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>> right, cherry-picking what happens that's helpful for the president, putting that information out there. it's something that the president has wanted out there because he believes there is information within the intelligence community that is helpful to his belief and his argument that this was some kind of a coup that they were trying to take over. so that is going to be the question. that's certainly some of the members of congress are concerned about to allow him to have all this power now, the attorney general to go ahead and release this information and you know what, you have to assum...

And look, let's break this down. what this order, this directive issued by the white house tonight, does is it strips the power of the cia director, the nsa director, and the director of national intelligence from making decisions about what information should remain classified, which intelligence sources should remain protected, and it gives all of that power over to bill barr. now, the power to declassify, which is what now barr has, is also the power to selectively declassify, to let drips and drabs out there, to bolster the president's political narrative. and i think that power in the han...

He has made these comments as an advocate. he had certainly a different role as the attorney general, and what is clear about attorney general barr as perhaps compared to matthew whitaker, is that this is a person who is previously served in this role, who takes seriously the institutional independence of the justice department, and who is a career public servant in many ways. and so, there is reason to be somewhat more confident of him, but i think democrats are right to lay down a very clear marker about transparency right now. >> ned, does congresswoman paul have a point about republicans, ...

Declassified that has been with held so far. we need the rest of the transcripts of the testimony of the people who testified before congress. we need the fisa applications. we need the bruce ohr 302's and all the things we've talked about before, that the president has the ability to declassify. those should be made available now for the american people to see what really went on. and the people who are responsible for this real conspiracy to destroy the president must be held accountable or there will be no rule of law in this country. >> agreed. you know what, those fisa applications ought ...

Held so far. we need the rest of the transcripts of the testimony of the people who testified before congress. we need the fisa applications. we need the bruce ohr 302's and all the things we've talked about before, that the president has the ability to declassify. those should be made available now for the american people to see what really went on. and the people who are responsible for this real conspiracy to destroy the president must be held accountable or there will be no rule of law in this country. >> agreed. you know what, those fisa applications ought to be released at the exact same...