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Sneeze for accuracy. >> wow. >> there are multiple layers of eyes and ears on these calls to ensure they're accurate. vindman would have seen the draft readout from the situation room, made changes, gone to his boss, senior director for accuracy and likely then to the national security adviser's office to review changes, and to document the readout for the record. at this point what we don't know is who decided no the to accept the changes, brooke. there is a reason why the readouts are supposed to be accurate. a counterintelligence issue here. mom ever is on the other end of the call knows ex...

If the president said something sensitive. that becomes a manipulation point for foreign governments. what this means is that the president has become even more of a counter intelligence risk because of these white house practices than he may have been previously. >> in what ways might this undercut the intelligence community? >> it has a real operational impact. typically after a head of state call or meeting key officials in the intelligence community get a readout, the director of national security, cia director and senior analysts. there's a reason behind this. as intelligence analysts are...

When he reportedly met with the russians and said he wasn't concerned about russian election interference, "the washington post" reporting for last night, we can't erase those moments from foreign officials' minds. this isn't "men in black." there is no magic device that can do that. by leaving his own team in the cold, foreign government knows things about the president that are sensitive, that are dangerous, potentially illegal and that becomes a manipulation point. >> how, usually, is that kind of interaction stored, documented, who would usually be privy to that information? >> it is impor...

To u.s. government officials. we have no way of knowing whether that is true or not. mohammed bin salman may have more information than the u.s. government that gives the saudis a manipulation point over jared kushner yet again. >> do you think this is one of the issues with jared kushner's security clearance? >> i think this probably effects he and ivanka trump in terms of use of personal devices. the presidential records act is very clear that within 20 days of you using a communication device that has an effect on presidential deliberations, it has to be preserved. of course, we have to fin...

Multiple ways to attack our democracy. we saw it in the elections and the hacking and everything else in terms of turning the elections upside down. but there's another way. and that's to get to the policymakers. those people who are in office who are ultimately holed office, is the decision predicated purely on america's interest or on they owe me something? they're beholden to me. and as a result of being beholden to someone, it influences what you do. and clearly, our policy interests and russia's policy interests are divergent. and so it matters, of course, to the russia investigation. it ...