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Interfered in the plelections a he accepts what he said. >> gentlemen, what do you make of these two versions, sips most of us have covered the fact donald trump has demeaned or denied any type of american intelligence on that fact. >> i happen to know president trump has ir refutable evidence that putin himself set into motion the hacking of various players in the last election, particularly john podesta. so when putin denies that to donald trump -- >> you say proof? >> i know that the intelligence establishment has proof that they have given to the president of the united states that shows v...

Apparently leaks from the intelligence establishment? >> any time you have a president saying i know more about what's going on in the world than the intelligence community, it raises serious questions on those professionals who do it every day. >> are you saying he asked for this? >> well, you know, these individuals don't see party. they do a good job. i've served on the republican and democratic administrations, and we always look at the professionals just like that. we don't impugn their integrity, we don't impugn what they do. i think the president made a mistake by trying to dumb down th...

Challenge president-elect trump. i think it's good that the congressman was challenged just because you have the intelligence establishment saying they're pretty confident that russia was involved in the election, and that it seems to me congress should at least give that credence absent some other evidence to the contrary. >> it's a really serious dispute. general hurtling, we spoke about russia just a few moments ago, but in the scheme of things, what's the biggest threat facing the u.s. right now, russia, would it be isis, north korea? you get a lot of these briefings, as well. >> yeah, i h...

The people who are in possession of the documents that edward snowden gave them are still plowing through them. there are still people sitting in rooms reading, trying to figure out what happened. "the new york times" has been publishing some of the revelations. this is clearly an unfolding story. and i think edward snowden of course has been criticized roundly, especially by the intelligence establishment, and now is the time for him to step aside from the original crazed kind of -- you know, the dust has settled a little bit. he can kind of defend himself. >> is it timing as well? you have t...

Resignation impact his legacy? >> that's a great question. for lack of a better term petraeus is a legend. he's one of the few generals in american history to get so much credit for so many things. this is going to be a strange note to end his career on. there's no question about it. >> phil, a lot of people are saying its his private life. what business is it of ours but when you're at the cia having an affair is an entire different thing, right? >> that's exactly right. it opens him up to questions about blackmail, to questions about being a security leak at the top of the intelligence estab...