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>> well, i was ambassador china and i had confidential classified conversations with president obama. if president xi were to force the united states to turn me over to him that would have such a chilling effect that i could not be effective as an ambassador. that would send the same signal to everybody in the diplomatic co core. >> mcfaul is a former ambassador. let me be clear how much moscow and putin specifically loathe bill browder and loathe michael mcfaul because of their work together, the magnet sitsky act passed. >> i was very involved in the passage of that act. it's worse than that...