republicans logical argument in this memo, which, of course, is misleading and leaves out a lot of information. but even if you take their information at face value, that s where the logic breaks down in their argument. ned, it s believed the fbi also used peter schweitzer s book clinton cash in part to investigate the clintons. we don t have that confirmed but that s also out there. wouldn t that also be a biassed source? that s exactly right. but matt s point is the big one here. from my experience at the cia, from working closely with the fbi over the years, i can say categorically that there is not a single source within our intelligence or law enforcement community that is not in some ways biased. it s not that you try to wave a magic wand and to remove an individual s biases. you account for them. you vet a source. compare his or her information to what you already know. and this nunes memo does something very important. it calls christopher steele a
dossier and hypothetically presented that maybe there wouldn t have been a warrant if there had been no dossier. whatever the politics that led to this release, our job is to fact check it. what does this have to do with information from a biassed source? it turns out, judges don t toss information even if it s found to be biassed. one appeals court ruled that the focus is whether the info is from a credible source, and if the source had a credible motive. so if the legal by the warrant could still be lawful. now republicans only released their staffers opinions not the evidence, so we don t know if the material even was biassed or if it was the only thing the court was using the dossier. the fisa application relies
right? neil let s clarify here. harlan bastardized the facts of the last couple days. oh, my gosh. who tweeted first? it was the president bob corker took this to another level. don t give him a pass. think about how stupid you re sounding. neil: hey, hey. come on. the guy is what did he do? he s a sitting senator. he wakes up one morning. and the president of the united states says oh, this guy begged me for an endorsement, called me up. i said no. so he s not running, which is probably false. all that is true. all that is true. were you on the phone with him? from what i m hearing from the back channels i m on the advisory board of the president s advisory campaign. so you re a biassed source. neil: harlan, answer that there s no way of knowing who is telling the truth. what we dough know is they zinged each other in the past.