to pay russians to lie about the president. that s the real evidence of collusion in this case. molly: one of the theories that is out there and that s partially why this investigation is ongoing and my nuñes why nuñes has been calling for answers is that the dossier potentially could have been used to get these fisa warrants that were used to look into the communications of the trump campaign. do you think that s the case, that the dossier led to this investigation and some of the investigative tactics that may have been taken by the fbi? well, i m deeply troubled that as a member of the judiciary committee with oversight respondent to answer -$=juuháhat question, i donlity know it. and the reason why is because when we had the attorney general, the deputy attorney general and the fbi director before our committee, they told us we weren t allowed to know the answer. that is totally unacceptable. the american people have a right to know whether their money was used to go and cur
thank you for continuing to serve to protect the united states. again, you have that great burden of knowing lots of classified information you cannot talk publicly about. i want you to know thank you on behalf of america for your service to your country. the committee has been extensively briefed on these efforts over a regular basis as part of our overgoing oversight respondent over the 16 elements of the intelligence commitment. and the national intelligence program. in order to fully understand intelligence collection programs, most of these briefings and hearings have taken place in classified settings. nonetheless, the collection efforts under the business records provision in section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act are legal, court-approved and subject to an extensive oversight regime. look forward to hearing from all of the witnesses about the extensive protections and oversight in place for these programs. general alexander, we look forward to hearing what you