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Another kremlin adviser say, maybe we helped a bit with wikileaks. the u.s. intelligence committee pointed its finger at russia for those hacked e-mails. >> it's interesting. since the republican convention, trump has been receiving occasional briefings from the u.s. intelligence committee, not of the highest classified level. but now that he's president elect, over this period between now and january 20th when he's sworn in as the next president of the united states, he's going to get daily national security briefings at the highest levels. >> he's going to get what the president gets, the pr...

But they do still have a great deal of capability. surveillance from the air, drones, satellites, intercepted communications, we saw both of them in action here. the latest in a series of successful strikes against high value targets, you've seen that in syria and places like yemen. again, another hard target. of course, question is what effect does this have on the operational capability of a group like isis. >> fascinating. jim sciutto, thank so much. joining me to discuss this all is democratic congressman adam schiff, he's the ranking member of the house intelligence committee. congressman...

. >> they believe they got him with a drone strike. isis' capital, its self-declared clal, but they are not 100% sure. they are looking for confirmation. they will have to look at social immediate i can't have postings, intercepted communications, any indicators out there in the public arena, any announcement that he may have died. they still believe, however, that there is a very good chance that they got him. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> let's talk more about this targeted air strike now. lieutenant colonel rick francona

That's spies in the field. you disseminate it. you send it to places like the department of state, the pentagon, the white house. and then people like me take this stuff out there, intercepted communications, information from spies and put it together into a narrative, into a story. take a hard left in 2002 when we captured our first detainee. that's abu zubaydah. now in addition to those responsibilities, you create secret prisons overseas and you start interrogating people. it was an area that we weren't familiar with back then. >> the idea of dick cheney coming out and saying, i would do it...

Leaving at the end of the year, but nonetheless, he's active duty now. that's quite remarkable. the interesting element is not just that it's his opinion but he cites evidence from intercepted communications where they tell each other they have to wait it out. he doesn't cite contrary communication where a guy says wow, i watch the secretary of defense on abc news. he walked it back. that level of analysis doesn't exist in afghanistan. what is happening is the president's statement is truly making it difficult to fight the war. i think what is interesting is how petraeus attempts to finesse th...