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Reliable source of information? >> i do not. >> and the fact that you used the word "proof," that would indicate that you did think it was a credible source of information. >> i have never believed that wikileaks is a credible source of information. >> how do you explain your twitter? your tweet, sorry, i don't want to be accused of the wrong turn. >> i would have to go back and take a look at that, senator. but i can assure you, i have some deep understanding of wikileaks, and i have never viewed it as a credible source of information for the united states or for anyone else. >> i appreciate ...

Yes, ma'am, absolutely, with respect to the outlines of what is in the field manual, there is no doubt in my mind about the limitations of places not only on the dod but on the central intelligence agency, and i will always comply with the law. >> another question, how will you handle the president-elect's reputation of the intelligence communities highest assessments that russian intelligence units, namely the gr you and the fsb did, in fact, haack and spearfish into the campaigns and parties of both political parties this past campaign season? >> senator, as with i think i answered senator w...

And i have every expectation is we continue to develop the facts that will relay those not only to the president, but the team around him, and to you all, so that we all can have a robust discussion about how to take on what is an enormous threat from cyber. i think you all know that you all have lived it, this is very real, it is growing, it is not new in that sense. but this was an aggressive action taken by the senior leadership inside of russia, and america has an obligation in the cia has a part of that obligation to protect that information. >> thank you very much, i appreciate that. >> ...

Yes, i still continue to stand behind the commitment to keep americans safe, and by conducting lawful intelligence collection. when i was referring to metadata i was talking about the metadata program that the usa freedom act has now changed in fundamental ways. you should recall i voted for the usa freedom act, and i understand its restrictions, its restrictions on efforts by all of the u.s. government to collect information. >> but you wrote this op-ed since the passage of the law, so after the law passed you said let's get back into the business of collecting all of this metadata, and i'm c...

I look forward to working alongside of him. i have also read the histories, i know that there have been conflicts before between a director of national intelligence and the director of the central intelligence agency. in my role as a small business owner i saw that, too. you have different people with different roles, and you see conflict. my effort every day was to work hard to make sure that we were additive, that we each found our own space, that we worked across those borders, not only individually, but that we directed that our organizations would accomplish that as well. so it's not just...