that there is a big difference between the leaks there, when donald trump said he loved wikileaks, when it was affecting the clinton campaign, because it was campaign information, and these looks now which are matters of national security. i thought that was fascinating because, of course, he has to parse this because last year they loved wikileaks, and now we have to be outraged about it. the reality is these were both crimes. they were theft of private information. here you have the spokesman for a candidate who is waving around this stolen information on a regular basis last year. now trying to explain how, okay, now we need to be concerned about how evil these leaks are. hallie jackson is in the white house briefing room. we just have you up. we re talking specifically now about the wikileaks and the dump of spy methods. talk to us a little more about how sean spicer tried to defend the white house after all donald trump said on the campaign trail that he loves wikileaks.
documents. the harshest words were for julian assange. wikileaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service, it s time to call it what it is, often abetted by states like russia, he relies on the dirty work of others to make himself famous, he s a fraud hiding behind a screen. a stark departure from his boss s attitude then candidate trump responding to the release of material said he loved wikileaks. a new law signed by president trump makes it legal for states to with hold money for any state that has