point, simpson s testimony there is inaccurate, the fbi did not have a source inside the trump campaign. it s just they had heard something similar from the australian diplomat. that s right. about somebody inside the trump campaign. that s right. you could say second hand information from somebody inside the trump organization. simpson s argument is all of this about steele coming forward, et cetera, contradicts president trump and his supporters who argue that the dossier was a purely political document paid for by democrats trying to hurt trump. that s right. on a couple of different levels here. for one, simpson testified that steele went to the fbi entirely on his own and that he did not s.o. not because he was told to by the dnc or democrats but he was genuinely concerned presidential candidate donald trump was being blackmailed by russia. here is what he said to the senate judiciary committee, chris said he was very concerned about whether this represented a national s
so they re watching him. well, the problem was they did not have any other corroborating information to identify him as a threat. what has to be determined is, was information on shahzad put into the terrorism databases and was there any other corroborating information that they missed? we can put things together. they went to the trouble of checking him out on making a condo sale but didn t notice he went over there for five months to get training in terrorism? they went to pakistan, but they didn t know connect the dots. checking him out before and then they saw he went for terrorist training. so the question is one dot would be enough i think. sometimes that s true. the question is, did the fbi know that there was a linkage to known organizations over there? was she just visiting his family? look, nobody likes most people a guy show later on, a politician who likes profiling. nobody likes profiling per say. the guy, he s got a beard, dark complexion, accent.
pakistanis killed in terrorist attacks by al qaeda and their associates. we recognize that they mean as much danger to the pakistanis as they do to us. so we re going to continue to deepen that cooperation, we re going to make clear to them that these enemies, which are their enemies, are our enemies too. so is 53 hours from the time this happened to the time we picked the guy up, right? that s correct. okay, thank you very much, dennis mcdonough of the national security council. appreciate it, chris. well joining us now is an nbc news terrorism analyst. well, that was dennis mcdonough who certainly knows how to stay on message. yes he does. told us one thing basically they did a good job and that s fair enough. let s get sol more information here. how did they know about this guy? apparently six years ago they were looking into this guy checking in on a purchase of his condo by somebody else. so they re watching him. well, the problem was they did not have any other co
was information on shahzad put into the terrorism databases and was there any other corroborating information that they missed. piece things together, went through the trouble of checking out in making a condo sale but didn t notice he went over there, for what, five months to get training in terrorism. went back to pakistan but didn t know what he was connect the dots. checking him out before and then they saw he went for terrorist training. so the question is one dot would be enough i think. sometimes that s true. the question is, did the fbi know that there was a linkage to known organizations over there was. look, nobody likes most people a guy show later on, a politician who likes profiling. nobody likes profiling per say. the guy, he s got a beard, dark complexion, accent. that s rotten anti-american behavior but checking outs a guy who s been naturalized but heading back over there for a period of months, who is obviously a little suspicious in the beginnin