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He she is an author of "the targeter." we talked about your rise in the cia about where you started and where you ended up. tell us about your story about how you got into the cia on the human resources level. >> i started out, i applied because i saw an ad in "the economist." it was one of the first websites they had for applying for employment. i got a call in 1999 to come in an interview and i joined as an hr person. that wasn't really my academic background, but that's how i got my foot in the door. after hr i joined the analyst side, the director of intelligence, and we right products for...

Whether they were ever part or tied to the regime. and i think there was a bit of a blind spot to start out with in the cia. but as time went on, before the invasion, the collection was very clear that there was no connection. so that was all communicated then to the white house. >> so the book is called "the targeter," and you ended up being the chief, basically, zarqawi hunter. what's the job description for that? what are you doing every day when that's your job? >> so when i transitioned from being an analyst, which is the person who communicates to the policy maker to the operations side ...

Of his presidency, has criticized the intelligence community? >> i think we're in a completely unprecedented place now, where i was dealing with a specific national security issue. now we're talking about criticizing the intelligence community writ large, which i think i this incredibly dangero. i want calls into question the integrity of the people who work there and the integrity of the institution itself and to me that's extremely damaging for national security. >> nada bakos, author of "the targeter," thank you so much for writing this book and can coming forward. i know it's not easy to g...

Together and they see how professional and effective these agencies are that some of those current tensions will be reduced. >> reporter: hallie jackson, nbc news, the white house. >> and donald trump has already responded to that nbc news report tweeting "how did nbc get an exclusive look into the top secret report he, obama, was presented? who gave them this report and why. politics! joining me now to talk about what we're learning is a former cia analyst and author of "the targeter." and evan mcmullin, former cia officer. i'm going to start with you putting aside donald trump questioning wh...

It doesn't speculate on whether russia's interference affected the outcome of 2016. while president obama says today he has full faith in the conclusions of that report. president-elect trump, who will get the same briefing tomorrow, has seemed skeptical of the intelligence community so far. >> when the president-elect receives his own briefings and is able to examine the intelligence as his team is put together and they see how professional and effective these agencies are that some of those current tensions will be reduced. >> reporter: hallie jackson, nbc news, the white house. >> and donal...