the recommendations this committee presents will help making sure that something like this never happens again. reporter: pompeo has called for more sweeping terror surveillance. he wants to keep open the detention center at guantanamo bay. he has criticized obama for rolling back tough interrogation tactics, like waterboarding. and he was a staunch critic of fbi director james comey and his investigation of clinton. director comey screwed this up from the get-go by announcing on july 5th that he wasn t going to indict a woman who had materially mishandled classified information. reporter: and pompeo issued some tough statements about islam, even accusing its religious leaders of turning a blind eye to extremists. silence has made these islamic leaders across america potentially complicit in these acts. reporter: in 2015, pompeo agreeing with the conservative talk radio host that obama was sympathetic to terrorists. every policy of this administration has treated
in the situation room. this was not an election, this was a revolution. reporter: as donald trump s national security advisor, michael flynn will be at the table for every major defense and foreign policy decision by the president. a retired three-star general who helped dismantle extremist networks in afghanistan, flynn is known as a skilled intelligence officer, even though he was forced out from the pentagon as head of the defense intelligence agency for his combative management style. really bright, incredibly hard working. i do think most of his life experience has been at the tactical level, where he has incredibly successful. reporter: on the campaign trail flynn was a vocal critic of hillary clinton s private e-mail server and the clinton foundation foreign dealings. we do not need a reckless president who believes that she is above the law. reporter: but two former government officials with direct knowledge tell c. in n while in afghanistan flynn
bedminister, new jersey, the meetings with top candidates will follow. 2012 naum reand harsh trump critic, mitt romney, michelle rhee and potential secretary of defense pick james mattis all scheduled for saturday sitdowns with the president-elect. the romney meeting by far the most notable with the like of comments like these. donald trump is a phony, a fraud, a con man, a fake. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. reporter: some questioning whether it s simply head fakes to soothe critics who say he s not reaching out. trump s team says this is the new reality. the president-elect wants the best and the brightest. he s going to meet with people who supported him, people who didn t support him, republicans, democrats, independents. most of all these conversations start off as just that, a conversation to discuss people s ideas and thoughts and get their opinions. reporter: wolf, as we all know, everybody is trying to read the tea leaves and get a