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As we said. many facts about what happened on 9/11 remain hidden remarkably. many seeking justice. almost all of the 9/11 hijackers were not from iraq but saudi arabia. the family of several 9/11 victims are suing the saudi government, arguing the government was linked to the attacks. asking the fbi to provide documents that could prove their case. jim kleinmer represents those families, joining us tonight. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> tucker: this has confuse mead for years. i hope can you explain it as clearly as it can be explained. why would the u.s. government withhold docume...

And -- and russia is a hard target. they are actually very good at counterintelligence operations, it's not an easy site to penetrate. look, if all you're relying on intelligence to know what to do, in the end, look, intelligence is going to let you know, it always does. arthel: what does that mean? >> well, that means you have to have protective and offensive measures that are based on more than knowing exactly what you think the other guy is going to do. that's just business as usual. arthel: okay, so in the outing of fbi informant under scrutiny by house intelligence committee doesn't matte...

Revoked, what do we lose? put that into plain and simple language? was he using that security clearance? were people calling upon his expertise in this white house? >> so, look, there are two things that are at stake here. one is at least the ability and potential for current officials to seek someone like john brennan's expertise on a particular matter and makes it more complicated if he doesn't have a security clearance. they can always declassify something if they need him in on an issue but it does make it more complicated. i'm more concerned about the chilling effect he has and the fact t...

Are those intelligence failures? >> with all due respect, he is just flat out wrong. the intelligence community wasn't surprised. policymakers weren't surprised. this is before my time. i've been doing this just a handful of months. the intelligence community has done remarkable work to deliver the policymakers the progress that the north korean regime has been making but it doesn't surprise me the folks that came before me act surprised. they did nothing. the intelligence community has delivered a consistent message about anthony scaramucci, his capacity to develop missiles, his intent, and s...

Were we surprised to learn that they could put a warhead on a missile? are those as richardson says, intelligence failures? >> with all due respect he is wrong. we were not surprised. most of this work, i have been doing is a handful of months now. the intelligence community has done remarkable work to deliver the progress that they have been making. that not surprising that both became before me now act surprised. they did nothing. the intelligence community has delivered a consistent message about kim jong-un, his capacity to develop missiles, his intent and so i do not think there is any su...