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Found. >> thanks for having me on, brian. we've spent -- my colleagues carol lee, kristen welker, rich garnell sifting through raw information in this documents. as somebody who's covered the white house yourself, you're well aware of the different distinctions both in terms of the different divisions of the white house and also the different tiers of classification. the big headline was that number, 130 out of more than 500 officials within the constellation of offices and agencies within the office, the executive office of the president, are operating as of last november with some sort of in...

Blame, perhaps explained away as an fbi issue in dealing with this backlog, we now know there were officials who would have had access to information which may have suggested that somebody should not have been given a clearance, they made a follow-up request in the case of rob porter. what will be interesting as we continue to do reporting is how many other officials were there knowledge of issues that should have prevented a clearance that the white house chose to perhaps overlook, the president has great authority in terms of who can get interim clearance, who did he decide based even on rec...

Have prevented a clearance that the white house chose to perhaps overlook, the president has great authority in terms of who can get interim clearance, who did he decide based even on recommendations by law enforcement, he wanted them to have access to these documents anyway? >> i've been given permission to grant one-time only clearance to mike memaly, who i happen to know has been up the most hours of any of us. we're proud of your reporting, that of your team, thank you. we continue. kimberly, first question goes to you. having just read what we heard, read the reporting that's out there ...

Classified information when you were on the national security council under the obama administration. are there generally safeguards in place to stop people who only have a temporary clearance, maybe -- well, supposed to be when they first start working there -- from accessing ultra sensitive, classified information? >> well, typically -- the short answer is yes. i feel the need to say this just because the white house is putting out so much misinformation on this. this is not normal. interim clearance are for a short period of time while an investigation concludes. they're not supposed to be ...

Sham bol lick explanations coming from the white house, they're only raising more questions who knew what when and that includes haggen there john kelly, hope hicks, everybody beak. >> hope hicks reportedly dating rob porter. i imagine she had conversations about the fact he wasn't getting the security clearance. it's not a thing people in the white house are like where did we end up on my security clearance? where did we end up with the fbi be people talking to everybody in my life. it's a thing you keep on top of. >> certainly, if it's your own security clearance, you're keenly aware where t...