we have james clapper on the line. he's a national security analyst and former director of national intelligence. mr. clapper, you are apparently now on a list according to the white house. they would like to revoke your security clearance. how do you feel about that? >> well, it's interesting news. i'm reading it and learning about it just as you are. i think it's off the top of my head a sad commentary. for political reasons this is a petty way of retribution, i suppose for speaking out against the president which i think on the part of all of us, are borne out of genuine concerns about president trump. >> sarah huckabee sanders, one of the words she used, she referred to you all as politicizing and that you've monetized, essentially, your security clearance by you along with a number of other folks on the screen come on tv, paid contributor, with the security clearance to say how you feel about the president, and they don't like it, apparently. >> well, the security clearance has nothing to do with how i or any of u

former director of national intelligence james clapper. former cia director michael hayden. former national security adviser susan rice. former fbi director jim comey. and former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe. >> the president is exploring the mechanisms to remove security clearance because they've politicized and in some cases monetized their public service and security clearances. making baseless accusations of improper contact with russia or being influenced by russia against the president is extremely inappropriate. and the fact that people with security clearances are making these baseless charges are making inappropriate legitimacy to accusations with zero evidence. >> baseless accusations against russia. i'm going to remind you that current dni director dan coats says it's like a blinking red light ahead of what happened in 9/11. the warnings that a cyberattack could be future again. i want to take a minute and think about what sarah sanders just said. she called out those officials for using their public service for political purposes and for monetary gain. no, t

john brennan, james comey and you can see michael hayden and james clapper and susan rice and andrew mccabe. that could be for starters. it's already start add firestorm in washington today. welcome. i'm neil cavuto, this is "your world." security clearance revoke not yet but for those six former obama administration ofs,

that brings us to the well-known leaker and liar himself, james clapper.he former director of national intelligence, widely believed to have leaked details of the infamous dossier to cnn. where he is now employed. fake news. and yet cnn cannot imagine why such an honorable person like him would lose his security clearance. let's take a look. >> cnn national security analysts jim clapper, and given the attack on him, i want to walk you through his ample nonpartisan resume, director of national intelligence during the obama administration, and director of the intelligence agency under president bush and bill clinton. joining the air force in 1963. serving torque curve two tours of combat. two defense distinguished metals for national intelligence. >> sean: okay, it was james clapper who issued a directive that said, in case you want to do some real research of news on your station, when it is determined that access to classified information is no longer required, the department or agency shall terminate such access and debrief the individual. oh, that is jam

james clapper three people who have shown to be vehemently anti-trump that vladimir putin personally made sure they meddled in the election and he was personally responds cybil for it and the term is the president reluctantly agreed grudgingly convinced that putin ordered the interference. ainsley: the president has called out numerous times vladimir putin for meddling nut election and, russia, listen to this. >> as far as hacking i think it was russia. we also get hacked by other countries and other people. and i can say that you know, when we lost 22 million names and everything else that was hacked recently, they didn't make a big deal out of that. that was something that was extraordinary. that was probably china we have much hacking going on. i think it was russia and could have been other people and other countries, could have been a lot of the people interfered. i think it was russia. but i think it was probably other people and/or

former acting director of the fbi andrew mccabe, and former director of national intelligence james clapper. a former senior intelligence officially spoke to today following the white house threat called today's announcement a watershed moment of the trump presidency and said, quote, if we have come to a point when we use the stripping of security clearances to deny free speech, we have crossed an american line and people need to act. he also said of the individuals named by the white house today who he knows well, quote, the danger here is that while traditionally former directors have not entered the political debate, they have been called nazis by this president and these guys feel there is a need to protect the community because trump has crossed lines that create danger. this former official added, quote, the standard for stripping clearances is the disclosure of classified information and none of these individuals have disclosed classified information. they're doing no more than exercising their first amendment right to criticize a sitting

the most important thing he said is that the republic in his words isn't going to collapse if james clapper isn't -- doesn't have the security clearance. he went on to say the most important thing, which is this isn't about clapper or hayden or comey. this is about free speech and your ability as a citizen -- forget as a former intelligence official. as a citizen to speak your mind. the thing to remember, there's no allegation of wrongdoing as far as i can tell by the trump administration directed at these six people. they are not saying they leaked classified information, they're using their access to classified information to get that out in the public. they're saying they are critical of the president and they are saying that there's ties to russia and donald trump doesn't like that, therefore, they're going to revoke the security clearance. doesn't mean they can't speak publically. why? i think it's meant to chill free speech. that, i think, director clapper nailed. that's the most important thing. whether it's a distraction from russia or not, chilling free speech is something we need

i'll speak with james clapper and our correspondents and specialists standing by with full coverage. let's begin at the white house. correspondent kaitlan collins is standing by. kaitlan, an extraordinary and unprecedented threat from the white house and doesn't seem grounded in reality. >> reporter: wolf, extraordinary is a good way to put it. unheard that the white house is making this request targeting the former national security and intelligence officials, most who worked in the obama administration and they made it quite clear today, wolf, why exactly they're going after these people specifically. sarah sanders asked at the briefing today of a request by senator rand paul of kentucky, republican senator, i should note, publicly called on president trump to revoke john brennan's security clearance. when asked if the president would consider that, she surprised the room announcing not only considering getting rid of that and stripping him of that but five other officials, as well. this is what sarah sanders had to say. >> making baseless accusations of improper contact with russi

oh, that is james clapper's signature. he signed that in 2013, amazing piece of information.t was clapper who was at the center of the obama administration's effort to scrub the clearance list in order to avoid leaking. but of course, no media meltdown over that action. and as we stated, it was james clapper who likely lead to the classified information to the media to rig the election years after he authored and signed that memo. on authorized disclosures, he said, classified information including leaks of classified information to the media ined order of vital intelligence sources and methods, and international relationships required to equip the government, elements to prevent unauthorized disclosures. it is clear that people like clapper and brennan and other sycophants should in no way none of them have any access to our government secrets. as a matter of fact, we ought to -- and they ought to all be under investigation, because their bias is so abusive clouding their judgment, that they are the ones that stomped on the rights of the american people.cl they are the ones

so listen to him lashing out tonight at the former director of national intelligence, james clapper. >> i have no confidence in clapper. clapper wrote me a beautiful letter when i first went to office. and it was really nice. then all of a sudden he's gone hay wire. they got to him and they probably got him to say things maybe he doesn't even mean. >> and cnn national security analyst james clapper joins us now on the phone. i really appreciate you kicking off the broadcast. here's the reality. the president is speaking more critically about you, a patriot, than he is about vladimir putin. what does that say about president trump? >> well, that's a great question, don. i know john brennan would say the same thing. this is about the country. it is another illustration of the president's insistence that shooting the messengers, particularly those a don't genuflect at the altar of donald trump. >> i want to talk to you about "the new york times." it has a lengthy article out about what happened at the briefing that you, when you were then cia director, and mike rodgers, james comey, gave

you could argue that some of the people on this list, including james clapper, are not very sympathetic characters, especially among lawmakers. remember, lawmakers were critical of clapper's testimony a few years ago, when it came to the nsa. but that's not what's going on here. if the president was really correspond about that, he would have perhaps talked about this before. the issue here is really the russia investigation. and the way in which -- and trump's dealings with russia. remember, just last week, you had a variety of different voices from the intelligence community and really across the political spectrum critical of the way in which the president handled that meeting. and we know the president is very insecure about the russia investigation in totality. and so the idea that he would revoke these cleerarances or wa to revoke these clearances now, it's hard to see how that's anything but political. >> let's listen to how republican congressman, scott taylor, sees this. >> no, i'm not okay with it. i'm not okay with it at all. it's free sfeepeech. so if something -- i'm troubl

nuclear crisis several years ago because you hear a lot about the egyptian and the world as it is in james clapper and of course i have to read trumps america. james patterson is one of my favorite authors and then i finished bill clinton's book the day it came out. so i read everything even including light romance. teddy? >> so in the >> this practice is called changing cartoon policy about the ways not just like filing lawsuits are pushing for policy reform is a hard edge advocacy techniques that how do you change minds? it takes just as much strategy and thought to change social norms as it does the other things and to give a flavor i will share some social media tactics how they think of changing hearts and minds and i can think of no one better because with tobacco control they are up against a powerful industry also against a powerful social norm so they had have equally powerful messages so we will view the slide from the truman initiative which is the anti- smoking initiative. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you. what do you notice about that ad? it's funny. what else? it doesn't tell you not to smoke nobo

james clapper. susan rice, president obama's national security adviser for a time. there's a couple of others on the list as well. is it possible -- is it possible to characterize this as anything other than, you know, kind of a brush-back by the white house or is there more than revenge at work here? >> well, i don't think it's any position to speculate on whether it was appropriate or whether it amounted to retaliation. but what i can tell you in a factual way is that i cannot remember a time when former senior intelligence officials have been so open in public about their political views that relate to ongoing investigations. in this case, the russia case. the group that was mentioned by sarah sanders at the podium, the one that is kind of not like the others or doesn't fit is susan rice. susan rice has not really been leaning forward in the same way the others have in terms of television appearances or the messages in which she's communicated her political views on developments on twitter. it's important to note that it was after helsinki that the former cia dir

. >> national security analyst james clapper joins me on the phone. director, we really appreciate you joining us and kicking off our broadcast. here is the reality. the president is speaking more critically about you, a patriot, than he has ever about vladimir putin. what does that say about president trump? >> well, that's a great question, don. not to blow smoke on myself, michael hayden and john brennan said the same thing. this is another instance of trump's shooting the messengers, particularly those that don't genuflect at the altar of donald trump. >> "the new york times" has a lengthy article on what happened at the briefing when you, mike rogers, james comey, gave the president that briefing that you gave in january of 2016, presenting evidence of putin's involvement in hacking. "the times" says it included information including from a source so sensitive it couldn't even be put in the presidential daily briefing for obama, that it had to be given to him in a white sealed envelope. so president trump has known about this long before this rec

if you look at the twitter feed of john brennan, james clapper, susan rice, they are not just talkingbout disagreements in terms of foreign policy. they are talking about why aren't republican speaking out? susan rice is tweeting about getting out the vote against republicans. james comey saying if you want to save america, you have to vote for democrats in the fall. there's a question about whether people who want to engage in those kinds of politics should have access to top-secret information at the highest levels of the government when they may not be getting briefed by the administration but they could still be talking to people inside those agencies and getting information to further their political -- >> juan: the point here is they have credibility and people might listen to them. >> katie: james clapper has credibility? >> jesse: lied to the american public repeatedly. >> juan: i am telling you i think trump wants to undermine the entire intelligence community. >> jesse: they did that to themselves. the media anointing a new front runner to take on president trump in 2020. as

director james clapper, we really appreciate your expertise on this and you sharing your perspective with us this morning. >> thanks, alisyn. >> i would resign in a heart beat the former director of national intelligence james clapper says what his reaction would be to that statement from the president yesterday side by side with vladimir putin. that is something. joining us now cnn political analyst david gregory and max. max, you where overnight we just watched the u.s. president acting on behalf of a hostile power, you say we are past the point when the president's comments can be chalked up to naivetÉ. >> for a while his defenders have been saying he doesn't want to tarnish his election victory, his pride, his ego. we are in dangerous and uncharted territory, john. that will not wash anymore. if you think of this in terms of the president's political advantage, he needs to make clear that he is not colluding with putin and the way to make that clear is to challenge putin on the world stage. so it's in his own, political self interest to be tougher on putin. but he refuses to do i

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very hard to have confidence in that group. >> joining me by phone retired lieutenant general james clapperdirector clapper, the president saying they have gotten to you since you wrote that gorgeous, beautiful letter to him. has anyone gotten to you? >> no, absolutely not, anderson. i mean everything i say, and everything i said, i mean. >> the 2017 assessment that the president says he now agrees with, that was done while you and then nci director john brennan were still in office. how can we reconcile the president attacking you, but apparently after a very long time finally, allegedly -- or saying he allegedly agrees with the product of the intelligence community that you, yourself oversaw? >> well, this is -- as we've come to know the president, he is not a stalwart for a consistency or coherence. so it's very hard to explain that. one point i'd like to make, anderson, that i don't think has come up very much before, and i'm alluding now to the president's criticism of president obama for all that he did or didn't do before he left office with respect to the russian meddling. if it wer

but the lack of any reaction to threats from russia. >> all right, james clapper.reat to have you with us this morning. thanks for helping us work through some of these statements we've heard just over the last few hours. appreciate it, sir. >> thanks, john. >> john, there was this deadly hostage standoff at a trader joe's. we have all of the latest for you on what happened here. (thomas) nice choices! you see, now verizon lets you mix and match your family unlimited plans like you mix and match your flavors. so you get what you want, without paying for things you don't. number 6. i know. where do i put it? in my belly. (vo) one family. different unlimited plans. starting at $40 per line on the network you deserve. who would have guessed? an energy company helping cars emit less. making cars lighter, it's a good place to start, advanced oils for those hard-working parts. fuels that go further so drivers pump less. improving efficiency is what we do best. energy lives here. ♪ improving efficiency is what we do best. ♪ let your perfect drive come together at the linc

james clapper, the former director of national intelligence, was at the meeting and seemed to confirmhe report. >> this is his refusal to accept information that he doesn't want to hear. >> clapper says his biggest fear in the wake of president trump's summit performance is it essentially allows putin to do just about anything he wants. >> after days of criticism and repeated clarification, president trump now says he holds vladimir putin personally responsible for russia's attempts to interfere in the 2016 elections. >> you haven't condemned putin specifically. do you hold him personal responsible? >> well, i would because he is in charge of the country just like i'm responsible for what happen in this country. certainly you have to hold him responsible. yes. >> what did you say to him? >> very strong on the fact that we cannot have meddling. i let him know we captan't have this. we will not have it. that's the way it will be. >> the president now accepts u.s. assessments of russia interfered and continues to do so. that is something he did not say standing next to putin in helsinki

james clapper who lied to the senate. yet they were collecting all of our information and housing it in utah. john brennan has now -- let me finish. john brennan accused the president of treason. this is john brennan who voted for the communist party as a young man. now thinks he's holy than anybody else and collected the americans information and the people -- >> all right. >> i'm concerned used the bias against president trump and absolutely with the president on this. the intelligence community was full of biassed people including peter strzok, mccabe and dozens of others. >> and so, and so what about mike pompeo and dan coats? who both say there is no doubt that russia interfered, attacked the united states during the presidential election? >> right. >> did they vote for communists when they were young? >> what i would say is i don't think anybody doubts that the russians got involved with leaking e-mail and hacking into e-mail. but there is a question of whether or not the election was legitimate and all of this is a

well the dni, then james clapper, was reluctant to do this. tom is going to i think give you a pretty good idea why he was reluctant to do this. so they put out 40 documents here and 50 documents here. some of them included interesting material. some of them were sort of silly things. and the entire time the argument from the obama administration was, there is nothing to see here. there is really nothing to see here. nobody's interested in this. it doesn't tell us anything. and oh, by the way al qaeda is on the run or al qaeda is decimated. we don't have to worry about them anymore. the more we talked to our sources the more we understood just how wrong that was. and when you hear people today say there was no scandal in the obama administration, first of all i could list about 10 others, this is the biggest one in my estimation. they hid this body of documentation about al qaeda, what it was up to, about overlap with state networks, about the ways in which it adapted adjusted to the war as we took the fight to al qaeda, they with held it from

bush, i don't go back for classified briefings, won't have any affect on what i say or write, james clapper said this on cnn. >> a very petty thing to do and that is all i will say about it. >> having a security clearance doesn't automatically give officials access to information. instead they are all on a need to know basis. >> conservative watchdog group judicial watch suing the cia for communications between john brennan and former top senate democrat harry reid. did brennan feed a reread information about alleged russian collusion with the trump campaign so read would push that narrative during the 2016 campaign? the director of investigations and research at judicial watch joins us live. you officially filed this lawsuit. walk people through what happened. briefed a lot an of folks including harry reid. two days later he includes this to comey, the evidence of direct connection between the russian government and donald trump's presidential campaign continues to mount, the american people deserve to have a full understanding of the fact with a completed investigation before they vote th

that sort so if russia did indeed carry out election fraud on behalf of donald trump why would james clapper and john brennan and the intelligence community say that they didn't do that are fifty five percent of democrats actually convinced that the cia is covering up for russia that's quite a conspiracy theory we decided to ask new yorkers about it do you think that russia changed the voting results in the last election no no not at all ok and fifty five percent of democrats apparently believe that why media that's why. propaganda fake news trump says it best they're delusional misinformed or they have their own agenda beyond that something else do you think that russia changed the voting results in the last election s. can you tell us now well i'm sure through technology they were able to somehow finagle possibly i think so i've heard that a lawyer so. yeah maybe but i don't know that they found. one story that he keep bringing up and attack president trump and i think they're going to try to milk as much as they can but. i personally don't see any evidence of fresh millionaire elections i

that sort so if russia did indeed carry out election fraud on behalf of donald trump why would james clapper and john brennan and the intelligence community say that they didn't do that are fifty five percent of democrats actually convinced that the cia is covering up for russia that's quite a conspiracy theory we decided to ask new yorkers about it do you think that russia changed the voting results in the last election no no not at all ok and fifty five percent of democrats apparently believe that why media that's why. propaganda fake news trump says it best they're delusional misinformed or they have their own agenda beyond that something else do you think that russia changed the voting results in the last election yes can you tell us now well i'm sure through technology they were able to somehow finagle possibly i think so i've heard that a lawyer. yeah maybe but i don't know that they found. one story that you keep bringing up and attack president trump and i think they're going to try to milk as much as they can. i personally don't see any evidence of fresh million or elections i live

james clapper who saw on the intelligence the russian attack on the u.s. election saying after he watched the helsinki press conference, i really do wonder if the russians have something. a guy that by the way he saw the intelligence for a year. after the press conference, he says i really do wonder if they do have something. >> i think it is a pivotal spoemt for people. trump who is so obsessed with the idea of strength at there on a teenage as a president of russia, and trump essentially made clear that he is the junior partner in that relationship. criticizing his own government and doing everything he could to pump up supt. even seasoned sbjs official vs. to ask themselves is trump compromised by sha? >> i just, we need to emphasize how surreal this is. that there is serious, sober minded people that are openly wondering whether or not the president of the united states is compromised by russia. it is not fringe any more. it is something that responsible people are saying. it is extraordinary image that you will see resonate. it is earerie, and it is c

worried about well it could be the twenty sixteen presidential elections let's not forget that james clapper the former director of national intelligence said that in the twenty sixteen supposed intervention none of the vote tallies were in any way affected they did not change any kelley's or anything of that sort we had no we have no way of gauging. the impact that sort of the intelligence committee can't gauge the impact it had on the choices you looked through me furthermore it's not exactly clear who russia is supposedly going to be supporting now the democrats say that russia is going to be supporting donald trump but trump says that the pending kremlin subversion will be in support of the democrats why would he say that well because it makes just as what sense is with the democrats it was true everybody wants to blame another country for the problem you know the reason why thirty million americans don't have health care has nothing to do with russia that has everything to do with the enemies of america which by the way are in america acts on the military industrial complex these are th

james clapper talking to cnn this morning was worried about something that has happened before and that is the president has shared classified information with the russians, information that he wasn't supposed to share which really affects us when that happens. when people don't trust that the president can control classified information, that is a problem. >> do you have fear that president trump might have even inadvertently shared that with vladimir putin. >> well, yes. there is no telling what may have been exposed either at that meeting in helsinki or in their earlier encounters. yes, that makes me very nervous. >> jeremy when the president revealed classified information at the white house, this is a big problem. >> yeah, i don't know yet whether this was malpractice or malfeesance. we don't know what he talked about. i was in the room today with dni coats when andrea had interviewed him and told him live on camera that another putin summit was in the offing and invited putin to washington in the fall. when she told that to dni coats, you could hear an audible gasp in the room and

worried about well it could be the twenty sixteen presidential elections let's not forget that james clapper the former director of national intelligence said that in the twenty sixteen supposed intervention none of the vote tallies were in any way affected they did not change any votes kelley's or anything of that sort we had no we have no way of gauging. the impact that sort of the intelligence community can't gauge the impact it had on the choices you looked through me furthermore it's not exactly clear who russia is supposedly going to be supporting now the democrats say that russia is going to be supporting donald trump but trump says that the pending kremlin subversion will be in support of the democrats why would he say that well because it makes just as much sense as with the democrats it was true everybody wants to blame another country for the problem you know the reason why thirty million americans don't have health care is nothing to do with russia that has everything to do with the enemies of america which by the way are in america acts on the military industrial complex these a

revoking the security clearances of former national security officials including john brennan, james clapper, james comey, susan rice, andrew mccabe and michael hayden. we should note that comey and mccabe don't even have their clearances anymore and that threat is kind of meaningless. i want to talk about this with cnn's josh campbell, a former house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers also a special agent at the fbi and, mr. chairman, you have the clearance security. you don't, josh. you left the agency. chairman rogers, what do you think about the president threatening to revoke the security clearance for criticizing him? >> petty and below the stature of the office of the president of the united states. even to weigh into this. it's with courtesy and kous tom they keep the clearances for the purpose of trying to gather up quarterly or biannually to be able to express in an open way very classified information that may be perplexing the director of fill in the blank agency so that's why they do that. to me that makes sense to continue to do that. that said, i will say one thing. i

james clapper can't walk into cia today, say, hand me these following files.has the secret clearance, if pompeo said, i want you to look at this, he still has clearance to be seen, they can't do it demand to see things, because of their clearance get them, it just means if they are called upon to view them. >> everyone that special goggles, chris stirewalt thank you so much. >> thank you. kennedy: another sign, doj released 400 pages o fisa documents with carter page, president tweeted, we find out is was unverified and fake dirty dossier paid for by croo crooked hillary clinton. -- critics point out even though documents did not specify it came from dlin dli clinton clin, they said that firm that hire the steel was politically motivated. should we wait until we have more much in. panel is here to discuss joining me town lawal.com editor. katy pavlich with reason.com associate, robby. and a columnist at federalist. welcome you to. >> hello. kennedy: katy, with you. president and his supporters say this is vindication because steel dossier was used when fed sub

i'm going to talk about this now with james clapper.e's the former director of national intelligence and he joins us now via the phone. thank you so much for joining us. you doing okay? >> i'm doing great. thanks don. >> the president's national security advisor announced the delay for this potential visit to washington by the president. here's what he said. he said the president believes the next bilateral meeting with president putin should take place after the russia witch hunt is over so we've agreed it will be after the first of the year. do you think the vocal backlash to the helsinki summit is what led to that? >> i think it probably had something to do with it. i was wondering whether in lieglight of the fact in my perspective, putin had the upper hand here and is the alpha dog in this relationship. i just wonder whether russians were playing hard to get a bit and couldn't pin the russians down on a time that soon afterthe helsinki summit and for all those reasons, perhaps, is why they put it off. i don't know. that thought occu

brenon, haden, and james clapper. my foe, former fbi director james comey and andrew mccabe.nd former national security add havadviser susan rice, they have all been highly critical of the president, which is fine, they have every right. but why do they still have clearance. brennan called president trump's visit with vladimir putin treasonnist. and critics say that administration's threats are counterproductive, including house speaker paul ryan. and bo bob corker. >> i think he is trolling peop people. this is in the purview of the executive branch. >> that happens in venezuela, where i just was. you don't do, that i can't believe they allowed it to be aired. to be honest. it is a banana republic thing. kennedy: what did adam schiff and nancy pelosi have a baby and name it bob corker? this not venezuela, with all due respect, we're debating about it. and lawyer speaker, the president buzz to the bluff. and political analyst say he does have the right to evoke security clearance for whoever he wants to no longer have it, great sentence. is trump playing hardball? or empty th

james clapper called the move a potential abuse of the system. >> i've never seen anything like it. i was amazed. i was taken aback to say the least. >> reporter: michael hayden tweeted revocation of his clearance will not have any effect on what i say or write. >> security clearances are renewed every five years. >>> to members of the trumpet ministration --two while meeting with australian counterparts at the university's hoover institution. inside things were much more cordial and a news conference this morning, mike pompeo called the relationship between the u.s. and australia rocksolid. >> the united states and australia know we can count on each other constantly even if challenges present themselves in great competition and security. >>> the trump administration is sending aid packageso farmer teary ba mporar will be aounced sognsiat trade tensions will not end anytime soon. >>> estate lawmaker in georgia is refusing to resign after an appearance on a satirical tv show where he uses the and word -- the and word -- n word. it was actually sasha baron cohen that he exposes his b

. >> james clapper, james clapper lied to the american people about surveilling them.o his own fbi, lack of candor. john brennan accusing the president of the united states of treason of the point of a point of a point where people are not seen responsible enough by american people ultimately to have the security clearances president is saying. no more. charles: i think ultimately, if it does happen, robin they will seen more sympathetic light amongst viewers. probably won't hurt ratings. we'll see. gentlemen, thank you both. liz next. lou: good evening everybody, top stories, department of justice, fbi have confirmed most of us pleased for the past year and more, political corruption in the highest levels of obama fbi and department of justice permitted creation of the special counsel, the endless so-called investigation of the trump campaign and administration in what has become a futile effort to prove what never existed, collusion with the russians in case you have forgotten the original idea of it all. all of what we thought we knew we now know for sure. all

james clapper said this on cnn. listen. >> i think this is just a very, very petty, petty thing to do. that's about all i will say about it. >> for the record, having a security clearance doesn't automatically give former officials accessed information information. instead, they are all on a need-to-know basis. shannon. >> shannon: all right, trace, thank you for the round up. conservative watchdog group judicial watch pursuing the caa for communication between former cia director john brennan then former top center democrat harry reid. did brennan feed harry reid information about alleged russian collision with the trump campaign so that harry reid publicly pushed narrative durin6 campaign? chris farrell as director of investigations and research of judicial watch entrances live. great to have you with us. so you have officially filed a lawsuit. let's walk people through what happened. in august, brennan briefed folks, including harry reid. two days later, harry reid writes a letter and says this. "the evidence of

former cia directors john brennan, michael hayden, james clapper and former national security adviser susan rice as well as former fbi officials james comey and andrew mccabe. the problem, as you can see on that list, two of the people, james comey and andrew mccabe, don't have security clearances anymore. what we hear from sources is that this is going to be something that president trump is not in any way hurry to actually resolve. he may not even do this at all or any time soon. in part because this is about having the conversation, making this about former obama administration officials and ways of getting at what he calls the deep state. some people are taking it very seriously. listen to what james clapper, one of the individuals on that list, said about what this means if president trump is considering it. >> i think this is real abuse of the clearance system just to use it to attack political opponents or people that have been critical of the president. it has all kinds of first amendment implications, which are deeply disturbing. >> a lot of these former officials say that th

james clapper purgered himself.he biggest lies of the head of intelligences have committed in recent times. he said we're not collecting all this information on every american -- >> but senator, dan coats is acknowledging that much, that the russians were involved. do you think the russians were trying to screw around in the election? >> yeah, i think the people we've indicted in all likelihood that were people that were meddling somehow in the election. i would put it in perspective. we've gone a little deranged as far as over the time on this thing. dove lavigne looked at this from the carnegie melon university and looked between 1946 and 2000 and he said there were 81 instances of the u.s. meddling in election and 36 of russians meddling in elections. none of it makes it right. i've seen repeatedly that countries that can spy do and countries that can meddle do. all of them do on both sides of it. so we should do is try to protect the integrity of our election, make sure our is protected. the other thing to menti

james clapper is joining us on the phone.ant to get your reaction, i'll play the clip once again for you and then we'll discuss. >> do you think any u.s. intelligence agencies are out to get you? >> well, certainly in the past it's been terrible. you look at brennan, you look at clapper, you look at hayden, you look at comey, you look at mccabe, you look at strzok, and his lover lisa page, you look at others in the fbi that have been fired or are no longer there. i certainly can't have any confidence in the past, but i can have a lot of kchsz in the present and the future, because it's getting now where we're putting our people in. i have no confidence in a guy like brennan, i think he's a total low life. i have no confidence in clapper. you know, clapper wrote me a beautiful letter when i went into office, and when i first got into office and they got him to say maybe things that he didn't even mean. i have no confidence in past people. take a look at what's happened and all the shenanigans that have gone on. very hard to ha

james clapper said even then when shown all the evidence the president didn't want to believe it. >> but i do think there was skepticism from the get go, from that day to this day that indicated that anything that attacked the legitimacy or questioned the legitimacy of president trump's election he couldn't get his head around. >> took us 18 months for him to say putin was involved. even there putin was involved because he is the leader of russia in a statement i'm leader of america. it's not really any kind of claim of real spotlight by putin. the intelligence is much different and much more specific. actually putin was highly involved, knew about it, condoned it, promoted it. trump is really not, you know, not making the argument the rest of us see. at this point the question is not just what is our russia policy, what is the u.s. government's russia policy that christopher wray and dan coats' or donald trump's. i don't know which one it is. >> can you imagine if every day you have to stan up i know my boss said this but i'm going to do that. he's the president of the united states