for your expertise on this one. >> thank you, erica. >> based on your experience, the way i understand it, the independent insp...

Don't think the u.s. steps in and they'd love to be the swing producer or the one who steps up because of the pressure on oil prices with consumers. it plays well with the white house. to nic's point, it's almost an international coalition not only to patrol the straits of hormuz but they can't spend all that on military defenses and that as well. breaking overnight, the acting director of national intelligence, a refusal to hand over the complaint. the complaint was deemed credible and urgent but the dni's office says it does not meet the definition of your subsequent concern because it doe...

Comfortable where they are. that's good news for consumers. the other thing to underscore, the saudis do not want conflict, but they want international support, not just to keep the waterways open in the strait of hormuz, but to protect them because what has been happening doesn't work. they have to protect the mother ship going forward. >> all right, john defterios live for us in saudi arabia, just past 12:00 there. thank you. breaking overnight, the actor director of national intelligence joseph maguire refusing to hand over documents. they say it's not of your subsequent concern because i...

The law says they must transmit that to the intelligence committee within seven days. dni is refusing to do that. and the reasons they're asserting are just completely outside the law. the idea that this person isn't a member of the intelligence community, lacking jurisdiction, that's not what the law says. it says, if it's related to intelligence activity, that's what's going on here. and there's this vague assertion of privilege, something the white house has been a fan of, rahal asserting this very broad assertion of why they don't have to tell congress things. and the acting dni indicated ...

That press conference in an interview with aramco. that i don't think they need to tap the strategic reserve of the united states. they don't think oil and gas prices should move high e but there's a gigantic elephant in the room. how long is saudi arabia going to stay in yemen if they're going to suffer these attacks on their installations, christine. >> oh, yeah. john defterios in jeddah. thank you, john. acting director of national intelligence joseph maguire refusing to hand over documents. the dni says the complaint does not meet the definition of your subsequent concern because it does...