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U.s./russia relations are important. this is an incoming administration that's going to try to figure out how to reset them, et cetera. what do you make of the omission of russia on the sf-86, the omission of meeting with kislyak, the omission of sessions both in testimony and on the sf-86, the of course flynn dissembling. there is just -- if what they were doing was innocent, and maybe it was, there does seem to be a lot of deception around it? >> that's exactly right, chris. you're looking for a pattern. i mean i've done enough fs 86s, and i was recently asked when i was going through one of...

Russians? and more importantly, why did they then withhold them and/or lie about them, in some cases both? if anyone is going to know the answer to that question, it is going to be jared. >> if you're trying to read this as charitably as possible, and i think it's important to maintain that discipline, look, u.s./russia relations are important. this is an incoming administration that's going to try to figure out how to reset them, et cetera. what do you make of the omission of russia on the sf-86, the omission of meeting with kislyak, the omission of sessions both in testimony and on the sf-86...

You say what? >> i was taken back from his comments today because their frankly not true. the department of defense was the issuing agency for general flynn's sf 86. we referred them to the department of defense who owns and issued his security clearance and they got a copy of it. that's how the system works. the documents that he requested he received, so with all due respect, he got the documents that he requested. our job they sent a form letter to multiple agencies asking for a copy of this. what we did was properly refer him to the issuing agency and department and said this is where you ...