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More of a question. some experts say this information would be classified. others say it could be violating those issues. >> given your reportinging that you just outlined there and given the criticism that has been leveled against the gop memo that kiem out earlier, that it, too, would compromise intelligence gathering methods within the fbi, is there a concern now within the intelligence community that the release of both of these memos, the gop 1 and the press release that you alluded to from adam schiff, is that going to have a damaging effect as far as getting sources to talk in the futur...

Sources of information. it will be interesting going forward t forward. the white house said it's fought considering firing rosenstein. i think it would have watergate type consequences. >> steve, let me ask you quickly about what you're picking up if in washington in terms of sentiment or feelings about devin nunes who by some account has declared war on various agents and now talking about going after the state department. what kind of sentiment are you picking up there in d.c.? >> well, congressional committees are supposed to perform oversight functions of the executive branch. that is to ...

Have sought potentially to use that as a channel to weaponize disinformation against us. it would absolutely fit with the fsb playbook, with the kjb playbook, as well. >> so some people look at the steele dossier, and they question contents and say, that's not true. but there are aspects of it that have been borne out. how does that factor into your analysis that this could have all been the product of espionage? >> right. so the russian intelligence modus operandi when they're feeding you information, whether it's a double agent operation or propaganda, is to give you a high percentage of inf...

And that is to create for the reader at least a picture that, well, this looks like a pretty good report. it enhances the veracity of the overall report. and then he will sprinke in their themes, which they wish to propaga propagate, which are not true and those are designed to influence the target audience. >> so the most salacious aspect of the dossier, the so-called shower, you know what i'm talking about, does that come from the playbook as something that they create or as something that they carry out or both? >> it could be either one. it absolutely could have been something they created...

Alone disclosing sources and methods. and that should be a matter of concern, because some of us who have been critics of fisa and critics of the intelligence community have been arguing for years that the fbi routinely classifies information to prevent their embarrassment for political or tactical reasons. this is a rare case where that allegation i think is more than evident and obviously true. and i think that we need to go back to these members, and to the fbi, and say what gives? i mean, you can object to how this process worked, but you sold the public on the fact that this was a memo th...