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Befriend litvinenko. the british wanted to find out what he knew about his former colleagues in the russian secret services. >> it was of great interest to us to know who these people were. so naturally, he was debriefed to talk about any of his russian contacts that came in. >> reporter: was he credible? >> oh, yes, he was. >> reporter: credible enough that mi-6 began paying him a monthly salary, trading information for money was one way for a former russian agent to make a living in his new home in london. then suddenly in 2006 -- litvinenko, who had always been fit and healthy, got very sic...

Shot. >> he was a law enforcement officer. >> reporter: he worked for the equivalent of the fbi? >> yeah, i mean -- >> reporter: in anti-corrputon? >> anti-corruption is what really he was most interested in. >> reporter: his name was alexander litvinenko, sasha to his friends. but his interest in fighting corruption had made him a lot of enemies, including in his own agency, the kgb, which was renamed the fsb. litvinenko was forced to flee russia with his wife and son and seek asylum in london where he quickly caught the attention of agents of the british intelligence service mi-6. glenmore t...

>> reporter: why not just shoot him? >> i didn't say they would have done. they could possibly. we -- >> could possibly have done -- >> we -- we don't do that sort of thing. >> reporter: also remember, litvinenko was working for mi-6 and it was lugovoi and his partner dmitri kovtun who left a radioactive trail all over london especially at the pine bar. lugovoi is hardly hiding here in russia. he did our interview in one of the restaurants that he owns. he's a member of parliament. and he's even become something of a pop culture icon hosting his own tv show. the program, appropriately enough, ...

Investigation, and the fact the senior levels of the doj and the fbi were using this material to target a m sitting president tes you volumes about the corruption behind the effort to overthrow him. this is insane. >> mark: let me ask you a very simple question, you asked for all the documents bear the communications between bruce ohr and this mi6 agent, british subject christopher steele. after he had a been gotten rid f by the fbi. bruce ohr is still palsy-walsy. has there ever been a u.s. domestic election process as interfered with by one foreign national as has been perpetrateo by this br...

Investigation and the fact that the senior levels of the doj and the fbi were using this material to target a sitting president tells you volumes about the corruption behind the effort to overthrow him. this is insane. >> a simple question. you asked for all of the documents. the communications between bruce ohr and this is mi-6 agent christopher steele after he was gotten rid of by the fbi. bruce ohr is still his pal. has there ever been a u.s. domestic process as interfered with by one foreign national as perpetrated by christopher steele? i don't understand why americans are not mad about t...