on what we have been been seeing coming out occurfy for several weeks now. there s independent intelligence that the cia is weaving into its own collection efforts here, the material gathered by other governments as well as its profile of mohammed bin salman and the way he operates and the way an operation like this would have to go down in a system like the saudi government so it s a combination and i think it s interesting and important that the cia attaches high confident this to assessment. on top of your usual work and your beat and your life s work. what have you learned in reporting this story about our eyes and ears, including that of our allies overseas. about our intelligence capability? so there s one of the interesting things that we try to get at in the story is that
went to office. arthel: i want to go back to new york times article because they did do reporting and some american officials familiar with the intelligence referenced in that article that it was published today in addition to aggressive and sometimes deadly counterintelligence by moscow, both current and former officials also said the expulsion of american intelligence officers from moscow has hurt collection efforts and then officials also raised a possibility that the outing of an fbi informant under scrutiny by the house intelligence committee and examination encouraged by president trump has had a chilling effect on intelligence collection, so i ask you is this accurate and fair analysis by those intelligent officials? historically we have seen u.s. intelligence operations inside the soviet union, for example, have ups and downs and when there s a crack in the system it ripples throughout the entire system. this is a back and forth that always occurs. there are ups and downs the
time, he would be following the correct law, without a doubt, when the attorney general sessions, who i have alwaysd personally liked and respected, but what he has done here has now left this administration and country more exposed to the deep state that has been working against theth president you elected since the very beginning. last week, we learned that at least one informant, likely more, working in coordination with the obama justice department actively infiltrating the trump campaign, spying on a multitude of people associated within candidate trump s collection efforts. here is what two of the men who were spied on how to say on this program right here last night. take a look. i think what this meeting was about was they used me to get an introduction to george. he wanted to go to georgedu papadopoulos. he used carter page to get to me and that he used me to get to george.
very high and they are suffering these attacks on a very regular basis and becoming more regular. let s talk about our collection efforts versus the european collection efforts and particularly as it relates to section 702. obviously, we think about spats between us and the europeans regarding intelligence matters, but we know there is a robust munication and cooperation between our european friends and ourselves. so i want to talk about it section 702 in that respect. why don t we start with director coats and i ll throw it to everyone else. how important is section 702, the continuation of section 702 and its related parts to doing what we have been doing as far as helping the europeans in the
europe is their risks are obviously very high, and they re suffering these attacks on a very regular basis and becoming more regular. so let s talk about our collection efforts versus the european collection efforts. particularly as it relates to section 702. obviously, we hear in the media frequently about spats between us and the europeans regarding intelligence matters, but we all know that there is a robust communication and cooperation between our european friends and ourselves. so i want to talk about it in i want to talk about 702 in that respect. why don t we start, director coats, with you, and then i ll throw it up for ib else thanybo that wants to comment on this. how important is 702, the continuation of section 702 and its related parts, to doing what