property. his press pass has been suspend until further notice. this is not about jim acosta. this is about the white house trying to control news coverage by blacklisting certain reporters. ultimately, it s about freedom the press. the question now is whose credentials could be revoked next? as far as i m concerned, i haven t made that decision. but it could be others also. so, look, cnn s in the thick of this story and trump s insulting acosta, insutting alty phillips on friday and others, they re on record saying trump s attacks against the media are disturbingly unamerican. that s the official word from cnn. but i want to try to approach this as dispassionately as we can. right now it s about cnn but nbc or the new york times or other outlets could be next. so i want to ask if there s a legal case here, could cnn end up suing in order to get acosta s press pass reinstated?
well, tell the president next time he calls you to give me a call and explain the case to me. then i can you better look at these things more dispassionately and realize that people of the type of person that michael cohen is do not want to go to jail. i know that. i agree. you have me convinced on that. and when they re under pressure, they re not only under pressure from their own inner thoughts, they re under pressure from their family. and going to jail means that the family is in jail. the wife has to travel four hours, wait on line, submit to examination. i believe every word you say about michael cohen and about michael cohen s possible threat to the president as a witness. it was an extraordinary 20-minute discussion. we re going to put the whole thing online. he talks about just how michael cohen will crack. he goes into great detail. he s known donald trump for decades. it was just a stunning set of
discove discover or use from michael cohen? what would michael cohen tell them that would lead to impeachment? there may be business affairs between the two of them. they may see events quite differently. but all i know from dealing with the man for two decades is that you, lawrence, have him wrong. okay. and i don t know whether you re willing to accept that. but i sort of doubt that. because tell the president next time he calls you to give me a call and explain the case to me. you better look at these things more dispassionately and realize that people of the type of person that michael cohen is do not want to go to jail. i know that. i agree. you have me convinced on that. they re not only under pressure from their own inner thoughts, they re under pressure from their family. and going to jail means that the
community for a moment, there s nothing more sacred in the intelligence business than its objectivity. nothing more sacred than the belief they are there to look at events in the world dispassionately. almost clinically. and come in and give their best assessment of things. i believe they are doing that. i m not in the room. but i know my former colleagues and i know that at any time in the past, when that has been challenged, when that has been in any way jeopardized, there is close to a rebellion within the ranks. there were times in my past when i would say to someone who was pushing us to say something or do something that we believed to be incorrect or false, i would say to them, if we were to do that, there would be a revolution in this building. so i think the assurance that
stick with the intelligence community for a moment, there s nothing more sacred in the intelligence business than its objectivity. nothing more sacred than the belief they are there to look at events in the world dispassionately. almost klinely and come in and give their best assessment of things. i believe they are doing that. i m not in the room. but i know my former colleagues and i know that at any time in the past, when that has been challen challenged, when that has been in any way jeopardize ejeopardis close to a rebellion within the ranks. there are times within my past when i would say to someone who was pushing us to say something or do something that we believed to be incorrect or false, i would say to them, if we were to do that, there would be a revolution in this building.