as you say, connecticut when you're going to say, and former c i a director michael hayden became a national security analyst for c n n a. how much does this compromise what the public is told about war? what else? what that stake? well, it depends what you think the purpose functions that really is in times of war, in our military society. their function pretty much is to sell the public on the need for more weapons and the need to intervene in this country are media is ultimately controlled by major corporations like general electric ah, for a long time. and jo, many other conglomerates basically themselves recognize it consists of big business. and as i say, laurie's good business for the media and joe, for the administration, even when it's failing. so hoof sure. i'm answering your question. it's natural for them to hire these people. if they're messages to get propaganda out, who better to do it than these military or the she a people, if you want, endless war, which in effect, the wish has wanted. so this something, what happens right? what happens when citizens are only told the truth

out front now general michael hayden the former director of the cia. 2018 and also has aphasia which affects his ability to communicate. anyone watching, you know he is a longtime member of the cnn family. general, i am very grateful to you for speaking about this. i do want to ask you about your experience because i think you give inspiration and hope to so many. first, speaking about senator fetterman that he's not eating and is losing weight. doctors say about a third of people who suffer from strokes have some form of depression in the year afterwards. did you experience anything like that? >> no, not exactly. even today, even this week i am thinking about my head. i'm looking at it and saying, that does not work. it does not work ever again. i am feeling bad, that i have to say no. let's go and do something more. that's what i was doing. it is a problem, but i think i can do it. the senator has the same problem. it is hard, but i think it will be okay. >> how do you get through those moments, as you say when you look at your hand even today and yo

and out front now, general michael hayden, the former director of the cia and the national security agency november of 2018 and also has afashphasia now which affects h ability to communicate. the general of course, anyone watching you know him, long-time member of the cnn family, someone our viewers know well. and general, i'm very grateful to you for speaking about this. i do want to ask you about your experience because i think you give inspiration and hope to so many. first, though, as manu was just speaking about senator fetterman, reporting that he's not eating, that he is losing some weight, doctors do say that about a third of people who suffer from strokes have some form of depression in the year afterwards. did you experience anything like that? >> i didn't -- no, not exactly. but even today, even this week i'm thinking about my hand. you know, i'm looking at it and saying, wow, that doesn't work and it doesn't work ever again, and i'm feeling bad that i have to say no, let's go and do something more. and that's what i -- what i was doing. so it's a problem. but i think i can do

we're looking at people like james clapper and john men with man and michael hayden who have spent theu know, following up their lies about russian disinformation and about hunter biden's laptop being a russian plant which was a gift that they gave to president biden, then, you know, candidate biden in the last debate against donald trump when joe biden used that letter to say this was a russian plan, this is russian disinformation, it's not real. and that worked for him. it got him off the hook, and that was the entire with purpose of that letter. so it's just ridiculous now for james clapper to be trying and saying, oh, that's not what we meant. why kid he not say anything when it was all over the front pages of the newspapers that the laptop the was russian disinformation? why did he not speak up? he's now pretending, oh, he can't know. maria: yeah. >> he was on cnn, msnbc every single day just promoting that lie are. maria: right. john ratcliffe, former director of national intelligence, joined me this week on "mornings with maria," and he responded to clapper's now-cover up. watch

were looking at jon brennan anda michael hayden who spent the last two andnd half yearssi following upnformation. the hunter biden's laptop which was a gift they gaveca to t president thenhe candidate biden in the last debate against donald trump when joe biden used that letter to say this was a russian plants, this is a russian disinformation. it is not real and that works for him it got him off the hooko and that was the entire purpose of that letter. so it is just ridiculous now for james to be trying and say that's not what we meant.ll why did he not say anything when it's all over the front pages of all the newspapers the laptop was russian disinformation? wh oy did he not speak up?. now is pretending he did not know. he>> was on cnn and msnbc every single day promoting that light. >> infect on iraq of the former director of national intelligence join me this weekme on foxbusiness mornings with maria and he responded to the. now cover up, watch this. >> is 51 intelligence officials. knew precisely what they wereiv doing. they were part of a narrative t mislead the american people

, 50 former intelligence officers including former cia directors, john brennan, michael more rel, leon panetta, mike haydense has all the earmarks of a russian information campaign. twitter and facebook throttled users from sharing stories about it. with republicans in control of the house. they will investigate this and classified documents found at the former president's home. >> major coincidence that the documents pertained to china and they pertained to ukraine. which were the key business areas that hunter was involved in. i think we still have a lot to learn there. certainly doesn't look good. >> republicans are promising hearings on these issues. back to you. neil: rich edson, thank you very much for that. want to go to ronald chapman right now, federal attorney, knows legal angles far better than i to see where this is going. republicans obviously want to extend, carry through on the investigation of hunter biden. look at any ties to fist heart. where is this -- his father. where is this, ron? >> the investigation is sitting with the u.s. attorney david weiss who is out of delaware. david weiss wa

50 former intelligence officers, including former cia directors john brennan, michael morell, leon panetta and mike haydenays the laptop release has all the classic earmarks of a russian information campaign. twitter and facebook throttled stories shared about it and democrats cast doubts. >> five former head of the cia both parties saying what he is say something a bunch of garbage. >> house republicans say they plan to investigate hunter biden's business conduct and the tech companies that blocked users from sharing reports on his laptop. >> the investigation is here. the uniqueness is you will have republicans and democrats and we will get to the above all of that. >> the justice department is also investigating hunter's business conduct. the white house referred questions about this to hunter biden's attorneys. gillian? >> gillian: rich, we will have more in just a moment coming up with andy mccarthy and the panel. meanwhile, top senators on the intelligence committee have sent a second letter to the biden administration requesting information about classified documents found at the homes of president

also, this is a far better event than the hayden center event that was held back in december with some very unserious people, including a brief appearance by michaelgainst julian assange is primarily composed of a conspiracy theory that comes from the central intelligence agency. in april 2017, as we've been hearing, in the first speech from cia director mike pompeo, he not only labeled wikileaks a nonstate hostile intelligence service, but he also asserted wikileaks directed chelsea manning in her theft of specific secret information. part of my book, guilty of journalism: the political case against julian assange, focuses on unraveling this conspiracy theory. manning was not directed by wikileaks to make submissions. she tried to share documents with the new york times and the washington post. she maintains wikileaks was a last resort because the prestige media in the u.s. failed her. thanks to the work of yahoo news reporters, we now know that the label pompeo affixed to wikileaks stemmed from cia policy. the cia did not want to brief congress or have president donald trump looped into their plans to target wikileaks with a disruption campaign.