forward with rec len station. look, i think that vast majority of americans understand we need to tighten our security, we need to tighten our vetting procedures, and understand who is coming in. not just from 7 countries, but from any country. and so take the time to do it right, and don t continue down a battle with 9th circuit, my dad served on 9th circuit as one of lone conservative, you are not going to live in that court, let it go. maria: okay that is important. your opinion on russia reportedly considering turning snowden over to u.s. as a gift. i hope if snowden is turned over to u.s., he is tried for treason, because he is a traitor. maria: okay that is ha has been talked about, carly there are
presumably, they ve extracted as much information from snowden as they can get. they will look like they are doing a favor for the new president. the president would look strong in terms of violaprosecuting so who s violated the most secure sacket yums. so, it would be a smart ploy for putin, who s showed his ability to manipulate the new president from beginning to end. would americans view it as a foreign policy victory for donald trump? the popularity of snowden, there s lots of disagreement about that, but i think most americans feel he betrayed the country, so i think it would look like something that is strong for the new administration. rick wilson, where do the politics go from here? there are references to the logan act, investigative processes there. i want to be clear, there s been no fbi public findings on anything like this. correct. so that is all speculative. but what about the political reaction, if any, from either party on what to do about this or how to inv
broader issue of collusion. and so, this really has to be investigated from top to bottom in a converse. rick stengel, i want to ask about what would have been our top russia story tonight if there wasn t so much going on, something you know a lot about from your tenure. investigative journalist cynthia mcfadden reporting russia considering returning snowden to the united states to curry favor with trump. intelligence checking information that russia is considering turning snowden over as a gift, calling the nsa leader a spy and traitor, trump has, saying he deserves to be executed. that s according to a senior u.s. official who has reports detailing the russian deliberation and says the snowden handover is one of the
various ploys to curry favor with trump. your thoughts. yes. i mean, ari, if true, it would be a win-win for russia. presumably, they ve extracted as much information from snowden as they can get. they will look like they are doing a favor for the new president. the president would look strong in terms of prosecuting someone who s violated the most secure sacket yums. so, it would be a smart ploy for putin, who s showed his ability to manipulate the new president from beginning to end. would americans view it as a foreign policy victory for donald trump? the popularity of snowden, there s lots of disagreement about that, but i think most americans feel he betrayed the country, so i think it would look like something that is strong for the new administration. rick wilson, where do the politics go from here? there are references to the logan act, investigative
michael flynn, you know, lied about what he did during the transition period, but also whether he had contacts during the campaign that speak to this question of whether there was a broader issue of collusion. and so, this really has to be investigated from top to bottom in a converse. rick stengel, i want to ask about what would have been our top russia story tonight if there wasn t so much going on, something you know a lot about from your tenure. investigative journalist cynthia mcfadden reporting russia considering returning snowden to the united states to curry favor with trump. intelligence checking information that russia is considering turning snowden over as a gift, calling the nsa leader a spy and traitor, trump has, saying he deserves to be executed. that s according to a senior u.s. official who has reports detailing the russian deliberation and says the snowden handover is one of the various ploys to curry favor with trump. your thoughts. yes. i mean, ari, if true, i