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If they say the wrong thing they are going to lose their job so it's not like we can draw are a bright line here but nonetheless if there are signals being sent out that should sound an alarm we need to be able to hear them, and i'm sure that in the wake of this we're going to be examining, okay, there's the front end check of social media. do we need an ongoing check or does that is just take place when someone's clearance comes up for additional review? >> the intercepts, the hack shows that the russians hacked into voting software and sent phishing e-mails to election officials days before ...

Would have the security clearance in the first place to do what she did. hey, trace. >> hey, neil. the suspect, reality winner, the department of justice says she was arrested on saturday, which was one day after a leak. nsa document appeared on the news website, the intercept. the document alleges that moscow tried to hack one u.s. voting software supplier just days before last november's election. it also accuses russia of sending fishing e-mails to more than 100 u.s. election officials. there's no evidence the alleged russian hacks were successful. according to the arrest warrant, reality w...

But a contractor, a federal employee cannot just take it upon themselves to bypass the classification system. >> do you think in this environment where everything seems to be so partisan and political that someone would even feel comfortable doing it the right way as you say with whistle-blower protection? >> we have hundreds of thousands of people with security clearances. again, there's a right way to do it. there's a way to go to congress and have that conversation, protect all your legal rights, and not having looming over this young woman, at least what appears to be on this initial read,...

Intelligence on voting software in the united states that there is no evidence any votes were affected by the hack. and all eyes will be on washington three days from now when fired fbi director james comey testifies before the senate intelligence committee. he'll certainly be asked about whether the president was trying to, obstruct his russian investigation. and he'll be asked whether the president indeed ask for his personal loyalty before he fired him. how he answers will be a pivotal moment in the investigation, plural. if you've lost track of how many investigations are currently going o...

What appears to be at least on the initial read she could go to jail for a significant amount of time. >> in terms of this top secret nsa report that supposedly deals with russian military intelligence on voting software, no evidence that any votes were effected but the fact that they were targeting that and that there was a possibility that they could have been, is that hugely concerning? >> oh, yeah. look, most of the elections are controlled by your local county clerk, so it's not really a federal role in minstering an election. it does go down to the states and then it goes down into your ...