syria s comment, he said the military is getting out of syria soon. dni coats stated there was a significant and insignificant meeting at the white house discussing this issue and there was a decision made and the white house would be coming out with a statement soon. my colleague, kera lee is now reporting that the decision was president trump reluctantly agreed to keep some troops in u.s. military in syria for a number of time to clean out the isis presence. i m sure you know this, there s a area called the middle euphrates valley. that area still has quite an isis presence there. more than 90% of the isis presence have been eliminated from sir yar and iraq but it s not gone. military officials says there s still probably two to six months
we know this from testimony yesterday. and the white house chose to knowingly disregard the advice of the intelligence community yet again. i worked for two presidents. i had clearances under two presidents. i have never heard of the white house saying to the intelligence community, okay, we don t take your advice. we don t believe you when you say this person is a counterintelligence risk. i think it follows a pattern, frankly, of the white house listening to the intelligence community when it fits their political or personal interests, like with the nunes memo, and disregarding the intelligence community s advice when it comes to topic they re uncomfortable with, like the russia investigation, or in this case, the counterintelligence risk posed by rob porter. i want to ask about russian meddling in the election. it was such a big topic yesterday on capitol hill. and sam, you point out in your column on cnn.com that dni coats indicated there s no single agency in charge of coordinat
point about that john kelly quote, you know that meme on the internet of the dog drinking cough fooe while everything around him is on fire and says this is fine. that s what the quote feels like to me, just an odd way to phrase it, particularly after your white house acknowledged through raj shah they could have handled things differently. perception is reality. he s going to put out what he wants. the problem is sometimes it transcends, ignoring victims of domestic abuse, too big a deal to be allowed under the category of political coverup. that s why the president will be hounded until he makes it right with people who are living that kind of systematic torture. also, dni coats comes up, chris cillizza, and says the security clearance process is broken. porter also an example of that. what kind of legs does that have? you have a couple of stories
one area that i think we were a little all caught off guard on and agree understandably is how the russians used social media and i realize this is a new area for all of us and there are legitimate issues around american civil rights that have to be balanced. the fact is, i think we have to have an organized plan going forward. this question will be directed at dni coats and director wray. if others want to weigh in. because of the notion that these companies, while maybe located here, operate in cyberspace and when we ve got somebody masquerading as mike pompeo but is boris in st. petersburg it doesn t fit neatly into a particular flow
answer. i ve had that in the pocket for a while, sir. as do i. one area i think we are all caught off guard on and to a degree understandably was how used social media and i realize this is a new area for all of us and there are legitimate issues around american civil rights that have to be balanced we have to have an organized plan going forward. this is directed at dni coats and director wray but if others want to weigh in. while these companies may be located here, operate in cyberspace, and when we have somebody masquerading as mike pompeo but is actually boris badinov in st. petersburg it doesn t fit neatly into a