, the cia. >> cooperation with foreign intelligence services, liaison partners as the cia likes to call them is and has been since the beginning excellent. it's really the cia's biggest asset is its really only powerful global source of information with all these technical sources. its selection and analysis, is able to shift with his partner that they couldn't get anywhere else. every day, there's some foreign intelligence service that comes to visit from langley. but especially thecia to tell information . and that tends to people you wouldn't think, russians, there's a lot more intelligence sharing about issues that people what to say publicly. so i think that's a big asset, the fact that the us has a lot of friends around the world and they still impact the agency.they share information. in terms of internal sharing, our domestic agents, there still is an awful lot of silos out there that we have 17 different intelligence agencies. these still are analysts who are doing the analysis today. they emerge and if this is a company and they had 17 different sets of accounting, going

the business is about. i've had a dozen cia officers come up to me and said cannot tell you who i am, but i want to tell my mom and dad what i said. it has the virtue. it is just the basics of what an intelligence officer does told through the story of a great case that they were ever in. it was a real professional in the train morally the fact that this plo guy was there. that got me started. . . myself how to write a novel. all those rejection slips that i got, i began to learn the craft of writing fiction and it's played off of my journalism ever since, over 30 years the things that interest me and i learned about have such so much more than i'd like to say as a spy novelist, to really unpack the ideas, the places, the issues. i say at the end of this book i started 30 years ago when age of innocence was published. but i had to choose whether to be a journalist and i'm glad that i didn't. and i mean that, i'm glad i didn't. >> can we draw any straight lines from your washington post national security column to your novel? >>

brennan in the cia for 25 years. is this consequential for the intelligence community, for them, to lose this eligibility for access? >> well, certainly it is because, jim, when you think about it, what if the current cia director wants to call john brennan saying, hey, you were dealing with an issue while you were cia director and i need to talk to you about this. it's a classified matter. secret matter. he now cannot talk to her about that matter. and the case of the former dni director james clapper, he said on our air around 3:00 that he has talked to former white house officials. this now does not essentially allow these people in the case of the former cia director john brennan to have the classified secret conversations with current officials. they may want to bring him in for expertise on any number of issues and that's where the consequence could be in terms of a national security level, certainly in the current administration. >> you know what john brennan in charge of by the way? the point man on bin laden

what the rules of the cia are. n the case of former directors, the agency upholds its clearance and renews it every five years for the rest of their life. however, that requires former cia directors to behave like the current cia employees." is what you saw, is that, you know, a man demeaning a sitting president of the united states on a daily basis on national tv, is that acceptable behavior for a sitting member of the cia? of course not. the always indignant john brennan, he's lashing out yet again yet again, writing on twitter, "this action as part of a broader effort to suppress freedom of speech and punish critics which should gravely wary all americans, including intelligence professionals, about the cost of speaking out. my principles are worth far more than clearances. i will not relent." mr. brennan followed that up with a more vitriolic appearanco on conspiracy tv nbc. take a look. >> i do believe that mr. trump decided to take this action as he has with others to try to intimidate and suppress any critici

the rest of their life. however, that requires former cia directors to behave. like the current cia employees." it is what you saw, is that, you know, a man to meaning a sitting president of the united states on a daily basis on national tv, is not acceptable behavior for a sitting member of the cia? you don't not of course not. john brennan on tv today and writing on twitter, this action is part of a broader effort to suppress freedom of speech and punish critics which should gravely wary all americans, including intelligence professionals, about the cost of speaking out. my principles are worth far more than clearances. i will not relent. mr. brennan followed that up with more vitriolic appearance on conspiracy tv and bc he would take a look. >> i do believe that mr. trump decided to take this action as he has with others to try to intimidate and suppress any criticism of him or his administration. and revoking my security clearances is his way of trying to get back at me. i've seen this type of behavior and actions on the part of desperate's and autocrats for many, many years during my cia y

fissions of the cia and f.b.i. escape the polarization of politics. public and will therefore radically change the situation in the country. were all from larsen former cia veteran who served as moscow section chief among other politicians welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us. now wolf the american intelligence community has been accused of being politicized many times in a bush sheriffs' to politicians use it to justify iraq now the agencies are again in a political scandal i know you pride yourself on your colleagues for being patry arctic nonpolitical but can you really be about politics in this line of work i mean that sounds kind of like fairy tale almost i think it's a standard you have to strive for i've been a lifelong political independent for that reason that you outline that it's crucial for intelligence officers to be independent and objective and serve the country not just the president and the government but we are also all citizens now that into our taxpayer funded they have no private sector competition appointment

professionals at the cia and f.b.i. escape the polarization of politics. public and will therefore radically change the situation in the country. we're all from out larson former cia veteran who served as moscow section chief among other politicians welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us. now wolf the american intelligence community has been accused of being politicized many times in a bush sheriffs' the politicians use it to justify iraq now the agencies are again the world in a political scandal i know you pride yourself on your colleagues for being patry arctic nonpolitical but can you really be about politics in this line of work i mean that sounds kind of like fairy tale almost. i think it's a standard you have to strive for i've been a lifelong political independent for that reason that you outline that it's crucial for intelligence officers to be independent and objective and serve the country not just the president and the government but we are also all citizens now they. are taxpayer funded they have no private sector competitio

it turns out the cia did a history. s a chapter on me, read a lot in the book, in which it turned out the cia was asking questions from 1972 on. and learned about it when i first joined the cia and when i first joined the times i was doing vietnam stuff. for two years i was asking questions about it and they were worried to death about me, but i didn't know that. it was a declassified study of 500, 400 pages written by cia analysts about the history with all these intercepts and phone conversations i had for two years. so here's the story, i am using anonymous sources, but rosenthal used to ask me who the sources are. same with david remnick. he would stop at a certain point because i named one of them in the book. the one i named the family was fine with it. he was a special assistant to richard helme, head of the cia for four years and he was deeply involved in domestic spying before that. you don't get sources like that. when you get something, there is nothing better than a guy inside who decides they can't live with

be vying for a high political office for instance the media in the us are saying that director of the cia my pump may be replacing secretary of state rex tillerson saying is it steering too much into political territory. so there is always a healthy discussion about the idea of particularly former intelligence professionals getting involved in politics i personally don't agree with that as a principle for the same reason for military officers getting involved in politics but peo was a representative who and often are cia directors or they are political appointees point he's and he's in a long line of cia directors who are political appointees and that is the way our system operates just like many of our bastards overseas are lined politically always with the president so i don't find that worrisome or disturbing i think it's much more important that the the ranks of the intelligence officers remain professionalized how much freedom does cia have the means to sessions i mean for instance bush administration ran torture prisons and then obama came in and closed them does agency has the powe

had cooperated in the kidnapping torture and so forth. of these cia sites but it was good to get it on the record and people should take notice oddly it also indicates that gina has both will probably not be able to land in places like berlin or paris without some trepidation that should be arrested on the spot under the principle of universal jurisdiction i have to say though that they haven't been direct connections with the new boss of the cia to that but you think anyway the united states will be that worried that alone there arguable proxies of a one hundred twenty thousand dollar fine seem to be. critics well i have to mention that china has bill is directly responsible for what happened to the shiri one of the people who was also tortured in lithuania when she was there onsite as he was water boarded in thailand so the fact that she was able to dance away from that charge during the senate hearing was really unconscionable the judges according to some news the that she. picks a cue sions and rectal feeding of abbott all right. well you know it

had cooperated in the kidnapping torture and so forth. of these cia sites but it was good to get it on the record and people should take notice oddly it also indicates that jena high school will probably not be able to land in places like berlin or paris without some trepidation that should be arrested on the spot under the principle of universal jurisdiction i have to say though that they haven't been direct connections with the new boss of the cia to that but you think anyway the united states will be that worried that alone there arguable proxies of a one hundred twenty thousand dollar fine seem to be. critics well i have to mention that china has bill is directly responsible for what happened to the shiri one of the people who was also tortured in lithuania when she was there onsite as he was water boarded in thailand so the fact that she was able to dance away from that charge during the senate hearing was really unconscionable the judges according to some news that she oversaw malk executions and rectal feeding of of it all right. less sherry we

had cooperated in the kidnapping torture and so forth. of these cia sites but it was good to get it on the record and people should take notice oddly it also indicates that gina haskell will probably not be able to land in places like berlin or paris without some trepidation that should be arrested on the spot under the principle of universal jurisdiction i have to say though that they haven't been direct connections with the new boss of the cia to that but you think anyway the united states will be that worried that alone there arguable proxies of a one hundred twenty thousand dollar fine seem to be. critics well i have to mention that china has bill is directly responsible for what happened to the shiri one of the people who was also tortured in lithuania when she was there onsite as he was water boarded in thailand the fact that she was able to dance away from that charge during this senate hearing was really unconscionable the judges according to some news outlets that she oversaw malk executions and rectal feeding of of it all right. less sherry

former director of the cia. thanks for coming on, sir. >> when we come back we will hear from president trump's ♪ i was able to turn the aircraft around, and the mission around, and was able to save two men's lives that night. my first job helped me to grow up pretty quickly. that'll happen when you're asked to respond to a coup. in 2001, i signed up for the air force. two days later, 9/11 happened. hi, kids! i'm carl and i'm a broker. do you offer $4.95 online equity trades? great question. see, for a full service brokerage like ours, that's tough to do. schwab does it. next question. do you offer a satisfaction guarantee? a what now? a satisfaction guarantee. like schwab does. man: (scoffing) what are you teaching these kids? ask your broker if they offer award-winning full service and low costs, backed by a satisfaction guarantee. if you don't like their answer, ask again at schwab. if you don't like their answer, hais not always easy. severe plaque psoriasis it's a long-distance run and you have the determina

form director of the cia. thanks for coming on, sir. >> when we come back we will hear from president trump's ♪ i was able to turn the aircraft around, and the mission around, and was able to save two men's lives that night. my first job helped me to grow up pretty quickly. that'll happen when you're asked to respond to a coup. in 2001, i signed up for the air force. two days later, 9/11 happened. hais not always easy. severe plaque psoriasis it's a long-distance run and you have the determination to keep going. humira has a proven track record of being prescribed for over ten years. it's the #1 prescribed biologic by dermatologists. more than 250,000 patients have chosen humira to fight their psoriasis. and they're not backing down. for most patients clearer skin is the proof. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma have happened, as have blood, liver and nervous system problems. serious allergic reactions an

a lot of what we do today was done covertly twenty five years ago by the cia it's even more the case since the color revolution model has been introduced. and what the ne d. does is what the cia might have done to salvador allende in she lay but they do so overtly and therefore avoid a lot of the scrutiny from congress it looks like they're funding democracy and legitimate protests but they're directing their resources exclusively against countries that resist washington's economic and political agenda it's an extension of the cia but it seems like it's pushing human rights and things that americans can get behind and that's why they receive so little scrutiny from the public it's very clever actually. there are concerns that the large number of child slaves trafficked from vietnam and china could be working on canada's farms in london it comes as figures disclosed under a freedom of information request showed the scale of the illegal drugs cultivation the high number of cannabis farms across london and trafficking of vietnamese children to work in them is extremely worrying potentia

brennan has expanded the cia into this. i didn't feel they were included. , he's allowed to say anything he wants to. the only thing is he's not allowed to take a clearance. he voted for a communist early in his career. obama's time,nt he also did things that were not right, like he investigated -- he stole files from the senate to find out all the personal things about the senators. dianne feinstein, she was involved with a chauffeur that was a spy. you see how we out here feel there's nothing good going on as far as intelligence. who's looking out for the country? everybody is involved in this one case about russia. i feel very bad about this. the justice in our country is going one way. it is not just this. ice.ot just one party gets away with everything they do. if a man beats his wife and he's involved in politics, that's ok if he's a democrat. everys a republican, newspaper has all these big stories about it -- fake stories about it. the democrats care only about getting more votes. we need to come back to trusting our intelligence and justice. host: j

bush, he spent 25 years at the cia, rising to become cia director in 2013. in his capacity as director, he was directly involved, personally involved with the

in the cia as well as some substantive tub briefings. and i have never gone into cia to ask for any type of briefing. i've never gone in there to access any type of computer. so, again, i'll be fine. and i don't want to get anybody in cia in trouble, you know, in terms of their reaching out to me. i think there has been a chilling effect on the part of what mr. trump is doing and his characterization of me that, i think, cia officers are pretty reluctant to be found out that they, you know, consulted me about a matter. >> with now nearly every living director and former director of the cia speaking out in support of you today -- >> support of the principle of security clearances not being political tools. >> and in support of you personally. personal praise and support for you there, too. even among former officials who say they don't always agree with yourcrit sux of the president. they support you and reject any -- with 60 former cia officials joining their own letter today, this is becoming a larger issue, not a smaller one in terms of

and the justice department and the fbi and the irs and the list goes on. brennan's cia spying on the senate intelligence committee, lying to the very committee that has oversight responsibilities of the cia should concern and shock and anger every american. shame on those 70 spy masters. and yes your little letter. you do yourselves a disservice in ignoring brennan's history and you do the nation a disservice for not standing up for the president and the constitution. and not requiring congressional overnight of those officials. the president is the true patriot in all of this. i hope he'll end the wrong-headed practice of allowing clearances of political appointees. lift those clearances and this swamp will be draining a lot faster. our quote of the day, president trump said we'll discard the old policies and division of the past to rebuild our economy, rebuild our inner cities, and rebuild our country. how wayward rinos have given power to the dimms in the my father passed this truck down to me, that's the same thing i want to do with you. it's an emotional thing to w

a lot of what we do today was done covertly twenty five years ago by the cia it's even more the case since the color revolution model has been introduced. what the any does is what the cia might have done to salvador allende in she lay but they do so overtly and therefore avoid a lot of the scrutiny from congress it looks like they're funding democracy and legitimate protests but they're directing their resources exclusively against countries that resist washington's economic and political agenda it's an extension of the cia but it seems like it's pushing human rights and things that americans can get behind and that's why they receive so little scrutiny from the public it's very clever actually. now he's facing a backlash in the u.k. after losing a controversial government with some of those say in the companies cashing in on gang culture now. has an attachment that can be clipped away for easy transit as the advertising goes to those who has a pocket that some say can be used as a holster for a weapon britton seen a surge in knife crime in recent years two. so there's multiple stab

>> if i worked -- >> if you were currently the head of the cia and the president revoked the security clearance of a former cia head, what would you do as sitting cia director under that circumstance? and what advice would you give to gina haspel, the current head of the cia? >> i admire and respect gina haspel and i want her to stay a cia director. because i think it's important that this institution of cia and the professionals be protected from this very, very abusive white house and mr. trump. >> so you would sign on -- if you were here in this position that she is in and you just outlined you have your own concerns about this president and you trust gina haspel, if you were in her position would you go along with saying, fine, revoke it, i'll keep my mouth shut because it's more important for me to stay on the job? is that what you would do as cia director? >> we have to do what our consciences tell us to do. and dan coats, the director of national intelligence, somebody who i also respect, if i were in those positions now i would express my deep, deep objection privately to mr.

how he ever got up to the top of the cia is beyond me. in, it was the obama administration. what do you think, doug? >> well, again, i appreciate the passion you bring to bear. my attitude, as i said before, is i would like to investigate. >> judge jeanine: what do you want to investigate? >> i want to do a systematic government review of the issues and allegations you and gregg and david are bringing to bear, rush limbaugh. let's do that once and for all. >> judge jeanine: congress has been doing. this congress has been watching this stuff. >> why don't they hold these guys in contempt then if they are not getting the documents they want? >> thank you very much doug schoen. go ahead, david. >> well, we -- >> we need consequences. >> we do need consequences. the challenge is, many in the media have made everything about this breaking news. that for most americans it's hard to keep up with what is actually breaking news. and once even when we do finally get the end results about this, there is going to be americans who think this was comple

the professionals at the cia and f.b.i. escape the polarization of politics. public and will therefore a radically changed the situation in the country. we're all from out larson former cia veteran who served as moscow section chief along other politicians welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us. now wolf the american intelligence community has been accused of being politicized many times in a bush sheriffs to politicians use it to justify iraq now agencies are again the world in a political scandal i know you pride yourself on your colleagues for being patry arctic nonpolitical but can you really be about politics in this line of work i mean that sounds kind of like fairy tale almost i think it's a standard you have to strive for i've been a lifelong political independent for that reason that you outline that it's crucial for intelligence officers to be independent and objective and serve the country not just the president and the government but we are also all citizens. now they. are taxpayer funded they have no private sector competition a

the cia itself was caught off guard, they didn't know this was going to happen. we're reporting no one consulted the top national security adviser to the president, dan coats. that's an incredible thing to think about. on what grounds does the white house say the unprecedented decision was made? sarah sanders had to take the questions. the president didn't want to do it himself. here's what she said. >> mr. brennan has recently leveraged his status as a former high ranking official with access to highly sensitive information to make a series of unfounded and outrageous allegations while outbursts on the internet and television about this administration. >> so what is she talking about? brennan has been critical, sure. that's his right as an american citizen. >> i think donald trump has badly sullied the reputation of the office of the presidency with his in vektive constant disregard for human decency. that's why i used the term this is nothing short of treasonous. he is giving aid and comfort to the enemy. i am at a loss of words to describe how outrageous his wo

the past two days. we have for our special guest tonight former cia director john brennan. director brennan is the first in what the president has threatened will be a long line of current and former senior law enforcement and intelligence officials whose security clearances the president plans to revoke. almost all of the officials he has put on his list thus far are perhaps coincidentally people who might be in a position to conceivably testify about what they observed during the russian attack on the 2016 election. including potentially ties to trump campaign officials and reaction to the investigation from inside the trump trancitiotrance iti trancition and the trump white house and the staff itself. after the president yanked the security clearance, the president told "had the wall street journal" bluntly and in an impromptu interview the reason he went after the cia director that way, the reason he revoked the security clearances is specifically because of the russia investigation. the president drew a direct link telling "the journal," quote, i call it the rigged witc

whose father was the head of the cia. also the head of a major oil company whose father's father, his grandfather, prescott bush, also a bonesman. running against another bonesman, in 2004. so now the arguments are, there's a secret society at yale that's plugged into the american intelligence agency that's done, like, the guy who is are sitting and writing northwoods, you know, maybe not, but the sense is they just all came from yale and played squash together and have a false flag operation. you see the pieces are there. a secret society of well think individuals altogether planning this. this is the stuff that conspiracy theorists move. and when they were asked about it in the 2004 election, both of them refused to comment. george bush saying something to the effect of it is a secret society and i don't talk about secret societies. right? so it's a society with secrets. but is it a secret society? another one is the bohemian grove. anyone heard of the bohemian grove? it is a large collection of trees in northern califor

the other half of that agreement with the cia is that they are the hand on the arm of the cia. 6 tociatasks mi5 and mi do things. that is the agreement. they will never do anything in canada and the canadians will consider doing what they are asked to do by the cia or whoever. the canadians will usually do what we ask them to do. and vice a versa. versa.ronclad -- visa to the fbi, cia, and the leaders of mi five and mi6 in britain that the cia was directly operating these two individuals at this cambridge institute. effect comes out, that will be very embarrassing and very outstating -- if that comes , that will be very embarrassing and devastating. philip: i want to see if we can zero in on brennan. i was looking back at a news reporter who first broke the news u.s. intelligence was probing the trunk campaign. he wrote a book in which he said it was clear that "brennan had an all tear your motive." -- and all tear your -- an alterior-- an motive. do you see brennan as a political actor here? mr. baker: that is a key question because, after the case was open on july 31, 2016, that summ

stronger than we were before we entered it so one terror attack has already been prevented thanks to the cia sharing intelligence with moscow and put it has personally thanked the americans for their help in that how does that work what the intelligence agencies i mean how do you coppery it on some matters when there is general mistrust and hostility i mean how do you know you're not being caught think that's a great question and i love that question. yeah well i love the question because it gets back to the heart of what we are what i hope we are and what we strive to be and even on our on the days we don't we don't reach this ethics i would call it of intelligence our basic motto our basic if you will standard is we have a duty to warn we have a duty to warn anybody anywhere in the world if they might their lives might be threatened by terrorist activity and of course in my time at cia working in counterterrorism i personally instructed my officers to analyze and then provide the russian government with information that i believe prevented attacks on russian citizens during my time so i co

it also found evidence that links the cia to the assassination of jfk. past the material off to unwitting conspiracy theorists. the soviets forged a letter from lee harvey oswald to a little-known cia operative known by the name of e howard hunt. , asking before any steps are taken, let me know what to do. before he took place in the 1970's when hunt was better known. more worryingly, the kgb also tried to discredit martin luther king by planting articles portraying him as an uncle tom, being secretly paid off by the government so lbj could control martin luther king. when written about this, they said the events were selling, but that is the context in which this took place. that is what malcolm asked was calling dr. king and uncle tom. and the separatists, just because he saw peace and assimilation rather than separatism. aside, a lot of , he himself tried to turn himself in to the cia in the early 90's and was turned away. soviet in the east european division had, at the time, come to the conclusion, this was a 91, that russia was no longer a threat.

could that media laughter at the aspen security summit really be referring to cia interference in the americas that even included backing for groups linked to the assassination of a soon to be saint archbishop ranariddh with celebrating mass in the chapel of the hospital of divine providence where he lived he must have noticed drawing up at the door of the church a marksman came out. of the car and took and fired directly at the archbishop the defacto cia backed killing of el salvador's archbishop romero is just one instance among many in the americas that can be traced to washington today though there is no proof of a direct link between the trumpet ministration and what appeared to be a weekend drone assassination attempt on president maduro in fact u.s. customs data between february and june shows an increase in venezuelan oil exports to the usa a forty three percent it's clear what washington wants i want to be careful what i say but suffice that we we are very hopeful that there can be a transition in venezuela and we the cia is doing its best to understand the dynamic there so t

the other half of that agreement with the cia is that they are the hand on the arm of the cia. the cia tasks mi5 and mi6 to do things. they task the australian security intelligence service to do things. that is the agreement. they will never do anything in canada and the canadians will consider doing what they are asked to do by the cia or whoever. or the fbi in a counterintelligence operation. the canadians will usually do what we ask them to do, and visa versa. it is ironclad with united kingdom, and it would be horribly embarrassing to the united states, and to the cia, and the leaders of mi5 and mi6 that --d if it came out in britain if it came out that the cia was directly operating these two individuals at this cambridge institute. if that comes out, that will be very embarrassing and devastating. that is why they may be hiding the origin of the case. philip: i want to see if we can zero in on brennan. i was looking back at a news reporter who first broke the u.s. intelligence was probing the trunp campaign. -- trump campaign. he wrote a book in which he said it was clea

what happens to james woolsey if they leave the position of director of cia and they are read out of the programs and lose their does their institutional memory suddenly fall out of their ears? it doesn't. if their advice, if their counsel is requested by their successor in this administration, i can guarantee you, judge, nobody wants to ask john brennan's advice because he vote you had to are the communist in 1976 and is he still doing the work of putin. if they want to talk to him, they can invite him back. he can sit in a scif he can tell you back in 1980 whatever the clearance is irrelevant to the question of institutional memory. >> tucker: tom fitton, i will go to you, you are fighting for information. hillary clinton exposed classified email. that was according to james comey.. orchid according to romanian hacker guccifer. why is she still walking around with security clearances and why isn't she on that list of wants so to speak. >> that's a good question whether she has one or not is an open question frankly. the idea of a courtesy national security clearance tells you it's n

how he ever got up to the top of the cia is beyond me. as the obama administration. what do you think, doug? >> well, again, i appreciate the passion you bring to bear. my attitude, as i said before, is i would like to investigate. >> judge jeanine: what do you want to investigate? >> i want to do a systematic government review of the issues and allegations you and gregg and david are bringing to bear, rush limbaugh. let's do that once and for all. >> judge jeanine: congress has been doing. this congress has been watching this stuff. >> why don't they hold these guys in contempt then if they are not getting the documents they want? >> thank you very much doug schoen. go ahead, david. >> well, we -- >> we need consequences. >> we do need consequences. the challenge is, many in the media have made everything about this breaking news. that for most americans it's hard to keep up with what is actually breaking news. and once even when we do finally get the end results about this, there is going to be americans who think this was completely pol

and you're in "the situation room". ♪ >>> and the breaking news. former ciairector john brennan says americans should be, quote, gravely worried about president trump's unprecedented move to punish him for speaking out against the administration calling it abuse of power. brennan and others in the intel aren't buying that he did it to protect classified information. sources say the president didn't bother to consult the director of national intelligence. i am told the cia caught off guard as well, suggesting national security was not foremost on the kmancommander i chief's mind. we have correspondents and analysts standing by. first, the cnn white house correspondent indicakaitlin col. >> reporter: it is hard to ignore as the white house is trying and struggling to maintain the fallout from omarosa's tell all book, adding to the mystery is a date on the statement announcing he is revoking john brennan's security clearance, and the date is july 26th, three weeks ago. the white house just announced today that they're revoking this clearance, leaving many to won

the cia, the fbi, the justice department. certainly when i was a child in the 1980s living outside bergdale air force base, that it was someone probably not much older than me sitting in russia targeting my neighborhood. right? there are secret groups working against you and protecting you. we live in a web of secrecy. not all of it is a conspiracy. but we have to recognize that conspiracies do exist. so i think that when we talk about conspiracy culture, we talk about conspiracies, it seems like we're talking about something that's weird and strange and outside of the mainstream, outside of the way that most of us -- that's because we all think of us as a group, right -- educated educators who teach people, we are not part of this group, they're out there. i think the conspiracies is how americans do politics. it is often the first move. when i heard yesterday -- maybe i did, too -- that stormy daniels got arrested, i had conversations with no less than five people about it yesterday who were all of differing education level

and in march of 2000, the cia found out about it and they withheld that information. n't an accident. >> i still can't figure out why, having read your book, having watched the thing. what were they thinking? >> well, there were two theories within the fbi. they had asked about a meeting in malaysia where these high jackers had flown from. cia told the fbi that they didn't know anything about it, although they had the malaysian authorities surveil it. they had photos. >> photos and everything. >> so, is it the case that the cia wanted to recruit them? this is one possibility. they're not supposed to work in the united states, but the fbi has authority over cases of domestic terrorism inside the united states, and they had a warrant on al qaeda. the other thing is was it an agreement between the ci ericss a and the saudi intelligence who were going to monitor these guys and maybe try to turn them. if you look at some of the behavior of the saudi people that were in l.a. and san diego working with these high jackers, then i think there is some plausibility to that theory

the former cia chief john brennan this hit back after donald trump revoked his security clearance running claims the president simply can't take criticism that's why the president revoked my security clearance to try to silence anyone who would dare challenge him mr trump's claims of no collusion are in a word hold wash. and it's thought see that many other officials could not i suffer the same fights the details on that his smear a come backs are sized my constitutional authority to deny mr brennan access to classified information sarah sanders spoke to press and she said the decision to revoke his clearance was based on his erratic conduct and behavior of defending the move as an effort to secure classified info from someone who has helped foment division in the past and clearly has a very partisan leanings the most divisive president an individual who basically portrayed his nation he routinely lies betray the women of the f.b.i. he deceived and betrayed the american public and he misrepresents the facts and reality is a betrayal of the nation but this is an abnormal president john bre

bolton or secretary mattis or the director of cia. e on the part of the government to pull the clearance of somebody like mr. brennan. >> shepard: brian mckeon, very good of you. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> shepard: breaking this hour, the feds teaming up with mexico to fight cartels that flood american streets with illegal drugs. details on the new game plan next. ♪motorcycle revving ♪ motorcycle revving ♪motorcycle revving ♪ motorcycle revving ♪ no matter who rides point, ♪ there are over 10,000 allstate agents riding sweep. ♪♪ and just like tyrone taylor, they know what it takes to help keep you protected. are you in good hands? this is not a screensaver.game. this is the destruction of a cancer cell by the body's own immune system, thanks to medicine that didn't exist until now. and today can save your life. ♪ ♪ >> shepard: we're getting closer to the mid-terms now. four states held primaries last night. on the democratic side, diversity took center stage in what was a night of many firsts. for republicans, the trump effe

trump did yesterday was to betray the women and men of the fbi, the cia, nsa and others. betray the american public. that is why i used the term this, is nothing short of treasonous. trish: tell me how you really feel. chris, incredibly bizarre to see former head of the cia, unless knows something that we don't, christian, but that is, one reason why it would be helpful if they would actually wrap up the whole mueller thing so we know what it is that we're so worked up about. right now he just doesn't like the guy. he just doesn't like him and wished that hillary clinton had won! >> right. and it is important to remember this guy was in charge first of counterterrorism and then the cia at the point where the united states, the obama administration, when we saw it sat by as isis came out of nowhere, over in huge parts of middle east, threw away our gains in iraq, gave plane loads full of cash in the middle of night to the iranian government for a terrible deal. all of that happened and for this person sit in judgment what happened since then or the decision of our democrac

also donald trump revokes the security clearance of former cia director john brennan citing his erratic contacts and behavior and threatens a number of other former officials with the same. armed gunmen stormed a military intelligence center and coupled with the city still mourning thirty four people killed in wednesday's suicide bombing at a school by islamic state and the economic standoff between ankara and washington gets worse to expand their anger by destroying their i say. you're watching us he international law is from moscow good to have you with us c'est more than one hundred cars have been set ablaze across sweden three weeks ahead of the september elections it's believed the fire bombings were coordinated as. takes a look at the at the timing of the arson attacks and how they are stoking tensions ahead of the electoral rates. it's not even dark people look out their windows and see this. the first train of thought the locals are just completely baffled and can't squeeze out a word a few moments later they erupt in sheer fury and they scream. thinks . their next thought is it

know the former cia chief john brennan has hit back after donald trump revoked his security clearance brennan claims that the president simply can't take criticism that's why the president revoked my security clearance to try to silence anyone who would challenge him mr trump's claims of no collusion are in a word hogwash and it's thought too that brennan is the first of many officials who will suffer the same fate with the details his smear account. exercised my constitutional authority to deny mr brennan access to classified information sarah sandor spoke to press and she said the decision to revoke his clearance was based on his erratic conduct and behavior of defending the move as an effort to secure classified info from someone who has helped foment division in the past and clearly has a very partisan leanings the most divisive president an individual who basically portrayed his nation he routinely lies betray the women of the f.b.i. he deceived and betrayed the american public and he misrepresents the facts and reality is a betrayal of the nation but this is an abnormal presiden

now the former cia chief john brennan has hit back a half to donald trump revoked his security clearance running claims the president simply can't take criticism that's why the president revoked my security clearance to try to silence anyone who would dare challenge him mr trump's claims of no collusion in a word hogwash. is that many other officials could nash suffer the same fate with more details his. exercised my constitutional authority to deny mr brennan access to classified information sara sander spoke to press and she said the decision to revoke brennan's clearance was based on his erratic conduct and behavior of defending the move as an effort to secure classified info from someone who has helped foment division in the past and clearly has very partisan leanings the most divisive president an individual who basically portrayed his nation he routinely lies betray the women of the f.b.i. he deceived and betrayed the american public and he misrepresents the facts and reality is a betrayal of the nation but this is not abnormal president john brennan left his position as director o