CNN Declassified October 28, 2019 06:12:00
>> the state department is the spear of foreign policy. it conducts foreign negotiations, they maintain conflict resolution and their most important job is to keep things stable. if the russians figure out our bottom bargaining line, they may be able to out negotiate us, so right off the bat, i knew we have a problem. no question. >> at the end of our meeting when robert told us there was not an escort policy, i was flabbergasted. we would get escorted. we at the fbi went through all kinds of hoops to get in there. it didn't seem right. >> russian diplomats, yes. fbi agents no. it doesn't get ...