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cia. nbc news now learning from a senior u.s. official that the documents contain authentic information about the cia's top secret tools for hacking. >> if i were inside the agency today, i'd be looking at what was disclosed, who had access to that information, what would be their motivations and abilities to reveal it, and whether or not a foreign country like russia was involved. >> reporter: two u.s. intelligence sources telling nbc news russia is suspect because of moscow's ties to wikileaks, and the hacked e-mails during the 2016 campaign. could russia have hacked the cia, or a worse nightmare? could there be a mole, a spy inside the cia working for vladimir putin? other possibilities, a leak from british intelligence partners, or the u.s. consulate in frankfurt, headquarters for the cia's hacking operation. >> it is a major leak of material, and how they got it will be preoccupying the cia for weeks to come. >> reporter: another key question, how badly has the cia's critical mission been compromised? >> what this does is reveal not

devastating security breach for the cia, revealing in fascinating detail how the agency is using everyday household electronic devices to spy on targets. if authentic and officials say they appear to be, the 8,700 documents posted on wikileaks today reveal some of cia programs with code names like aftermidnight and brutal kangaroo, all now in the hands of terrorists and foreign targets. >> legitimate targets are now going to button up. >> so this hurts? >> oh god, it's without question that it hurts. >> reporter: one of the leaked files reveals a program called "weeping angel" which can remotely turn a samsung tv anywhere in the world into a secret listening device, even when appearing to be off. the name "weeping angel" seems to come from the monster statues in a bbc tv show, "doctor who," which only attack when no one else is looking. the leaked files also reveal how the cia can hack into ipads and a full range of smart phones, and turn them into listening devices or cameras, and gain access to messages before they are encrypted by popular apps. >> we have entered what i call the new cyber warfare. this is how we fight our battles now. >> reporter: the secret

cia. nbc news is now learning from a senior u.s. official the documents contain authentic information about the cia's top tools for hacking. >> if i were inside the agency today i'd be looking at what was disclosed, who had access to that information, what would be their motivations and abilities to reveal it and whether or not a foreign country like russia was zblofd two u.s. intelligence sources telling nbc news russia is suspect because of moscow's ties to wikileaks and the hacked e-mails during the 2016 campaign. could russia have hacked the cia? or worse, could there be a mole inside the cia working for vad mir putin. or the u.s. consulate in frankfurt. >> it is a major leak of material, and how they got it will be preoccupying the cia for weeks to come. >> another key question, how badly has the cia's critical mission been compromised? >> what this does is reveal not just u.s. capabilities, but it gives a roadmap as to not only how to defend against these capabilities but also how to use them. >> the fear terrorists and others over sat

we'll talk with chuck todd and former defense department and cia official jeremy bash about what all

also maggie and we have the former cia counter terrorism official. so let's begin with, sometimes we overuse the word bombshell. however if evan's reporting is ultimately confirmed by officials and law enforcement that there was some sort of coordination between members of the trump campaign and russia in terms of releasing the e-mails that were damaging to hillary clinton, where are we with this? >> well for donald trump that is all confirmed we're in a bad spot. i think that we are aways away from that. this seems to suggest there's a reason the fbi has been so focused on this and there's some school of thought that if they found something already we would know it and the public would know it, actually these investigations take a long time so i don't think that that is a surprise. i think that until there is anything conclusive however this is just a daily drum beat for the trump administration which is challenging for them for which they had no disciplined answer, clear answer, contradictory answers and it's bogging them down if it's proven it rai

and the cia officials keeps this story going. but no one has been able to point to much evidence. >> we don't know what we don't know. the white house could have a bunch of information on this. but right now we are all in conspiracy theories and what ifs. but we are not talking about jeff sessions recrucial himself. we are not talking about that scandal. this is what donald trump does so well. howie: at the same time look where he has driven it, to all this criticism about him making a charge that at least the journalistic consensus he isn't able to back up. >> in the interview with kellyanne which was interesting, we haven't heard that much from her lately. mr. know-it-all let her have her say on almost every topic. but on the wiretapping tweet she was coshe -- she was conspicuous forthcoming. howie: you are the spokesman, the counselor and the vice president of the united states. you can't go on television and say i know it's true and the president assured me. so you let congress investigate. >> it's a distrust of our national

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let's discuss with analyst and former cia official phil mudd and we have mike rogers.ould you give mike flynn immunity? >> not if there were an fbi criminal investigation. i just think you will work at cross purposes to what is probably an already difficult job for the fbi. i would not come out and offer that immunity. i would offer him to testify. >> what if he says he is not going to testify without immunity? how do you get to the story he wants to tell? >> you have to let the fbi have the first run at this. if the articles are correct, they also asked the fbi for immunity as well. listen, the more this stew starts to take flavor, it is clear if flynn was lying to the vice president, he percenta jep himself. you know, what you find is that in a lot of the cases, more often than not, the defense attorney wants it more than the defendant. they oversell what they can provide because they are worried about something. there's a lot to this that has to be worked through. when the committee does that, it puts some parts of the investigation in jeopardy. i wouldn't do that.

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so let's discuss with phil mudd, former cia official and mike rogers, cnn national security commentatorl chairman. mike, you had the same job, you never did anything like this, never heard of anybody doing anything like this. we know that. it deserves observation. he goes to the president and says it's so important i had to tell him. he later says i haven't looked at all the documents. i'm not really sure who got caught up or what it was about. how do those two statements go together, mike? >> it was a bit unusual. obviously he heard something that certainly bothered him and he thought he was going to do something about it. in an investigation like this, it's best that both sides aren't running the the microphone candidly. i know adam schiff came out, the ranking democrat and said he had more information on collusion. all of that needs to stop candidly. we have some huge issues facing that intel committee and our national security around the world. think about the defense minister from russia, a guy named shoigu who said we're going to ramp up our propaganda, we're creating a new inform

we'll talk with chuck todd and former defense department and cia official jeremy >>> later our sunday sit down with former president george w. bush talking about a new book of his paintings that pays tribute to military veterans weighing in on donald trump and regrets he may have about the decision to go to war after 9/11. >> i was heavy hearted when i made the decision to both go into afghanistan and iraq. i knew that there would be some dire consequences. >> our two-part sunday sit down with president george w. bush a bit later in the show. >>> let's begin this morning with the president's weekend twitter storm during which he accused president obama of wiretapping his offices here in new york. nbc's kasie hunt is in west palm beach near the president's home there. good morning. >> good morning. president trump is already up and tweeting today about russia and the dnc hacks but the focus is still on those accusations he made against former president obama without any evidence. this morning, more fallout over those explosive allegations from president trump. without offering any evid

last week that former cia director said in a small gathering, including some reporters and former cia officials that he was not aware of any fire. of course mike had been out of government for a long time. he hasn't seen the classified evidence and i think shif was pointing out, hey, there is some stuff here. that's the whole reason we're looking into this. i wouldn't read too much into what he was say sglg thaing. >> thank you. i would like to bring in the former u.s. ambassador to the russian federation. also good to see you here. >> thanks for having me. >> your thoughts on adam shif's comments here. he's decided to use the word "collusion". >> yeah, that's a big word come frg a very credible source that chooses his words very carefully. i think representative shif has been very important in these debates and it suggests, as ken just said, that he has seen something in the classified material that we haven't seen that leads him to believe there is circumstantial evidence about collusion. now, we have to speculate because we don't know. but most certainly those meetings, alleged meetings that

. >> joining me now, former fbi as well as cia official. mer house intelligence chairman mike rogers. some of these techniques listening to conversations through phones, tvs. by passing encryption apps. if it's legitimate, how damaging is this to the cia. >> it can be quite damaging, but misunderstanding for most of the american population. let's take a simple piece of this anderson, if you're in north korea or iran, what are you doing, looking at documents saying does this give us a clue about what's on our systems already. or b, does it allow us to defend against something that might be installed on our systems tomorrow. i think it's a simple question. there's a more complicated questions i face. you might assume the terrorist we chased had a high level of technical sophistication. the answer is anderson, they didn't. so even if you don't reveal a great deal of information about what the cia is up to, even if you say for example, that you think there's an encrypted app that allows yo tow communicate with a friend securely, i saw terrorists

former fbi official sean henry, mad miller and jeremy bash, former cia official. let's start with the fbi here and james comey basically saying, according to the "new york times," that he wanted to get to the bottom of this with regard to whether a president would order this kind of wiretap. you or a senior fbi official. how do you see this? >> i don't see that the president would make that order. if, in fact, the fbi was engaged in some investigation related to national security, the fbi may have gone forward seeking a fifsa order with regard to that national security threat. that wouldn't be ordered by the president. the statements made by president obama's former -- spokesperson for president obama, they clearly said that the president didn't order that. i don't know that anybody has clearly denied that it ever happened. it's unclear what happened here. we've got -- >> right. let's pause on that point here, especially for folks watching, trying to keep up with it. just on what director comey is trying to do here. let me read from "the new york times." statement

. >>> we're back with ned price, the former cia official who served in the obama administration as thenational security council spokesman. wikileaks rocked the u.s. intelligence community this week by publishing what it claims are files revealing worldwide cia cyber spying, including the ability to hack into smartphones and smart televisions. let's discuss this. how damaging are these leaks to the cia and to u.s. national security, ned? >> well, wolf, let me be clear up front i can't vouch for the authenticity of these documents. let's also remember what this is and what this is not. this is the most recent attempt by, as i said before, a veritable arm of russian intelligence to discredit america. >> wikileaks is an arm of russian intelligence? >> we from january 2017 intelligence report into russia's meddling in the 2016 election wikileaks is acting as a cut out for russian intelligence, specifically russian military intelligence in this very operation. we know there are close ties between these organizations and reflected in their coverage. this is the latest attempt on the part of w

assistant to president obama, former spokesman for the national security council and a former cia officialof you. since it did just happen, i want to ask you about this, leaning on your nsc and cia chops. president trump in the interview we're talking about with fox news, he said in part of the interview the cia was hacked. here is what -- here's the direct quote. i want people to know the cia was hacked and a lot of things taken. that was during the obama years. adam schiff, the top democrat on house intel is raising the question, did the president just release classified information, if that is proven accurate? what do you make of this? can you shed some light here? >> obviously a very wide-ranging and newsy interview the president gave to tucker carlson. this element struck me as the most newsy because it's not something i was familiar with and tweeted about this last night. previously we'd seen these reports perhaps there had been a contractor, someone with access to these files on the outside. had provided them to wikileaks. but never before had we seen this theory of a hack, and if a

we have cia counterterrorism official and cia counterterrorism analyst, phil mudd, and author of "deep show. the suggestion by the fbi director that putin/russia's motivation was they hated clinton, and it was all about hating clinton, and do you believe that? >> he said that and i heard him say that and he didn't have a proof. this -- if there is proof it has not come out. >> i very much agree with the ambassador you had on, mr. pickering, and it's all about destabilizing and creating noise and it's all about, you know, doing as much as possible to upset our democratic process, however you do it, and wherever that leads. i don't think it was so much an attempt to influence the election one way or another because the ambassador also said it could easily back fire, and as we look at this right now it could be backfiring if -- our president might not be inclined to be with the russians as he might be before. >> he certainly seems to be trying to be friendly, and he is laying the background for that, and what do you think, hey, they are going to do this again and it could be worse in the

james mitcher a former cia official about this and here's what he said about the leaks and situation.we've done in the country that disturbs me a little bit is we romanticize the subculture of hackers to the point they've become a tribe, cult heroes and the cool thing to do is get into the hard places to get into and sort of give people a peak into their underwear drawer so to speak, right. >> shannon: he said so many of these people have become glorified and become cult heroes and have their own fans and following. some of them think they're doing a great service for the country, for the world by taking this on. >> well, i'll just say we've been seeing a lot of government underwear drawers lately because this is happening increasingly almost every day the government is under a barrage of attacks and actors independent of state hacking who have a glorified notion of getting where they can't get and this may not be a hack. it may be an inside breach from a contractor much like edward snowden was or bradley manning helped wikileaks with the transfer of data back then. >> shannon: i talk

and appearing to be from inside the cia, and even cars with the attention of signs. intelligence officialsave not about the regions late last year, defending the intelligence community. >> the general principle is one we always expected in this country. there is no such thing as absolute privacy in america. there is no place in america outside of judicial reach. that is the bargain. >> the white house is more people should be upset about the damage this could due to the country. the change ongoing disclosures of national security, everybody. depending on a leak and another on the outrage. >> wikileaks tweeting wikileaks has released less 1% and part of publication yesterday. that means there will be more intelligence to come. so much in the initial release. is the beginning of this. abby: brand fears the country is even more open to crime and terrorism was former cia interrogator doctor james mitchell saying wikileaks don't put america in a vulnerable position. >> criminals benefit, terrorists benefit, they are talking about doing more releases and if they release the source code that is p

jeremy bash, i've got to go to you, as a former member of the cia, former official, top official at the cia. your take on what you just heard the president say in that press conference. >> it was insulting to our british ally and em ba embarraso our german ally, angela merkel. it's important for viewers to take a big picture. a major source of tension between us and our nato allies right now is how tough we'll be on russia. the trump administration through the president has signaled we'll go easy on russia, we'll let them have their way in ukraine, in syria and elsewhere. and we're not going to back nato as much as our nato allies want us to. on the wiretapping issue, we now know the president was wrong. it was not politically motivated by obama. there was no trump tower surveillance. however, there likely is still an fbi investigation into ties between trump's inner circle and the russian federation. that's going to be a big subject at this hearing on monday. that's the biggest issue in this wiretapping story. >> i want to go back if i can for a moment to the issue chris raised a momen

we have phil mudd, former cia terrorism official all joining us this morning to talk more about the big good morning. >> good morning. >> eugene, let me start with you. the fbi's testimony on the russian investigation and president trump's claim on wiretapping will be clear. is director combing feeling the pressure? >> he has the desire to prove the integrity and credibility of his agency and they have operated legally and did not compromise ethics, and as president trump's tweet suggested he's expected to make it clear that there is no evidence to support the claim that president obama had intelligence agencies wiretap trump to ywer during the electi, and what they want to hear is what they have been focused on since the election. >> and a former security to biden made strong claims, there are only two conclusions that could come from these hearings, and first let me play it and then i want you to give your reaction. >> one of two things is true, and either he knows it's wrong and he is lying about a national security issue in which case it will be hard to trust him going forward or he

the cia not officially commenting on this, but, in fact, reminding people it has the legal authoritythis kind of intelligence overseas against foreign targets. that's what they say their reason for doing all this was. if wikileaks posts the computers codes on how to undertake this activity, there could be disastrous things over sea, maybe even the united states. >> barbara, you have republican senator john mccain saying this is reminiscent of edward snowden and the nsa. his quote, it's going to cause a real fundamental investigation into everything we do including fisa. where does this go from here? >> there's a couple of issues at hand. you can expect congressional hearing on this. the investigation will go forward. the cia has the legal authority and has to get warrants or whatever it has to go through. it has the authority to collect documents overseas. the snowden documents suggest the national security agency was spying perhaps other than overseas. all this will have to be sorted out. what was illegal activity, but underneath all of this, how one more time could there be such a

. >> former fbi and cia senior official and national commentator and house intelligence chairman mikes. some of the techniques listening throughs and tvs and from an intelligence perspective, if it's legitimate, how damaging is this to the cia? >> it can be quite damaging and misunderstanding for most of the american population. let's take a simple piece of this, anderson. if you are in north korea or iran, you are looking at this saying does this give us a clue on what is on the systems already or b, does it allow us to defend something installed on our systems tomorrow. it's a simple question. there is a more complicated question and you might assume that the tariffs we chased had technical sophistication. the answer is they didn't. even if you don't reveal a great deal of information about what the cia is up to, even if you say, for example, you think there is an encrypted app that allows you to kplcommunication, saw terrorists who had understandings of capabilities. they had no it capability. if there is not a lot of information revealed, they will look at this and say wow, i didn

we'll talk with chuck todd and former defense department and cia official jeremy

as wikileaks claims, or the nightmare scenario for the cia, a mole in the agency. former officials saying the hunt if it's an inside source likely involves checking operatives travel schedules, contacts, bank accounts. another critical concern how badly has the leak compromised the cia's mission. especially alarming as wikileaks claims they released only 1% of what they have. the cia officials knew there was a breach last year but didn't know what it was. with relations already strained between the trump administration and the intelligence community, at the white house more criticism. >> this is the kind of disclosure that undermines our country, our security, and our well being. >> assange sclamed that the cia lost control of its arsenal bragging it's an act of historic incompetent. russia's foreign minister denying any involvement. the president will meet with the cia director. >> andrea mitchell, thanks. >> jeremy at the cia and the pentagon now an nbc news national security analyst, jeremy, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> obviously this investigation is just getting st

former cia counterterrorism official and tom fuentes, cnn senior law enforcement analyst and former fbirector. last time we saw this dust-up, not long after that, the dossier came out from leaked sources. obviously, nobody wants to see this game being played. let me give you two pieces of sound and get your reactions to them in terms of what the state of play is. here is michael hayden, former intel chief. >> my first instinct is i want to get angry and i try to discipline myself not to do that. i focus on this as a great sadness. this is a community that exists to serve the president of the united states. and he has done things over the past more than 45 days, even as president-elect, that seems to put him at odds with the intelligence community again that exists only to serve him. >> now, philip, you said in the past, so what? these people are professionals. these men and women will do their job. but like i say, you have this dossier come out. what do you make of this state of play? >> we're missing one question here. we talk about this state of play, what jim comey does, what the att

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cia. the u.s. officialsell nbc news that the cia relies on dozens of contracting firms for cyber operations and that the contractors undergo less grueling background checks than government employees. meanwhile, members of the trump administration are slamming this alleged document release despite the president not commenting on the situation yesterday after previously confessing his love for wikileaks. >> there is grave concern that the president has about the release of national security and classified information that threatens and undermines our nation's security. obviously, he believes that the systems of the cia are outdated and need to be updated. the u.s. government has position on julian assange's position and past and i don't see anything to change that. he has compromised in the past and undermined our national security. >> trafficking in national security information as is alleged wikileaks here is a very serious offense and represents a compromise of the security of the american people. and this

. >> well, wolf, tonight the cia as i think you would expect, has no official comment confirming anybut they did issue a statement saying these kinds of leaks is something every american should be worried about. >> reporter: a federal criminal and intelligence investigation is being opened into wikileaks' publication of documents detailing alleged cia hacking information, several u.s. officials tell cnn. the new investigation is an acknowledgement that the documents appear to be largely authentic detailing how the agency hacks into common devices like phones, televisions and computers overseas. the trump administration won't confirm but has known about it for some time. >> it's important all of these have been utilized by the former administration. >> reporter: the white house says this is a serious leak. >> this alleged leak should concern every american. >> reporter: the fbi is the cia will investigate for potential criminal activity and who might have been behind it. officials would not say if they believe an employee, a contractor or a foreign government was involved. wikileaks c

the cia using its new strike authority in syria last month to kill a son-in-law in osama bin laden who was believed to be al qaeda's number two official. the cia would locate terrorists, but turn to the military to launch air strikes. to provide transparency, and they say, accountability. >>> next tonight, the marine's top commander on capitol hill facing tough questions about the nude photo scandal now widening. commandant, robert neller offering responsibility and candid answers among a grilling there on capitol hill. you will see the moment, and here's abc's chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz. >> reporter: today, commandant general robert neller on capitol hill facing questions over that scandal rocking the marine corps head on. >> we all have to commit to get rid of this perversion to our culture. enough is enough. >> reporter: the outrage growing after the discovery of hundreds of nude photos of female marines, originally linked to a facebook page called "marines united." but even as some of those women are speaking out, the photos are popping up on other pages. >> do you agree with me this is one of the darkest m

cia documents ever. if authentic. officials say they aper to be, 8700 documents and files posted on wiki leaks reveal most important spy method. >> this is in some ways, most daring release yet. >> leaked files, cia can hack i ipads, phones, televisions. and turn them into listening devices even when they appear off. and how the cia gains access to messages, before they are encrypted by popular apps. secret documents disclose how the cia has been working on a program to hack into cars and trucks. conceivably turning them into what wiki leaks says tools of undetectable assassinations. >> next thing agencies will do. hatch their experts find out how much damage does this release do. >> wikileaks in the south light for publishing secret u.s. information. recently the e-mails of the democratic party hacked by russian intelligence. leading to praise during the campaign by donald trump. >> wikileaks. love it. >> no comment from the trump white house. >> i'm not going to comment on that. not fully eve val waited. cia has not confirmed

cia has been hacked. >> there was no official statement as to where a massive data breach was publicized by wikileaks. esident trump stated quite conclusively that the cia had been hacked. >> every intelligence agencies report to you, why not immediately go to them and gather evidence to support that? >> because i don't want to do anything that's going to violate any strengths of an agency. we have enough problem. with the cia, i want people to know, the cia was hacked and a lot of things that were taken. that was during the obama years. >> in ta statement today, in his effort to blame president obama, the president appears to discuss something if true a accurate could be considered as classified information. this should have been done of the product of thoughtful consideration with intense input for any agencies effective for anyone else as the president would have done, would constitute what he deplores as "leaks." >> i am joined by robert costa and as well as ken vogal at politico. >> robert costa. if you think you are bugged by the previous president, why don't you come up with some excuse, that wa

officials, a cia drone strike scored a direct hit on his car in northwestern syria. a son-in-law of osama bin laden, he has been implicated in the 1998 bombings of two american embassies in africa, which killed more than 200 people. the name means he's from egypt, was a long-time confidant of al zawah zawahri. in the years after 9/11, al masri fled to iran and spent a decade under house arrest, but also beyond the reach of american drone strikes. after his release, he went to syria, where al qaeda has been attempting to take advantage of the chaos caused by the civil war to establish a new base of operations. he was back in business but also back in range of drone strikes. on sunday, the cia found him one last time. isis is the main target, but now drones have killed about ten senior al qaeda leaders in syria, in the 2 1/2 years since the u.s. began conducting air strikes there. scott? >> david martin at the pentagon. david, thank you. >>> coming up next, hundreds of women who worked for a huge jewelry chain claim they are victims of sexual misconduct. the valiant ta

despite assange and his ilk, the cia continues to aggressively collect foreign intelligence overseas. we should note, a senior intelligence officialonfirmed to nbc news that the more than 8,000 documents posted by wikileaks include authentic material about cia hacking methods. some of it is classified and top secret. for more now, i want to bring in nbc news pentagon correspondent hans nichols and jeremy bash, former senior of staff at the cia and department of defense and a contributor here. thanks for being with us. hans, let me start with you. what are we hearing from administration officials about this claim from assange that the cia has lost control of its arsenal? >> there's very little confirmation, kate. very little denial. you heard that in the cia statement. that seems to be true at the pentagon as well. i think there's a distinction that needs to be made, though. when assange is talking about an arsenal, that implies offense. most of the cyber offensive capabilities are housed a nsa and cyber command, which is to say, at the pentagon or in the pentagon aa. not the cia. the cia has to do more with listening, eavesdroppin

fbi investigation is under way to track down the source of that massive leak of cia documents posted by wikileaks. officials believe whoever was responsible had the highly classified u.s. spy networks, the files revealed alleged hacking tools used to break into computers. cell phones, as well as smart tvs. phone manufacturers like apple and google believe their devices are no longer vulnerable. jim comey is making it clear he intends to serve his entire tenure term. during a conference at boston college comey said you're stuck with me for another six years. there was speculation comey might resign after he rejected president trump's claim that president obama tapped his phones. >>> meanwhile, two senators are working from across the aisle to get to the bottom of that explosive wiretapping allegation. republican lindsey graham and democrat sheldon whitehouse have formally requested information from the department of justice and also the fbi. they want to know of any action taken to listen in on calls at trump tower. >>> okay, to the weather. an outbreak of dangerously high wind knocked out thousands and crea