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If, in fact, a piece of disinformation -- if that's what this turns out to be -- ended up motivating a warrant for spying on a member of a presidential campaign? >> yeah, i think you put your finger on it. it may, indeed, be misinformation. there's kind of a spy versus spy thing going on here between the russian intelligence services, i think, and the american security service. and i think the american security service, especially the fbi, have gotten themselves to a point where they were humiliated by the way the russians were using this disinformation, and that is what they don't want -- pau...

I want reauthorization with reforms. i don't think they are mutually exclusive. >> reporter: and i should have said senator paul, of course. but as you heard there, he is saying, look, we do want to reauthorize this program but we want additional privacy protections. at this point it's not clear those changes will actually be made. most people on both sides of the aisle are advocating for clean authorization of this bill. but we'll see here on the house floor if there will be any ra digsal wrinkles in this story. >> it's interesting because as we are having this conversation, i got a text from...

Request after cuts and militaries readiness is hurting. we want to find the military properly but i think we have to do it because it is the appropriate responsible thing. but we have to get the defense appropriations done. >> leadership did decide to extend recess. they were set to come back on january 3 now they will not come back to work until january 8. they took time away from themselves to get this list done. >> they were busy and needed that. you make a good point. we were reporting on how these continuing resolutions are hurting the military and if they have to deal with that it may fo...

When the protectors are warned that power tends to corrupt. absolute power corrupts absolutely. we are living through that experience right now. we are seeing power in the justice department, power in the fbi that clearly lead to corruption. that means that you need to take some very severe steps. it may, frankly, developing some panels of special outside lawyers who have the full power to subpoena everything and go in and to route the stuff out.de this is really a serious, serious problem.ev >> sean: it is also a serious problem if you have a groupou of people that want to p undo an election....

Sometimes you have to take somebody who protects you from the protectors. when the protectors are warned that power tends to corrupt. absolute power corrupts absolutely. we are living through that experience right now. we are seeing power in the justice department. power in the fbi that clearly lo corruption. that means that you need to take some very severe steps. it may, frankly, developing some panels of special outside lawyers who have the full power to subpoena everything and go in and to route the stuff out. this is really a serious, serious problem. >> sean: it is also a serious problem...