made the determination as to whether or not the identity of that american individual could be provided to me. >> if u.s. surveillance had picked up evidence of illicit communications between russian actors and american individuals, susan rice might have been one of the u.s. officials to find out about it. and if she had, you can bet she'd have questions about which americanwere involved. but that basic set of assumptions does not add up to a scandal, and it's worth while to recap what we actually know. one, since july, the fbi has been investigating the trump campaign for possible ties to russia, which waged a cyber campaign to disrupt the 2016 election and aid donald trump. and, two, the president's national security adviser was forced out a month into the administration for lying to the white house, the vice president, the public about the nature of his contacts with the top russian official in the united states. there, it seems, is your scandal. i'm joined now by the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, one of