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You know that general clapper wanted to clear up that remark from "meet the press." he was very careful not to ask the fbi directo or his predecessor what is going on in these counter intelligence investigations. >> i assume there is a point you know you access to the investigation unt information until you don't have the access to the investigatifot it is hard to say anything applies to that today anyway on that front. this is the can of worms that the president opened up. by going directly at director comey like this, making it personal now, levels on twitter what appeared to be a threat wit...

That we want to sustain before we publish that ica. and in that -- >> the intelligence community assessment. >> right, exactly. there was no evidence that rose to that level at that time that found it's way in to the intelligence community assessment that we had pretty high confidence in. that's not to say there wasn't evidence. but not that met that threshold. and and you're not attempting to clear or convict anyone of collusion, it is just out of your scope. >> correct. >> do you think the russian investigation is fake news or a witch hunt as the president keeps tweeting and saying. >> i don...

Great integrity. i can pass that on to the officer blow me that would pass it on to the officer below them, and frankly all of the way down to the young private in the fox hole. so i think it is important for the president, any president, this president or others to build that trust and that relationship between himself and the military, which i think president trump is certainly trying to do, but also with the institutions that support this great nation, the fbi, the intelligence community, the military, the judicial system. this relationship between the president or a commander in chief, in ...

Operations command, he is now the chance life-support at the university of texas. he joins me now, thank you for being with us. >> good to be with you. >> first i want your reaction to what is going on with the president and the russian investigation and the collusion, and the fighting back and the comments about general clapper. and the players. i have great erespect for jim clapper. 52 plus years serving the government. he has a level of integrity that is unsurpassed. i was able to listen, and i will tell you i thought his take on everything was spot on,

The key thing is what is the trust between president and a national security advisor. i didn't think mike had the skill set to be a national security advisor. i worked for three national security advisors. it matched what i saw as required for national security advisor. >> the president blamed president obama for not giving him the security clearance that was renewed last year as a retired military officer and f not knowing about his other entanglements. was that up to president obama or the incoming team to vet him properly? >> i can't comment because i don't know on whatever vetting procedur...