always on my shoulders? why hasn t the department of justice done more? those comments were striking as the president ordered the department of justice to write those regulations banning devices like bump stocks. there was a review under way. the president was saying enough of the review, let s get something on our plate, let s do something about it. again, andrea, he attacked a frequent target, his attorney general jeff sessions, a man he has publicly on twitter and even in public statements called weak, beleaguered. he said he s disappointed with him on everything from the leaking issue, perhaps the original sin, the recusal from the russia investigation, and now, of course, on guns, the president basically saying you should have done more on this. the question is will the president actively address it in some real way or is the white house viewing this as a moment where they have to say something in a moment that could disappear as soon as the next big story swamps it. he s been t
jessica: i understand and there are two topics. there is a leaking issue and we should not have as many leaks as we do, but now that we have james comey and even donald trump s own son corroborating the fact that he did want the flynn thing to go away, james comey feels he was fired because of the russia thing which is what he said to lester holtz. that s not inventive. that s not conspiracy theory. these are from their mouths. brian: i hope you can let go of flynn is a lot different from you better let go. jessica: there are justice cases who have hung on the i hope frederick. it s not just of palling around. if he thought it was that, he needs to understand the office and he s holding. brian: he s not a lawyer. sandra: both sides of the political aisle praising president trump for his tenor in time of crisis. dozens mark a change and cannot help men to the deep partisan
the russians to be able to protect themselves better next time around. and it didn t need to happen, because the guys investigating it already would have had access to this information. on that point hold on. jim, go ahead. on the leaking issue, because post edward snowden, of course, edward snowden, another contractor who leaked classified information. there s been a lot of discussion inside and outside the intelligence community as to how they can prevent this kind of thing in the future. they ve taken many steps, protocols, they ve reviewed processes, reviewed who has access to certain classified information. and yet here, yet again, a contractor getting a very highly classified, in fact, very fresh nsa report. only a couple of weeks old, and putting it out there, and the fact is, even though she s in great legal trouble, the information s already out there. we know the contents of that report. if i could just offer one word, in defense of leaking and in defense of inves
if i could just add just on the leaking issue, post edward snowden, another contractor who leaked classified information, there s been a lot of discussion inside and outside the intelligence community how they can prevent this in the future. they have taken many steps, protocols. they reviewed processes, reviewed who has access to certain classified information. yet here yet again, a contractor getting a very highly classified in fact, very freshness report only a couple of weeks old and putting it out there and the fact is, even though she s in great legal trouble, the information is already out there, right? we know the content of that report. just offer one word in defense of leaking and investigative journalism. yes, it s true mueller will have access to this material. but i think there is a public value in the public having access to it. mueller may not make any of his
collected information about the trump transition, proving trump right. we are in a slipperyvote. joining me now, michael hayden, former director of theia and the nsa. for people who are in conspiracies, they assume you leave here on a black helicopters. general hayden, let me start with this issue of the leaking issue that is going on. sure. obviously we are at the point where can we have faith in congress to investigate this story fairly? i think yesterday was actually a dark day. and i know both the chair and senior member of the committee. like and respect them both. but what we saw yesterday, i think, was the committee chairman and perhaps a little bit from the senior member as well undercutting the legitimacy of at least this committee to conduct that kind of an investigation. one hopes that the senate committee can actually maintain this bipartisanship and more objective view.