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There's actually a russian website that started a false media campaign against you specifically. tell us about this. >> well, i think most of us are no longer strangers to russian propaganda attacks. but this one was particularly striking because it's a 15-minute piece. essentially it chronicles our work that we did in the central african republic for the second part of the series that will be airing on cnn from tonight on situation room and also tomorrow. but what's extraordinary is that they were following us, they were filming us secretly. there's video of me and the team at the airport, in...

This sensitive information it could actually reveal information about individuals and entities that they have not charged but that the prosecutors believe are engaged in some kind of interference with u.s. politics. that is where this stands right now. >> the idea of revealing classified information to a foreign adversary is amazing. let's speak to former cia chief of operations in russia steve hall. he knows a thing or two about how russia operates here. you say this is straight out of the russian play book here. explain why. >> sure. the russians have been doing this kind of cyber attacks, p...

Conclusion, an then an opinion. they start with an opinion rather than builting an argument whether it's factual or not to justify a conclusion that they've already came to? >> yeah, i think that's true. and ill think there are a couple of dynamics at work. when it seems that they're in denial when they're confronted with the facts, as it showed o'riley. i think it's kind of a business model for a show like o'riley's and a lot of the right wing media. so if they're confronted with the truth, this media machine starts to collapse. i think that's part of it. i also think, you know, having been i...

Plot are not exactly new. homeland security pointing to russia in october saying they were confident the russian government directed recent comprises of e-mails from u.s. political organizations. and what is new, they say, are the u.s. intelligence assessments about details and motive. what started is what they're calling a vendetta over clinton after she questioned russian elections. we want to be clear. there's much here about this story that we do not know. a declassified presentation of the evidence by the intelligence agencies could help americans -- all americans try to work from a commo...