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About russian interference in 2016 with republicans and democrats still debating of those investigations were handled properly four years ago and if you do the right conclusions about russian actio action. Your book opens with a scene paid for the delegation and after the election to brave trump entertainment there is a deep partisan divide in congress was the inevitable given the politics of the moment or should something have been done differently . I was asked to brave the gang of eight usually is a members of congress the house and senate who are entrusted with the most sensitive secrets and intelligence the us community has so i went to brave the eight of them. There were is a very strong concern in a curious reaction on of six of those individuals was senator feinstein as well as adam schiff and concerned with they were hearing what the russians were doing and speaker of the house also took the information very very seriously also the cia and to look into this matter to find out
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
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We are also filming for our own Youtube Channel and along the same lines we get to q a we have microphone set up over here also make sure your short question is a short question. If you havent yet bought a book we have copies also of his Childrens Book which our fun and interesting that make great gifts. We are here to listen to brad meltzer for his book the first conspiracy. Writing history with the same command of suspense and action made him one of the finest thriller writers he now tells the story of the plot to assassinate George Washington. Looking back he shows the iconic you have American Freedom was fraught with uncertainty. Only to become a target of the treasonous plot nonetheless. And both fans of thrillers and american history. We are in conversation tonight with the awardwinning documentary. Please help me welcome him to politics and prose. Welcome this is my first hometown bookstore and because i used to live here i can tell you this means a lot to me. You have relatives