at least according to suzanne spaulding and harvey richelle wrote a recent piece for a lost their blog and which they explained quote how pulling works to weaken faith in the rule of law and our justice system so about how is putin and the evil russians are undermining our most sacred impure criminal justice system he said r t and sputnik were to me produce content that alleges corruption partisanship and fundamental unfairness of the justice system it seems that according to these experts the russian government is purposely trying to undermine american democracy by reporting on how americans are losing faith in american democracy what happened to educating informing letting people use their own minds to decide for themselves well that is what prominent trial lawyer my pap antonio does every week on his r.t. america show america's lawyer were exposed as the untold truth of corporate and environmental legal cases and at least according to spaulding in russia happened tony has hit show america's lawyer quote often weaves genuine concerns and buyable grievances in with misleading narrativ

. >> suzanne spaulding, with the center for strategic and international studies. you've talked about the challenges of legislative action in congress. i want to ask about the oversight function of congress. we all, in this room understand that intelligence activity reside with some tension in a democracy, with its imperative for transparency. and it does so, because we have effective oversight and public confidence of in the effectiveness of that oversight. and, i am wondering if you agree that has been severely challenged, certainly in the last year, maybe in the last couple of years, maybe longer. even extending to traditional support around fisa, and where you see this going, because, how can we restore public confidence in the integrity and effectiveness of the oversight of our intelligence activities and particularly, in the context of fisa renewal? >> thank you we will go down the row, last words. >> suzanne, thank you so much for underscoring the importance of oversight. because, in the national security arena, legislative efforts are only a part of what co

rapidly ending i'll give susan sma susan spaulding the last question -- and i'm sorry sir -- and next time we'll let each of you sum up in responding to the panel. suzanne. thank you. you might say who you are with. >> susan spaulding with the senate for strategic and international studies. you've talked about the challenges of legislative action in congress. and i want to ask about the oversight function of congress. we all in this room understand that intelligence activities reside with some tension in a democracy with its imperatives for transparency. and it does so because we have effective oversight and public confidence in the effectiveness of that oversight. and i'm wondering if you agree that that has been severely challenged certainly in the last year, maybe in the last couple of years, maybe longer. even extending to traditional support around fisa and where you see this going? because how can we restore public confidence in the integrity and effectiveness of the oversight of our intelligence activities in particular in the context of fisa renewel. >> i'll go down the row and last words. >> suzanne thank you so much for underscoring the import