chiefs of staff. it was a significant slam at trump. he tweeted, intelligence is hard, thankless work. fortunately we have dedicated, patriotic, courageous men and women on the job. thanks. so barbara starr said until now, dempsey has been adamant about staying apolitical. but clear tonight, he is breaking from that and this comes on the heels of james clapper who aimed at trump saying there is a difference between scepticism and disparaging. trump tweeted, as he big fan of the intelligence community and his team said he is only questioning the conclusions reached. not the actual intelligence. thank you. terrorism analyst phillip mudd and chairman mike rogers, and the former director of the national cyber security center. let s start with you. the latest news has identified go betweens the russians used to