going to detract from what is a powerful message, what went on in his interaction with the president of the united states. listen, his factual observations are also wed now with his take, his impressions. and so here s this example where he does use the analogy of a mob boss. that s how he interpreted the way the trump organization was run. as a former mob investigator. as a career prosecutor, nobody investigator. it is apt and vivid. flash backs to my earlier career against the mob. the silent circle of assent. the boss in complete control. the loyalty oathsment the us versus them worldview. the lying about all things, large and small, in service to some code of loyalty that put the organization above morality and above the truth. david, how do you hear that?
wherever this guy keeps his nerve agent. stay tuned, it could happen tonight. ainsley: james comey s book comes out on tuesday it s called a higher loyalty he clearly has a lot of disdain for our president. steve: yesterday we showed you that promo where george stephanopoulos asked a series of questions and we don t get any of the answers. now according to leaked copies of the book, we do have answers to why was james comey referring to the president as like a mob boss? and now here s the passage from the book. ainsley: he says this president is unethical and untethered to truth and institutional values. his lin is transactional, ego-driven and about personal loyalty. i had flashbacks to my earlier career with the prosecutor against the mob the silent circle of assent. the boss in complete control. the loyalty oath, the u.s. vs. them world view. the lying about all things large and small in service to some code of loyalty that put the organization above
flashbacks to my career as a prosecutor against the mob. the silent circle of assent. the boss is in complete control. the loyalty oaths. the us versus them world view. the lying about all things large and small, in service to some code of loyalty that put the organization above morality and above the truth. he is describing what is very well described in the book the godfather. where everybody stays silent and protects the boss. now, i would have preferred that james comey approach this as a small family business. the trump organization is run with very few people. its loyalty is to the top of the organization. without necessarily implying that the organization itself is a criminal enterprise. now we don t know whether or not donald trump has done anything wrong or criminal during his business career. he s certainly not been one who supports his constituents and others outside the family business terribly well. i think it is a bit overreaching
and effectively work together is pretty special. they bring their knowledge, their tools and equipment and the proficiency to get the job done. and the whole time i have been in the fire service, pg&e s been there, too. whatever we need whenever we need it. i do count on pg&e to keep our firefighters safe. that s why we ask for their help. welcome back to hardball. in the first excerpts from the new book a higher loyalty, james comey offers a series of explosive revelations about his interactions with the president. the washington post which obtained a copy of the book today reports that comey paints a portrait of an unethical leader obsessed with personal loyalty. interacting with trump comey writes gave him flashbacks to my earlier career as a prosecutor against the mob, the silent circle of as sent, the boss in complete control, the loyalty
believe that encryption platforms like silent circle, telegram, whatsapp might have been used, how does that change the game and what does it mean to how the intelligence community needs to change the paradigm of what they think about surveillance? well, i believe that certain parts of the intelligence community are already looking at these platforms, especially very popular programs that were used in the middle east. i used whatsapp which was very well known in the middle east well before it came over to the west and telegram, which has the self-destruct timers in them. they are vulnerable to exploitation by the security and communications intelligence agencies of the world. now isis knows that they are on the hit list, they will probably shift to something else. malcolm nance, executive director for the terror asymmetrics project, thank you. joining me now is democratic congressman jim himes of connecticut.