provide information present information into a courtroom without that being disclosed, but the bar for that is typically very high but again an espionage cases. that is certainly a concern that the government has. if they can plead, get a plea from this person. they don t have to worry about additional information. additional seat. critz making them out into the public light. so the fact the last thing i ll say is that was also a concern here because when you have a suspect who was facing serious jail time that is often a consideration in whether they cooperate or whether they try to, you know, go out in a hail of gunfire, right? we know this person was a gun enthusiast, so i think for everyone here, the operators, the fbi operators and the suspect the best possible outcome we re seeing on our screen. all right. josh campbell . kim dozier, david priest. thank you and evan perez and colonel cedric leighton. please stay with us. this is cnn breaking news. it is the top of the h
may need to be looked at again? eric, i definitely think these measures need to be looked at again because what you re dealing with here is, you know people s lives, and you know it s things change in a person s situation. let s say their financial situation or their exposure to different people. i foreign people and on this just scored platform. we know that he was kind of a the suspect was contacted by nationals on that platform, so there are certain things there that become critical. the important and it didn t you know, leads you to believe these kinds of background checks need to be done in a much more thorough manner. that s one of the key things and they also need to be updated on a morgue. people basis than is currently the case. so, yes, they definitely need to be re examined and that there needs to be a full court press on that particular aspect of the clearance issue. david
i ask that you begin producing all responsive documents immediately. i request that you begin scheduling transcribed interviews with each witness identified by the committee. the president is back from vietnam without a deal on the north korea nuclear issue. he is getting bipartisan praise for walking away rather than accepting perhaps a weak deal. dana? dana: can i just ask you one question about the clearance issue. it is the case, i believe, that congress can ask about a clearance but a president has the right to give or taketh away any clearance. is that right? reporter: no question about that. you would know that well from your time here at the building behind me. bottom line, the president has the authority to dole out clearances. according to the new york times report, it upset john kelly, who thought it might be going too far. bottom line, the president does have that authority. dana: thank you. we appreciate your report. the list of democrats running for president keeps
and they should have remained confidential. joining me now for a reaction is sol wisenberg. former deputy independent counsel to the bill clinton whitewater investigations and scott bolden, democratic strategists and attorney and always spartacus to me. i don t know if that s a compliment. [laughs] okay. you know that s true. so what do you make of this? well i think there is a lot of theatrics but let s be real clear. he violated the clearance issue on wednesday because he used the document to cross-examine cavanaugh. so whether he knew it was cleared or not cleared, the bottom line is why with these documents confidential. there were no personnel, no national security interest and that s why the democrats were complaining that one day the document dump, many of these were being held by the bush lawyers but if you look at them there s nothing confidential about them at all which is
the stunt earlier today. and they should have remained confidential. joining me now for a reaction is sol wisenberg. former deputy independent counsel to the bill clinton whitewater investigations and scott bolden, democratic strategists and attorney and always spartacus to me. i don t know if that s a compliment. laura: why not. i m glad you didn t put my picture up there. it s cory booker in stead. i m more handsome than him. laura: you know that s true. so what do you make of today? well i think there is a lot of theatrics but let s be real clear. he violated the clearance issue on wednesday because he used the document to cross-examine kavanaugh. so whether he knew it was cleared or not cleared, the bottom line is why were these documents marked confidential. if you look at the documents they used there was no personnel or national security interest. that s why the democrats were complaining that one day the document dump, many of these were being held by the bush lawyers