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And reaped the consequences. instead, it's more of this whining wimp factor that people are talking about. he's complaining about his tough lot in life. he's unfocused, not sure what to do. he's stewing in anger in a white house. he's attacked about everybody of value in his administration. he's now denouncing dan coats, one of the really leading intelligence analysts of our era right now and somebody that everybody agrees tells it to you straight. i mean imagine having, don, your intelligence leader tell you -- the public that donald trump's wrong about north korea, wrong about iran, wrong ab...

See that more as a warning shot or something that could actually negatively affect how the u.s. fights isis? >> i think it's a bit of a warning shot and a slight rack on the knuckles. let's not forget, iz srael is o of the countries with whom we have the best possible intelligence sharing cooperation and i'm sure that's going to continue. we need each other. they certainly need our intelligence capabilities in support of their defense. >> you were the former dni. >> yes. >> so a point of view that very few people have had, you have observed this report that the current dni was approached by do...

Whitehouse, democrat from state of rhode island who serves on the senate judiciary committee and has had very strong words for the president after the washington post report that the president asked top intelligence leader to push back on the fbi russia investigation. senator, white house saying the president is engaging in obstruction. senator joins us. nice to see you, senator. >> thank you, greta. >> your committee asked on may 17 documents be produced by today from the white house and the fbi of any conversations, records, documents of former fbi director comey with the president. have you...

As far as wiretapping, i guess, you know, by this past administration, at least we have something in common perhaps. [ laughter ] >> president trump saying he might have some common ground with german chancellor angela merkel because he, too, was wiretapped by president obama. that, of course, is an accusation contradicted by every major intelligence leader in the government. merkel apparently seemed unamused by president trump's remarks though it's tough to tell. she generally has a poker face but she was actually surveilled by the nsa during the obama administration. maybe that's what her ex...

The -- separately the obama administration amended a long standing executive order allowing information intercepted through fisa warrants or through the national security agent to be shared by a wider audience as obama was leaving offices. intelligence normally reserved for a handful of intelligence leader was spread throughout briefings to scores of workers and soon leaks, often in stores lacking context of how national security investigations are actually concluded. march 3rd fox bret baier said june 2016, a fisa request to monitor communications involving donald trump and several other camp...