investigator looking into why it was that u.s. intelligence assets were getting arrested and murdered in china all of a sudden. i mean, these were people who were losing their lives to work with our country. the guy charged with investigating how it was that they were being exposed and how it was that they were starting to get murdered, he himself was allegedly being paid by foreign governments and spies? i only know what i read in the spy books and what i read in the indictments. but from a national security perspective, this seems very bad. it also just seems very, very unusual. joining us now is someone who really does know these things and not just from spy novels, mary mccord served as the top national security official at the u.s. department of justice. she s executive director of the constitute at georgetown law school. it is a pleasure and an honor to have you here tonight. thank you for taking the time. thank you for having me.
it was that they were starting to get murdered, he himself was allegedly being paid by foreign governments in secret. i only know what i read in the spy books and what i read in the indictments. but from a national security perspective, this seems very bad. it also seems very, very unusual. joining us now is someone who really does know these things, and not just from spy novels. mary mccord served as the national top official at the department of justice. she is an executive director for the institute for constitutional protection at georgetown law school. it is real pressure and honor to have you, thank you for taking time. thank you. first, let me ask you, if what i just described about the mcgonigal case is fair. just looking at this as a lay observer, someone who reads the news and can read the public facing documents here, it seems like this must be an incredibly rare and unusual thing. this is a senior fbi official from the counterintelligence
murdered in china all of a sudden. i mean, these were people who were losing their lives to work with our country. the guy charged with investigating how it was that they were being exposed and how it was that they were starting to get murdered, he himself was allegedly being paid by foreign governments and spies? i only know what i read in the spy books and what i read in the indictments. but from a national security perspective, this seems very bad. it also just seems very, very unusual. joining us now is someone who really does know these things and not just from spy novels, mary mccord served as the top national security official at the u.s. department of justice. she s executive director of the constitute at georgetown law school. it is a pleasure and an honor to have you here tonight. thank you for taking the time. thank you for having me. first let me just ask you if what i just described as the mcgonigal case is fair. just looking at this as someone that reads the news and