Director brennan, thank you for sitting down with me today. Your book provides really interesting background and detail, not just about your career and on intelligence debates of the past but very much the news of our current days. Its four years later, were style fighting about russian interference in 2016. The republican and democrats are still debating whether the investigations were handled properly four years ago, whether you and Intelligence Leaders of 2016 drew the right conclusions about russian action. Your book opens with a scene after the election before the inauguration, youre briefing first congressional leaders and then go to new york to brief the trump and his team. A sharp partisan divide when you brief congress. Describe that and talk pout whether that was inevitable given the politics of the moment or could something have been done differently . Well, julien, i was asked to brief the gang of eight when we learned about what the russias were doing, the full extent of i
Interview top nonfiction authors about the latest work. All programs are also available as podcasts. Thanks for sitting down with me today, your book provides the interesting background and detail not just about your career and intelligence debates of the past but its very much relevant to the news of our current days. Its four years later, we are still fighting about russian interference in 2016, republicans and democrats are still debating about whether the investigations were handled property four years ago whether you of 2016, drew the right conclusions about russian acti action. Your book opens with a scene after the election, before the inauguration. Your breathing congressional leaders in going to new york to meet trump and his team. In the sharp partisan divide when you brief congress, describe that and talk about whether that was inevitable given the politics of our moment will could something have been done differently . I was asked to brief them we learned about what was doi
What he knew to the impeachment hearing earlier in the year and how far did charges corrupt government machine. John bolton welcome to conflict zone. I agree with you thank you for having me when you became Donald Trumps National Security advisor you wrote that you thought you knew what you were getting yourself into its not true why work for and give your loyalty to a man labeled as a serial liar. Well i viewed the loyalty that i owed and i tried to live up to to the constitution and the country you know were not a Medieval Society you dont have a legion lower than you personal loyalty to its not the mafia or Something Like that and the fact was in my view the country faced some serious challenges i think a number of. National Security Policies during the Obama Administration had been misguided there was a chance to make a contribution and. Certainly went in with my eyes open but i believe it is least at that time that we could have a more regular process a more typical if you will Re
Bolton tell what he knew to the impeachment hearing earlier in the year and how far to travel to corrupt government machine. John bolton welcome to conflict zone. I agree with you thank you for having when you became Donald Trumps National Security adviser you wrote that you thought you knew what you were getting yourself into its not true why work for and give your loyalty to a man labeled as a serial liar. Well i viewed the loyalty that i owed and i tried to live up to to the constitution in the country you know were not a Medieval Society you dont have a legion lower than you personal loyalty to its not the mafia or Something Like that and the fact was in my view the country faced some serious challenges i think a number of. National Security Policies during the Obama Administration had been misguided there was a chance to make a contribution and. Certainly went in with my eyes open but i believe it is least at that time that we could have a more regular process a more typical if yo
Bolton tell what he knew to the impeachment hearing earlier in the year and how far to trying to corrupt government machine. John bolton welcome to conflict zone. I agree with you thank you for having me when you became Donald Trumps National Security advisor you wrote that you thought you knew what you were getting yourself into it starts true why work for and give your loyalty to a man labeled as a serial liar. Well i viewed the loyalty that i owed and i tried to live up to to the constitution in the country you know were not a Medieval Society you dont have to lead to a word that you personal loyalty to its not the mafia or Something Like that and the fact was in my view the country faced some serious challenges i had a number of. National Security Policies during the Obama Administration had been misguided there was a chance to make a contribution and. Certainly went in with my eyes open but i believe at least at that time that we could have a more regular process a more typical if