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opinion that the c.i.a.'s use of torture, such as waterboarding, was not prohibited by the convention against torture so long as it was done overseas. that memo also concluded the constitutional prohibitions against cruel, usual, and inhumane treatment of punishment or punishments did not apply. the fourth memo, written on jult the continued use of six enhanced interrogation techniques by the c.i.a., including forced nudity, extended sleep deprivation, did not violate the detainee treatment act or the war crimes act of the geneva convention. by writing these four memos, bradbury not only proil the feeble foundation -- provided the feeble foundation upon which the c.i.a. violated well-established law and military doctrine, he also endangered united states troops, as the senator from illinois has pointed out, betrayed our country's values, and compromised our standing as a world leader. the tactics used by the c.i.a. were not only more brutal than was known, they also didn't produce actionable intelligence. we
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frankly, i'll never forgive the c.i.a. for what they did. brian: go back to -- comparison on something. we know a lot about your torture. what has been harder for you? living through the torture or living through the cancer? senator mccain: well, living through cancer is a challenge that i have. living through torture is you never know what's going to happen the next morning. whether they are going to come around and open your cell door and say come on out. at least with this fight that i'm in, i know the enemy and i know what we have to do. and know that we take the consequences. let me also say, brian, that i have had -- we're now talking about 50 years. i am the most fortunate person of all the thousands that you have interviewed that you will ever know. i have had the best and full life that anybody could possibly have. so i look at this challenge as -- with joy, with happiness, and with gratitude. gratitude that i have had the opportunity to serve this country a little bit. brian: have you noticed any change in the way people are approac
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so for them to get this kind of intelligence was pretty significant. >> narrator: exactly what the c.i.ad is classified, but to brennan it was a game-changer. >> it was something that was, i think, worrying to all of us, particularly since we didn't know the extent of what it is that the russians were engaged in. and we didn't know how far they would go to really threaten the integrity of the election. >> narrator: the information was dispatched from c.i.a. headquarters to the offices of the director of national intelligence, james clapper. >> i reacted viscerally when i understood the magnitude of what they were doing, and that it was in fact orchestrated at the highest levels of the russian government, meaning putin himself. i've seen a lot of bad stuff in my 50-plus years in intelligence. that really shook me. >> narrator: with clapper on board, brennan delivered the details to the president in person. >> obama's senior-most officials have told us that he was taken aback by this, that the president was alarmed, as well. >> narrator: at the white house, some wanted the president to sou
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then the president would nominate arkansas senator tom cotton to be the next c.i.a. director. the president thinks pompeo is doing a terrific job at the c.i.a., knows the world well and has a tremendous respect for senator tom cotton who has been faithful to the president on most occasions, a couple of occasions where they parted ways. for the most part senator cotton has been supporting the president. potential second scenario being talked about. i say being talked about. i'm told it is far less likely than the first one, would be to move nikki haley from her post as the u.n. ambassador over to the state department and elevate dena powell who is a real power player at the national security counsel to the united nations and make her the u.n. ambassador and i'm told one of the things that is being talked about is that ivanka trump could potentially be appointed a special envoy for women at the united nations, sources say she really wants to get back to new york city and the president would really like to find a prominent role for her. now, all of this being said, rex tillerson c
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arkansas senator tom cotton would lead the c.i.a. the president would not comment. impossible changing of the nation's top diplomat come amidst increasing tension with north korea. we are seeing yesterday's icbm that type of missile could reach anywhere in the united states. jonathan: well, the house's top republican and democrat are calling now for john conyers to resign his position after he was accused of making unwanted sexual advances against a female staffer. he denies it but agrees to a financial settlement. >> zero tolerances mean consequences for everyone no matter how great the legacy. >> i think he should re-sign and immediately. i have been briefed on the torrent of the allegations and i think he should. jonathan: in the meantime, a fifth woman accused democratic senator al franken of harassment saying that he groped her in a 2003 u.s.o. tour. and joe barton of texas says he will not seek re-election after he was accused of circulating a sexually explicit photo. nancy: the holiday season arrived outside the white house. >> four, three, to [applause] nanc
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i commend the c.i.a. director, our former colleague here in the house, mike pompeo, who has hit the ground running as new c.i.a. director and made the bold decision to take these 470,000 documents and release them for the american public and for the world to see. they shouldn't have been hidden in the first place. they shouldn't have been hidden for so long now and now we can know the truth of the relationship that absolutely existed between iran and al qaeda. i encourage my colleagues to view these documents. i encourage the media to view these documents, for the american public and the international community and i thank, again, the administration for their leadership in this very important decision. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from wisconsin, ms. moore, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise today to decry a provision in this tax bill that would amount to shocking tax increases of thousands of dollars for struggling graduate students by reclassifying their
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there are reports that tom cotton would take the lead at the c.i.a. trump said the secretary of state is working today while the administration confronts the delegate situations across the world. jonathan: one of the nations is north korea. tonight we are getting our first look at the isolated nation first missile launch in two months. kim jong un and the military leaders watching the icbm launch. experts say this particular type of missile is capable of reaching anywhere in the united states. michelle: the tampa serial killer appears in court and the reward money is delivered up next. jonathan: this child is not playing around in the store. he is working for the woman in front of the counter. the heist you have got to see >> clear skies ahead for american airlines? they are scrambling to fill the flights with pilots in december. we will tell you the latest coming up from reagan michelle: tracking breaking news in fairfax where skytrak7 is over the scene of the house fire. the flames are out at herbert springs road. firefighters rescue and performed cp
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many of the files also had the malware in t c.i.a. had to take this stuff down, scrub it, and relaunch it. we got the unscrubbed strergs with the malware in it. if you're worried don't give them to us yet can you wait. we have that malware version. >> anything to add? you firewalled one computer you are hoping to access it? tom: we think. >> on that note i would like to open up to questions from the audience. do we have anyone who can be equally -- there's a microphone. right to that person in the blue tie. if you could intersues deuce yourself. >> derek harvey. great rundown. i appreciate it. there's a lot that's still going to come out as you said. i'm wondering, do you have any idea about if there's any gap tween what was released, the 470,000, do you think there's anything there besides a select number of highly classified documents that they want to retain? they are saying proprietary information -- not proprietary, copyrighted material and photography. they weren't released. but do you think there is a gap still of other material
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andrea: day one he goes to the c.i.a. and really disrespects the intelligence agencies. you can already hear what became his criticisms of the russian investigation to come. and also, brags about the size of the crowd, which led to all of the controversy with his press secretary. but the cabinet was the most disruptive. bringing in rex tillerson, a non-diplomat, a businessman, looked like a great idea at the time but the wrong man arguably for the wrong time because he not only wasn't a diplomat but his mission, he feels, is to downsize and not appoint so now you have vacancies everywhere in the state department. you have an absence of real leadership on global policy, in regions around the world. that really exacerbated by what you saw with different cabinet secretaries having to step down. tom price -- the lack of ethics, the lack of understanding the processes for getting a nominee to a cabinet hearing, really caused him great disruption and we're still seeing it with jeff sessions. the answers that he gave at that initial hearing are haunting him to this day. robert:
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it reflects his torture at the hands of the c.i.a., which was documented in a senate report >> it's justwirl of lines and dots, and he drew it to show his lawyers what happens when he experiences vertigo, when he can no longer see, which is the result of a traumatic brain injury he suffered during interrogation. >> reporter: erin thompson is an art professor at john jay, and she's studied the strange intersections of criminality and art-but art from gitmo detainees was a surprise. >> one of the lawyers for detainees approached me and said, "i want my clients' art to be exhibited." i said, "what do you mean? there's art made at guantanamo." what hit me at first was how normal they seem. shouldn't their drawings be so much more angry? it took me a long time to realize that they, that these artists want to show beauty. >> reporter: there's art from 12 gitmo detainees in the exhibit, baluchi is the only one of them who's been charged with a crime. the rest are ambiguous cases. ahmed rabbani claims to be a victim of mistaken identity. he was tortured by the c.i.a., and his supporters claim hi
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. >> the c.i.a. is not able to do that. >> stick with me. >> she has the baby sideways.n the water and cups her hand around her ear. >> white noise. >> still fussing at first. it only takes a little rocking. >> no way. >> before you know it, she calms down. >> are you serious? >> yeah. just like adults. that's why adults use white noise or sound machines. >> just keep talking. [ laughter ]. >> that's the best way to sleep. >> you notice the baby goes quiet. well, we know the rest. her eyes start to roll and she's out like a little light. >>> it's a very eye-catching car show. >> i love their level of commitment. they go big or go home. a look at these uniquely decked out vehicles. >> whoa. >>> plus, don't miss the buzz word for your shot to win an ipad mini. excellence haircolor by l'oréal. it colors. with pro-keratine complex rich, radiant color and it cares for my hair. no color protects better. or covers gray better. so much care in one little box. excellence crème from l'oréal paris. >>> promotional considerations provided by -- selsun blue® targets the source- wipin
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and the c.i.a. said in a statement to "the hill" that director mike pompeo, appointed by president trump, "stands by" the intelligence community's conclusions last january that russia interfered in the election. in their meeting, mr. trump and putin agreed on a joint strategy to defeat the islamic state in syria. they also agreed that the war has no military solution but can only be ended by all sides in peace talks. back in hanoi, mr. trump praised the trade summit's host country before attending a state dinner with vietnamese president tran dai quang, calling vietnam "one of the great miracles of the world." meanwhile, u.s. and south korean warships launched four days of joint naval exercises off the coast of south korea. the u.s. navy says it's the first time in a decade that three u.s. carrier strike groups are operating together in the west pacific. north korea charged today that president trump's asia trip is that of a "warmonger" intent on confrontation with the north. in a statement read on s
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the leading uandidate to replace tillerson is current c.i.a. director mike pompeo. that would leave a vacancy at the c.i.a., likely to be filled by either republican senator tom cotton of arkansas or retired vice admiral robert harworth. >> mason: margaret brennan at the white house. thanks, margaret. the non-partisan joint commission on taxation estimated today that the senate republican tax bill would add $1 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. that conflicts with g.o.p. claims the tax cuts in t would pay for themselves. even so, a final vote is expected by tomorrow and nancy cordes tells us prospects for approval are improving. [bell tolls]. >> reporter: the dow surged 330 points today as wall street sensed an impending windfall after several g.o.p. hold-outs said they were leaning toward voting yes. >> i think it's likely to pass. >> reporter: the centerpiece of the in the plan is a huge cut to the corporate tax rate, which republicans say will be a boon for u.s. workers. >> we'll have more jobs, more companies, existing companies are expanding. >> repo
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cnn asked the c.i.a. today if the agency's position on russian meddling had changed.r, it hadn't. intelligence agencies are firmly concluded that the russians did work to affect the results of the election last year. ranking member of the house intelligence committee today criticized the president for taking vladimir putin's word over the findings of his own agencies. this coming from representative adam schiff of california. writing mr. trump simply can't bring himself to put america first. a comment echoed by senator john mccain who said this in a statement moments ago. quote, there's nothing america first about taking the word of a kgb colonel over that of the american intelligence community. there's no principled realism in cooperating with russia to prop up the murderous assad regime. vladimir putin does not have america's interests at heart, to believe otherwise is not only naive, but also places our national security at risk. i want to take a chance to remind you that tomorrow on cnn's state of the union, former director of national intelligence, james clapper
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. >> the c.i.a. released a collection of videos and other materials recovered during a raid to capture osama bin laden. kevin spacey apologized following allegations he made sexual advances on a 14-year-old boy. >> big tech taking a stand on capitol hill and russia's meddling in the election. >> rose: new revelation in addition the russia investigation. >> we've been saying from day one there's been no evidence of trump-russia collusion, and nothing in the indictment today changes that at all. >> president trump is striking out at the former campaign adviser who pled guilty about his efforts to contact russian interests. >> paul manafort has been indicted. now there's talk that manafort really didn't get it. when the f.b.i. showed up at his door he handed out candy and was like, "who are you supposed to be?" ♪ i want candy >> kids had a chance to trick or treat at the white house ♪ i'm a big boy now >> they call it "fun size." but look at this: when you're my size, this isn't fun. >> this series too
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and the c.i.a.'s conclusion was probably not. asia, vietnam itself, cambodia, laos, would probably themately fall to communists. but the upshot of the report was and that could be managed that american interests elsewhere in the world would probably survive. earlier from george bundy. you mentioned mcnamara. these holdovers from the kennedy administration. tell us briefly about both of those men. were typical kennedy appointees, i think. brilliant men, highly men.plished mcnamara having been president of ford motors. without aage 34, ph.d., having been dean of arts and sciences at harvard. charactersere other from the kennedy administration who were very much like that. arebiographies important. these were men who did not back down easily in the face of a challenge. had awere men who really lot of confidence in their ability to use american power in precise ways to achieve american objectives. i think that's very important, the going back to conversation that we heard earlier between bundy an l.b.j. voicing all.j. these concerns.
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for those in virginia, stalled car on the george washington parkway at the c.i.a. tying up the right lane. on 395 lanes are open across the potomac headed for the southeast-southwest freeway. that's our traffic watch and back at 10:00 we'll look at the wilson bridge. autria? autria: a family forced into the cold. adrianna: their house destroyed by fire. we look at the rescue efforts. conversation long with mark brady. two people live inside the home, adult in the 70's. they are homeless now. you can look inside the front window and see how it's burnled inside. the smoke still billowing. we have video of flames to show you when it was really going and we know now it was the son who dialed 911 and told firefighters that his mom was still trapped inside. 35 firefighters rushed out here from all over the county. they have more than 1 fire trucks out here right now. they ran right into the home and did their best to get to the mother. one of the firefighters was burned and suffered second-degree burns trying to get to the mom. he's at the hospital now recuperating. they
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captioning sponsored by cbs >> the c.i.a. releasing nearly half a million more documents providing an inside look into slain terror leader osama bin laden's life. bin laden had kids films like cars and chicken little and watched viral youtube clip charley bit my finger and several crocheting tutorials. >> the cozy is a lovely way to warm up the cave you are hiding in. as you can see, i've mostly used the moss stitch here, the workhorse of the roche stitches. to connect the front panel with the rear, use a slip stitch, then backloop, slip stitch, backloop, slip stitch and so on. the front loop v stitch might seem appropriate here, but the front loop v stitch is a zionist deception. use the staggered spike stitch on the fringe. to complete your cozy, snip the excess red yarn. wait. wait. the blue yarn -- i'm pretty sure it's the red yarn. or is it the blue yarn? yeah, i'll just go with the red. >> announcer: it's the "late show" with stephen colbert! tonight -- beyonce and the internet. plus, stephen welcomes: whoopi goldberg.
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the u.s. agencies. but former c.i.a. ving vladimir putin a pass. >>> about 700 people turned out for sutherland spring's baptist church's first service since last weekend's massacre. it was held outdoors under a large tent. >> the church itself has been turned into a memorial. >> amen. >> reporter: a standing ovation sunday for pastor frank pomeroy who lost more than two dozen members of his congregation including his own 14-year-old daughter annabelle. >> this past weekend our country was attacked. our state was attacked, our church was attacked. glory to god, our people were attacked. >> reporter: pomeroy traveling out of state during the attack, leading an emotional sermon that called on mourners to worship in the face of evil. >> we have the freedom to choose darkness, rather than choose darkness as the young man did that day, i say we choose light. >> reporter: the first church service since the tragedy, inside a white tent erected in a baseball field, packed with hundreds of people all sharing their grief, including
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the present director of the c.i.a. appointed by the president of the united states donald trump characterized wikileaks as a hostile intelligence service, and that's a direct quote. and then observed that it's often abetted by hostile nation states, like russia. without subpoenaing donald trump, jr., to testify in public, we cannot be sure we have the full record. one of the most stunning aspects of this exchange, indeed, was its very personal tone and many who read the coverage may sense and feel understandably and rightly that we're reading fragments of a longer and larger conversation that may have involved other participants or relied on other means of communication. and we are left inevitably with some very, very key questions. how did donald trump, jr., know of wikileaks' plans to leak pa podesto's e-mails before they were leaked. why did they feel confident that they had informed trump, jr., that they hacked e-mails without worrying that he would turn this information over to law enforcement? hacking is a crime.
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i have friends in the c.i.a.ot polley graphed and suspended looking for leaks of classified information. it is not a fun thing to go through. in this case a lot of -- seems like we're outsourcing a lot to third party contracts providing the contractors. the latest thing where his laptop was breached. the anti-virus software. question is how do they walk out with this stuff? we have to quit blaming the third parties and start holding people in positions of power accountable. >> jon: the government says no more kaspersky software in u.s. government computers and 940 days to get rid of it. that's closing the door after the horse has gotten out of the barn. >> the threat from your mom. i'll give you three hours to stop this. the damage is done. they should have thought about this a long time ago. the other thing, too, not only is kaspersky the issue but we have to quit blaming the russians for all this and start blaming ourselves for poor security practices, poor habits and poor cyber defense. you can't blame the car
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hoover did not like the c.i.a. but he did dress to in bolton because she supplied him with that secret information he was master to leverage that power so yes he did collect information he was closest to president nixon he thought eisenhower was stodgy c or lbj crude but he was the best prepared so it is telling the both fell at the same time for the same reason and spying on their enemies and obsessive about secrecy nixon resigns 74 and adelson is the -- fired in december the last chapter of watergate. >> host: is there room named after him?. >> no witness cia he is not in good standing. they sent agents back to review what he had done. it was so secretive even they did not know the general consensus he made a lot of mistakes and his actions are to the agency so he is not honored that much. >> host: you say his legacy is the mass surveillance of america. >> yes. today we have these powerful systems of mass surveillance picking up on e-mail or telephone but he pioneered the early version of that the opening of the
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mary anne, the former c.i.a. ving putin a pass, the president. >> i don't think trump is getting played but i do think trump is making a choice. that is the difference here. every single time in word and actions donald trump sides with putin and the russians against the united states. and he has never once said that russia has interfered in the 2016 election. yet the evidence is overwhelming. he has never once said or criticized putin for anything. but he has criticized plenty of americans individually and collectively and never once taken one step to make sure the russians don't interfere in our elections this year or 2018. that should concern every american and every american should ask why donald trump sides with putin and russia every time. >> sandra: that's the word the former c.i.a. director that trump is getting played by putin. the white house responded he is dealing with important issues some which he has to work with russia on. >> as a former kgb agent putin has played or tried to play every american pre
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perhaps senator tom cotton out of arkansas moves to the c.i.a.. it is being talked about. of it confirmed other than the sourcing from the reporting inside and outside the administration says the following. rex tillerson expected to leave the administration sometime in january. 21st of january is one date, which would be one year and one day from donald trump taking office. rex tillerson came from private industry, the ceo at exxonmobile. it was a different pick. one that harkened back to the days of secretary baker from years ago. well, we have seen rex tillerson grow in this job and now we may see him departing this job after being on the job 366 days. i do believe that's right based on the swearing in or sometime around that. we're watching this and let you know. >> sandra: we're waiting on more details. when the news breaks, if it breaks, we'll bring it to you when it happens. matt lauer speaking for the first time since being fired for inappropriate sexual behavior at nbc news. he says there are no words to express my sorrow and regret from the pain i've caused others
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but he's approved changes giving the department of defense and c.i.a. pore latitude in commando raids against islamic terrorist groups scattered across the world all using the 2001 aumf as its legal justification. this expansion of war will only continue and magnify and mutate and do so without public scrutiny unless and until congress steps up to provide this, the oversight and legal authority that we're required to do. i've come to the floor of the senate since i came here in 2013 to speak about war powers, to speak about a need to revise the war powers resolution in 1974, to critique and challenge president obama around the libya mission which had no vote of congress to critique president obama who is a personal friend over the offensive campaign against isil without requiring a congressional vote. and since i was clear and repetitive in my critiques of president obama for using powers without congress being involved, i'm going to do the same with respect to president trump. at the end of the day my critique is more about this body. an executive overr
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was radicalized, he was a terrorist, he was a threat to american lives, they didn't do anything, the c.i.a., they didn't do anything. f.b.i. finally sent some agent or agents out. they interviewed the older starr . but they -- tsarnaev. but they didn't know what to ask. they don't know what the signs are of someone who is radicalized because they have had beat down their throats for so long, and this was the obama administration, they had the f.b.i.'s guiding principles, the touchstone document on training. and this was the document that the f.b.i. used to say, oh, no, we got to be politically correct. we can't teach people about how to find and spot a radical islamist. so there was a purge of f.b.i. training materials. there is a fantastic judicial watch special report, can be found on their website dated december 5 of 2013. u.s. government purges of law enforcement training material deemed offensive to muslims. and who is complaining? well, the council on american islamic relations, the islamic society of north america, and they just happened to have known contacts who were named as co-c
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the other is the battle going on between our intelligence service, c.i.a. e chinese intelligence service the ministry of state security which is just a bitter bitter fight. we all flow about the k.g.b. and successor. the chinese are just as interesting. >> rose: does he have qualms. hair res qualms doesn't begin with moral qualms but as he gets deeper into the story an most spy sores we go through a kind of maze of different movements by the characters. hair res chang increasingly wore res he's being manipulated by his side and the chinese side but he's in the middle. >> rose: the haul of mer roars. >> the quantum ae is the person who is once the zero and one and that's our hero. >> rose: the quantum spy by david ignatius. have you sold this to the movies? >> we're talking about et. we'll have to talk to create i've >> rose: thank you, david. for more about this program and earlier episodes, visi, visit vs online at pbs.org and charlierose.com. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> rose: fundin
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director michael hayden, who says russia's election meddling was the most successful covert operation in history. nor is he believing former c.i.aacting director michael morell. who called the russian med toll help trump, the political equivalent of 9/11. the u.s. senate voted 98.2 to impose sanctions, a punishment, that the president himself signed. but has yet to implement. and now, the latest evidence of our partisan divide. the reaction to allegations about roy moore. the current republican nominee for u.s. senate from alabama. on thursday the "washington post" published this story. in which moore is accused of sexual abuse of then 14-year-old in 1979. lee korfman, alleges that moore, a 32-year-old assistant d.a. touched her through her bra and underwear and guided her hand to his underwear if true, this would constitute sexual assault, alabama's legal age of consent, then and now is 16. three other women interviewed by the "washington post" who at the time ranged in age from 16 to 18 say that moore pursued them and asked them out on dates. none say that moore forced them into any relationship or sexual contact. moore veheme
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the second between flynn and turkish representatives. >> i needed to say something about it. >> reporter: former c.i.a. director james woolsey today he was at another meeting in 2016 when the forced removal of gulen was also discussed. he says he's been in touch with the special counsel's office. >> i am not claiming that there was a concrete plan that was being fleshed out at the meeting. but there was a good deal of discussion of that general direction. >> reporter: in a statement, flynn's attorney said the allegations ranging from kidnapping to bribery are outrageous and false. but in a recent federal filing, flynn confirmed the september meeting and that his consulting firm was paid $530,000 by a company with ties to the turkish government. bill mateja, former federal prosecutor says the mueller team may be trying to get flynn to cooperate. >> hypothetically, they're going to get the benefit of his knowledge, and acknowledge at very high levels within the campaign and the administration. >> reporter: in january and, if president trump urged f.b.i. director james comey to drop the flynn investigation
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c.i.a. director mike pompeo. "the new york times" and others reported it's being actively discussed inside the administration, but said president trump has not yet approved the plan. on camera, white house press secretary sarah sanders did not directly deny the reports. >> when the president loses confidence in someone they will no longer serve in the capacity that they're in. the president was here today with the secretary of state. they engaged in a foreign leader visit and are continuing to work together to close out what we've seen to be an incredible year. the secretary of state's a pretty tough guy and i think he'll be just fine carrying this job out >> woodruff: the state department said today that white house chief of staff john kelly called tillerson's chief of staff, and told her that the news reports are not true. in britain, the furor grew today over president trump's using twitter to spread anti-muslim videos from a far-right british activist group. politicians in and out of the government condemned mr. t
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according to the "washington post," "new york times," and others, tillerson would be replaced by c.i.a. director mike pompeo. house chief of staff john kelly includes arkansas senator tom cotton taking pompeo's job at langely. >> when the president loses confidence in someone, they will no longer serve in the capacity they are in. the president was here today with the secretary of state. they even gauged in a foreign lead -- they engaged in a foreign leader visit. they are continuing to work together. larry: tillerson's tenure included public disagreement with the white house. pompeo meantime has a close relationship with the president, giving him his daily security briefing. nancy: parliament renewing call for the prime minister to revoke invitation to president to visit the u.k. that is after trump retweeted videos posted by far right group. >> he is either racist, incompetent, unthinking or all three. >> the leader of the group that the president retweeted convicted in the u.k. of religiously harassment and none of the videos have been verified as authentic. at the moment, theresa m
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officials determined that wikileaks was ciing used by the russians to disseminate stolen democratic officials' e-mails and data, and president trump's own c.i.actor, mike pompeo, has also issued a warning about okileaks. >> it's time to call out wikileaks for what it really is: rsnon-state hostile intelligence service often embedded by state actors like russia. >> that somebody in the committee selectively leaked his e-mail with wikileaks. many of the messages from wikileaks to trump jr. did go .nanswered. >> jeff pegues, thanks. the president is wiping the president is winding up his trip to asia in the philippines, his last stop before returning home tomorrow. he appeared to give the country's leader a pass on human ngghts. major garrett is traveling with the president. e reporter: president trump grimaced through the traditional asia summit handshake but did not shy away from praising controversial philippine o esident rodrigo duterte. >> it's an honor to be here, and rodrigo, thank you very much for the way you've treated all of or. ty reporter: duterte is accused of ordering deathsquad-style killings of thousands filipino drug users with
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at the table this morning, ,e served from 2002 two 2004 homeland security former c.i.a. gustyn.seph what was the threat like and how was -- how has it evolved. guest: when i was director for homeland security, this was a lasted until the expansion of the department of homeland security on november 25 , 2002. we are almost at the 15 year anniversary. the lone wolf threat, we were not concerned with the codes we had just experienced 9/11. qaeda andew about al we knew about osama bin laden, andnew they were coming, when it happened, it was the we began to realize wewere not as prepared as should have been for homeland security. everything we had done previously had been offshore. this one hit us hard. we didn't have think about homeland security didn't have to think about infrastructure. we made it up as we went along. locally unprepared. the thing about lone wolf at a time as a terrorist threat was secondary, big attack was coming. >> before 9/11, you are at the cia for 20 years. what were you doing then. guest: i was clandestine service officer for 21 years in the cia. i w
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