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Who ran the counterintelligence division who said absolutely they would have done a defensive briefing of at least the president so they could counter the intelligence efforts going on here. that's what the fbi's mission is to counter intelligence, not to trap u.s. citizens or try to run -- what they did is gave the russians an opportunity to interfere in our election. and the belief on many people's part is because they did not like the president. that's just not the role of the fbi. that's my objection and the objection of many of my colleagues. >> josh campbell -- yeah, go ahead and then i ...

In the this wasn't jason bourne, this was beavis and butthead. >> we concluded the current policies are not sufficient to ensure appropriate oversight and accountability. >> as if. they'll make edward hoover came back to life. the old fbi. the fbi that had a chip on its shoulder and wanted to intimidate people and find out what's going on in your life and the law be >> bret: lindsey graham on the inspector general's report. a lot of questioning on the hearing today, after the attorney general weighed in on the findings in a number of different interviews. >> the core statement in my opinion by...

Brave men and women and the best law enforcement agency in the world, those top guys knowiy misled that fisa report repeatedly. they knowingly and purposely, we learned yesterday and today at -- omitted exculpatory information. the reliability of steele's principal source. they altered things and ag barr sank comey, the fbi, well, they may have been been acting in bad faith. that is an understatement. take a look. >> not only did they not tell the court what they had been relying on was completely in a rubbish, they actually started saying things to bolster the report by saying we talk to the ...

Men and women in the best law enforcement agency in the world. those top guys knowingly misled that fisa report repeatedly. they knowingly and purposely, we learned yesterday and today omitted exculpatory information. they knowingly suppressedto information of the rye liability of steele's principal source. they altered things, and ag barr saying comey's fbi, well, they may have been been acting in bad faith. that is an understatement. take a look. >> here, to me, is the damning thing. not only did they not tell the court what they had been relying on was completely in a rubbish, they actually...

Fanned and hyped by an irresponsible press. and i think that there were gross abuses of fisa. and inexplicable behavior that is intolerable in the fbi. in one area, i do disagree with the ig. and that was whether there was sufficient predication to open a full-blown counterintelligence investigation, specifically using the techniques that they did. to collect intelligence about the trump campaign. the core statement, in my opinion, by the ig is that these irregularities, these misstatements, these omissions were not satisfactorily explained. and i think that leaves open the possibility to infe...