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Hill so many times. i think he's written books about it. the fbi has problems all the way down the line. they fire these two agents today. does that make a difference in holding the fbi accountable? >> no. i don't think. not from protocol perspective. not from the american public. certainly not from these women testifying today. keep in mind the investigation, the oig investigation, uncovered that these agents had outright lied to the fbi to cover up their willful -- >> harris: is that criminal? >> emily: yes, it is. not only declination to prosecute. not only for their actions but they lied. ...

0 i was never prompted. >> senator padilla? >> i think i had a female in the room at the olympic training center, but i can't say for sure. >> i feel like we all have the same people. >> if i recall, my direct communication was with a male in the room. >> okay. senator padilla? >> good morning. i want to start by thanking chairman durbin and all those who have made this hearing possible and to the panelists. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. i admire and respect each one of you for choosing to participate today, for sharing your testimony with us. coming here today was not easy. i re...

Morale. >> dana: the president did not meet with anyone from the iraqi government. i read that they tried to work something out, it didn't work out. at the end, the president did not meet with them. what about this new government in iraq? >> they had a phone call. the sugg skwrefrt shun from trump, who was only on the ground for three hours is he would meet with the iraqi leader at the american base. that it would be unacceptable from a protocol perspective. look, if you are an american ally on the ground in the region and trump is saying i'm taking out these resources, you're not very happy. ...

Would be normal conversations in the course of transition? the only real explanation for that is that there is something that the people involved would perceive ad perceive as being inappropriate. we still don't know the answer to that, but i agree with you. it begs the question of why would people lie about what might be kind of inappropriate conversations from a protocol perspective, but certainly didn't appear on their face to be illegal. >> shane harris of the washington post who has done seminal reporting on this story all along the way as we continue to head into what feels like the fina...

The course of transition? the only real explanation for that is that there is something that the people involved would perceive as being inappropriate. we still don't know the answer to that, but i agree with you. it begs the question of why would people lie about what might be kind of inappropriate conversations from a protocol perspective, but certainly didn't appear on their face to be illegal. >> shane harris of the washington post, who has done seminal reporting on this story all along the way as we continue to head into what feels like the final chapter of the flynn story. shane, thanks ...