that's what dan coats is saying here is that anything the n.s.a. and sometimes the n.s.a. just gets surveillance information that's just hundreds of pages of nothing and they've actually come out saying that it doesn't really help resolve or solve any terrorism or investigate terrorism activities so because of this though now they can send that or they can decimate that disseminate that information out to the cia to other players to the f.b.i. and to people who might not have the knowledge of who really is a threat which is going to put a lot of americans at risk certainly these privacy violations so yes you're allowed to surveil you're allowed to keep your country safe from terrorism from these kinds of acts but at the rate that it infringes on the privacy rights of people who have absolutely no known ties to terrorism and that's where it gets a little bit tricky indeed for britain always a pleasure to have you on looking forward to continuing this conversation. in other venues and on other topics as well thanks for being with us here in r.t. international. absolutely. fo

r mic a career cia officer the reason why the a reason the alignment works so well because dan coats had a lot of management experiencets with ties on capitol hill but not personalti intelligence experience but sue gordon did and understood the way the agencies worked especially the cia and they were working in tandem together as well. it seems clear she was asked to resign we saw the note she ttsent the president that her resignation was out of patriotism and respect not her preference. just yesterday sent a note to all dna i - - dni office that was congratulatory but framed in a sense that there should be a cause for concern and saying why they should not be concerned. >> the sources i'm hearing people are concerned the president does not want to hear about the work they are doing and it matters right now there arere issues as they come in including russian interference chinese crackdown on the protesters in hong kong or the threats that isis pose really matters when the president says if it is viewed a certain way then that shapes the way everyone below him can do their jobs that

the president had an incredibly fraught relationship with dan coats where at times he could be heardelling about things dan coats said in the west wing or in the residence on several different occasions, and by association, the president associating the two of them, that's similarly how he felt about sue gordon. people thought she was never going to get this job. this puts the white house in position to find someone for dan coats' job and the deputy position as well. they both leave a week from today. we're told by sources the president hasn't selected anyone to take that job yet. so it is something they're going to be looking for. this is one of the things the president doesn't agree with republicans on capitol hill as david was noting there, as we saw from that statement from senator burr, they wanted sue gordon in this position. we have seen how much influence they have over who will get the job as we saw with the ratcliffe nomination being withdrawn because he was facing such resistance outside the white house. a lot of this speaks to how the president selects someone. often time

program that allows the recording of americans phone calls and personal messages dan coats the outgoing director of national intelligence is urging congress to reauthorize the law before it expires at the end of the year now dan coats has confirmed that the n.s.a. has put the program on hold however he says it's necessary. to have the ability to get the program going again if needed as technology changes our adversaries trade craft and communications habits will continue to evolve and adapt in light of these dynamic environment the administration supports reauthorization of this provision as well a coalition of privacy and civil liberties advocates sent a letter of their own to the u.s. house judiciary committee and said of renewing the program they called for meaningful surveillance reform the government's implementation of the program further demonstrates both the privacy threats posed by the program and its lack of efficacy it is highly concerning that it took almost 3 years to detect the fact that the n.s.a. was collecting records even beyond the broad authorization provided under t

that includes dan coats. she is a careerist under coats.e then say these careerists who aren't loyal to me, i'm going to nominate one to be dni. it's not about qualifications, it's about loyalty. he can't look at her and say he's going to get that. >> part of what drew the president to congressman ratcliffe in the first place is he was a staunch trump ally in congress. he used his time at that house intelligence committee hearing when robert mueller testified about the russia investigation to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the special counsel, he's one of those people who perpetuated the notion that the entire russian investigation was a hoax and that's precisely why the president wanted someone who he believed was on his side to be the next dni. >> and the law that established the director of national intelligence specifically stipulates that that individual must have extensive intelligence expertise. >> look, one of the things president trump might want a loyalist, might want a trumpist in that role but i think he's learning he's not goi

at times, dan coats was not on the same page as donald trump, on issues like russian interference and himself. jubilant crowds in puerto rico have been celebrating the formal resignation of the island's governor, ricardo rossello. he agreed to stand down in the face of mass protests over vulgar text messages he shared with his advisers. mr rossello said he would be replaced by pedro pierluisi. laura rexach — is podcast host for wkaq based in sanjuan. she has also taken part in the protests. i asked her if people are satisfied with the change in governor. no, sadly, not at all. as we speak there are riots forming and ijust saw police putting on their riot gear as i was searching for a quiet street. do you think that protestors perhaps ought to give the new governor, pedro pierluisi, a chance perhaps to deal with some of their broader concerns? no, honestly, not at all. he appointed himself governor in a completely unconstitutional way. he was sworn in today in secrecy in a private residence. completely ignoring the proper steps that the constitution calls for where the senate is suppos

e on that committee where he openly seemed to be auditioning from the job dan coats is vacating as dni. indeed, he was offered the job before tossing it back today, after questions about his resume and qualifications.ti here's how we learned about it, when the president said his nominee was being treated very unfairly by the lame stream media, rather than going through months of slander and libel, i explained to john how miserable it would be for him and his family to deal with these people.al and ratcliffe followed up right away with i do not wish for a national security and intelligence debate surrounding my confirmation, however untrue, to become a purely political and partisan issue. the "washington post" reports, republicans in the senate weren't behind ratcliffe from th about whether ratcliffe could be confirmed and commented to allies during a trip to ohio that he was getting crushed by the media. well, late today, trump tried to explain what is now his 35th nominee for high office who has been denied. >> i felt that congressman ratcliffe was being treated very unfairly. i was r

principle deputy, i was disappointed to hear sue would be leaving on the same day as dan coats. when you lose the dni and principal deputy dni at the same time, you're basically decapitating the intelligence community and that dni role is important given the size of the intelligence community, and a need for this orchestration to take place in an effective as well as a professional manner, and the named acting director, joe mcguire, i know him, i respect him. he was the head of -- he is the head of the national treasure center, but he certainly does not have the breadth of experience and depth of experience that sue gordon has. i think it is very discouraging to individuals in the intelligence committee that sue gordon will not be serving in the acting capacity. >> speaking of the times we're living in, you have to live with the the notion that a lot of people will always believe it was a tweet from don trump, jr., that alleged you were best friends with sue gordon that some will always believe was a major force in disqualifying her in the president's eyes to take the top job. >

have had lengthy military experience, lengthy ambassadorial and diplomatic experience, a guy like dan coatshe had been ambassador of germany, a senator from indiana. he was a republican, he's close to the vice president mike pence, but he knew this this job that he had to be apolitical. that the job of the intelligence community is to give unvarnished truth and speak that truth to power. you have gina haspel, they know they give that information so that the president can make his determination. it's clear ratcliffe has not been behaving in an apolitical way and there were questions whether he would be able to. when you look at that audition, when he was grilling mueller, that was kind of like the cherry on top because we know that -- >> solidified. >> he's been out there on fox news blasting the mueller probe, raising questionsthe intelligence community and their role in vetting that possible link between russia and the trump campaign. he was in lock step with the president every step of the way when it came to the russia probe. that's clearly something that the president liked both on fox

well the trump white house as well as dan coats the outgoing director of national intelligence are urging congress to renew the freedom act of 2015 and this ability of the national security agency of the united states to conduct spying on individual citizens now essentially dan coats in his letter argued that even though the program is no longer in effect it's necessary or could be necessary at some point to reinstate it and that it would be in the interest of the country overall for congress to renew the freedom act this is what dan coats said as technology changes his trade craft and communications habits will continue to evolve and adapt in light of these dynamic environment the administration supports reauthorization of this provision as well now civil liberties groups have argued that it is necessary for congress to not renew the freedom act of 2015 they argue that there are sections in the act specifically the spying and surveillance section of the law that put the privacy and civil liberties of millions of americans into jeopardy the government's implementation of the cool detail r

this is what dan coats said as technology changes adversaries tradecraft and communications habits will continue to evolve and adapt. to these dynamic environment the administration supports reauthorization of this provision as well now civil liberties groups have argued that it is necessary for congress to not renew the freedom act of 2015 they argue that there are sections in the act specifically the spying and surveillance section of the law that put the privacy and civil liberties of millions of americans into jeopardy the government's implementation of the cool detail records program further demonstrates both the privacy threats posed by the program and the lack of use and for q.c. it is highly concerning that it's 3 years to detect the fact that the n.s.a. was collecting records even beyond the broad authorization provided under the program the n.s.a. should not be permitted to resume this program now prior to the freedom act of 2015 the n.s.a. spying program collected billions of records and the freedom act of 2015 reduced the amount of data the n.s.a. was collecting under the fr

to reinstate it if that should be necessary this is that dan coats put it in his letter to the house judiciary committee as technology changes. and communications habits will continue to evolve and adapt. to these dynamic environments the administration supports reauthorization of this provision as well now when the program was in effect there were millions of records collected by the u.s. and assaye and now that there's calls and talk of renewing the law we see civil liberties organizations of privacy advocates stepping up and saying that it should not be reinstated they sent a letter basically arguing that the country needs what it calls meaningful surveillance reforms and saying that this this renewal of the potential renewal of the freedom act basically puts the civil liberties of millions of americans into jeopardy this is the letter from civil liberties advocates to the house judiciary committee. the government's implementation of the cool detail records program further demonstrates both the privacy threats posed by the program and the lack of use and for q.c. it is highly conc

dan coats did that. at time it's was controversial because it was conflicted with what president trump had said. but he maintained that integrity of the agencies that he was responsible for, giving the information absolutely necessary for federal agencies and congress to do our work. we need to make sure that continues. and with an acting director and with the pressure the president has put on intelligence community and the way he's contradicted intelligence is a real fear. >> dan coats was a republican, is a republican. there was not criticism of him for virtue of being a republican. in fact, people thought that he executed his job quite well. so to the extent that there are some people who say anything donald trump wants to do is going to be challenged by democrats, that's not what this is about. >> not at all. i mean, democrats and republicans both want to get the intelligence information. dan coats had the respect of both democrats and republicans because he told us what the agency knew. he shared wi

the logical name would be sue gordon, who was dan coates' number two.le that the president hasn't named her. he has said that he likes her but she's very much part of the intelligence establishment that the president has routinely criticized. >> and claims that they're not on his side, although this is not meant to be a political position. thanks very much. coming up this hour, as police investigate the dayton shooter's motive, we are now hearing from a bouncer from one of the bars there whose heroic actions may have saved dozens of lives. what that man says he saw in the shooter's eyes. that's next. can my side be firm? and my side super soft? with the sleep number 360 smart bed you can both... adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. so, can it help us fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. will it help me keep up with him? yup. so, you can really promise better sleep? not pro

he also said that when dan coats steps down later this month, that coats' deputy sue gordon could be considering as the acting director but sources have been telling us that in the white house they have begun searching for other possible names. so that could mean the president may need to fill the very top two intelligence positions in the country with new people. >> that is right. sue gordon a career professional, not a trump loyalist. thank you very much. >>> let's chat about this. pam, what are you hearing from your sources about the president's decision to pull ratcliff. it seems to me there is no way he did this because the media wasn't being fair. >> the media only brought to light what should have been brought up during the vetting process. and so in talking to sources in the wake of the decision, i'm hearing a lot of concern from folks about where was the vetting. we've known for weeks that coats would be replaced. the president had been talking about it and we reported it weeks ago and so they had plenty of time to vet and make sure that the republicans need they votes for w

robert: what does this signal to the intelligence community to have dan coates and sue gordon leave at the same time? pierre: some of the career professionals are obviously concerned b when i talked to my sources across the board, they say, look, we hobe ao do. politics are what they are but we have thrts from alaeda to the situation with iran to nort, ko we can't afford to take our eye off the ball so that is the good news that even though there's dion at the top, the career people in the field know they have to get it done. robert: who could the president nominate for d.n.i.? josh: pete hoekstra, ambassador for the netherlands, fred frye, bolton's old guy. there would be a lot of concern in the intelligence community about him. the president says he has six to 10 names and he'll be analyzing d.n.i. choices and interviewing them and claims that aer the rat -- ratcliff debac that he's asking officials what they think in advance. robert: does this mean that secretary of state pompeo isfi ly in control along with national security adviser bolton? you have gene haskell who is low profile.

authority to basically collect the call and phone records of americans now this is being echoed by dan coats he is the outgoing director of national intelligence and he is urging the renewal of the usa freedom act in his letter urging the renewal and he did acknowledge that the act was used the provision in the act allowing the phone records of americans to be collected that that was utilized and he basically urged congress to give the authority back to the n.s.a. out to renew their authority to engage in this program should they need to engage in it in the future of this is how damn coach put it in his letter as technology changes. and communications habits will continue to evolve and adapt. to these dynamic environments the administration supports reauthorization of this provision as well. now a letter was sent to the house judiciary committee by the u.s. civil liberties and privacy protection organizations that argued that the program actually represents a threat to americans freedoms they called for meaningful surveillance reforms and said that this puts the civil liberties of the u.s. p

as far as mr trump was concerned, on certain occasions dan coats did not back the president on issuesthe director of national intelligence contradicted the president and perhaps adjusted a hard—line approach than that of the white house. john ratcliffe on the other hand was seen by many as being a trump loyalist, and actually he had really come to the president attention in recent weeks because of his grilling of the former special counsel robert mueller during that congressional hearing in which he was quite aggressive against mr mueller, and mr trump felt he had done a good job, essentially of protecting the president. that led some people to be a little uncomfortable, that combined with the fact that some people felt he had padded his cv and suggested he has more experience as far as counterterrorism was concerned, finally led him to say he was not going to go ahead with this, because of some criticism that was emerging in the press. donald trump highlighting the role of the media in all this, criticising them for the way they treated him, but also talking about the fact that the m

dan coats steps down exactly a week from today.te house still hasn't said who will be the acting dni during that nomination process. dan coats' number two, sue gordon, would be the logical choice given her decades in the intelligence community and wide separate respect for her. the president recently said that he does like sue gordon but she is very much part of the intelligence establishment which the president has repeatedly criticized. >> all right, as you point out, the clock is ticking. thank you. >>> up next, living in fear. we speak with members of a latino community to find out how the shooting in el paso is now affecting their every day lives. >>> the hatred erupted here in el paso but the fear is being felt across the country. latinos who were already on edge, they're feeling an increased sense of dread after the carnage this weekend. their community no longer the target of just rhetoric but now of deadly violence. i have to say, this is something we have heard repeatedly from people here on the ground. they are scared. >

the director of national intelligence dan coats leaving in two weeks. the president has been critical of coats. for that matter, he's been critical of u.s. intelligence gathering agencies. there is already controversy over who might get that job next. phil mudd is back with us. as we said he's the former director of the national counterterrorism center. in his new book "black site" phil mudd describes the many changes that agency faces and we quote, "after a half-century of chasing the traditional targets of the post world war ii, the agency now hunted an adversary that had no government sponsor, no clear lines of control or organization chart, no well-defined capital or geographical center, a hazy chain of command and equally fuzzy linkages to affiliated groups across the globe." phil, i don't think it will give too much away to tell the audience you begin with a fire in an elevator shaft at cia, a tiny event in the scope of things. but that suffices for a kind of, you know, wake-up call. that was the wake-up call before 9/11. 9/11 arrives, you warn the