confronted. they were investigating a campaign. it was very delicate. there was a dossier of information they had from one of their sources that had been paid for by the opponent of trump. and those are thorny issues that deserve a full look at by the inspector general. so the question here is that would barr s efforts sort of over shadow that or undermine that or take away from that where there are probably some really important lessons to be learned about how investigations of this nature, big counterintelligence investigations, essentially counterintelligence attack on the united states involving a campaign. nicolle, i just have to disagree a little bit. there is no legitimate reason for the attorney general to have human sources in russia. i can t think of a single one. the only one i can think of is he wants to somehow trot them out publicly, malign them, and undermine them, and say the whole basis for the investigation was flawed. that is the only reason he would
this. it doesn t look like that person has been tasked but barr has taken this on himself. it is sort of unusual and different and we re still trying to figure it out and understand what s behind it. is it to keep trump at bay? or does barr really think there s a there there? what there there would be there that wouldn t be uncovered by the other multiple investigations? the president s closest ally in congress ran the house intel committee and declassified documents over the objections of the president s hand picked fbi director for two years. there is an i.g. report as you just referenced. another gentleman mr. huber is investigating this. what were the deficiencies in the existing investigations that barr identified if you know? our guess is that it is in the c.i.a. and in the intelligence community. and that the inspector general for the justice department can t get into that stuff. huber may not be able to get into it. the only person who could really unlock that would be
counterintelligence investigation on the president. look, there are some very legitimate issues here that the inspector general is looking at. this was a very unusual situation that the fbi confronted. they were investigating a campaign, it was very delicate. there was a dossier of information that they had from one of their sources that had been paid for by the opponent of trump. and those are thorny issues that deserve a full look at by the inspector general. so the question here is would barr s efforts like sort of overshadow that or undermine that or take away from that where there probably are some really important lessons to be learned about how investigations of this nature, big counterintelligence investigations, essentially counterintelligence sort of attack on the united states involving a campaign. i m sorry, nicole go ahead. actually, i disagree a little bit. there s no reason for the attorney general to have human
it s just sort of this larger thing that hangs over this. there s an inspecter general for the intelligence community that has the authority over all the departments and agencies to do this, it doesn t look like that person has been tasked but barr has taken this on himself. it s just sort of unusual and different and we re still trying to figure it out and sort of understand what s behind it. is it to keep trump at bay or does barr really think there s a there there. what there there would be there that wouldn t be uncovered by the multiple other investigations. the president s closest ally in congress ran the house intel committee and pulled out documents for two years, there s an ig report that you just referenced, another gentlemen investigating this. what were the deficiencies in the investigation that barr identified? ?