stopping that kind of unilateral linkage with iran and has decision going on. repeatedly received lethal aid not just at the, necessarily in the executive branch, but also and other support from iran used elsewhere, at the white house to attack u.s. and coalition forces. possibly, and all of these u.s. officials say the militia different folks in government has conducted 11 rocket attacks delayed this, because their against coalition bases in iraq initial reaction was what the in the last two months. heck is going on. the largest last friday when but why, in fact, do you think this is a system that is militants fired more than 30 working when you have his top rockets at a base near kirkuk killing an american contractor, and wounding four u.s. troops. three national security folks sitting down with him, convincing him to release this on sa u.s. aid and it seems like two weeks later, it took him more than two weeks if in fact this happened military response which required in late augus
feet million followers who publish content online and that is their full time job so i think what it also tells us is that this the dot is very very scattered and it comes from many different sources and i think this is also why the government asked the n.s.a. for help but it s interesting isn t it the n.s.a. and the ask them quickly to say what is that yeah well the n.s.a. was demonized before but now what this has happened it tells me that the taking a very very seriously right now. but also the sources of the doctor that published are so many you know you have apparently cloud cloud accounts on the internet you have social media consequence e-mails phone numbers bank statements but also faked
withdrawing. what are your thoughts on that? i think it speaks to the hyperpartisan environment we are in where partisanship and political point-scoring come far ahead of facts and what is best for the country and finding qualified people to take up these posts. i think that is a shame because obviously we need our best and the brightest at the highest levels. gina haspel is an example of that. i think the fact that she, according to the reports, gave thoughts of stepping back from the process is reflective of her humility and her desire to ensure that the c.i.a. is not a political football. to ensure that the c.i.a. can have an effective leader. so i think it s a shame we are going through the process and it s shameful she is having to endure the process. i m hopeful enough sensors will come to the senses to recognize enough senators will come to senses to recognize an asset she will be. your clip showed the director of the c.i.a. and the n.s.a.,
you heard congressman pete king raising important new questions on all this. i understand his anger and i don t blame him. this is almost like made for television. so the house intel report had a lot of top secret information redacted. basically said when jim clapper, who was the head of the director of national intelligence in the obama administration is the boss of the c.i.a. and the n.s.a. was interviewed by their investigators and said he did not tell reporters about the existence of the dossier. that interview allegedly took place in july of 2017. he then goes to cnn. after he leaves the government he tells him he did release it. did he lie to the committee or cnn? it s none of the committee s business if he lied to cnn. they are free to line to their own anchors but not free to lie
jon: new information for you now a front line documentary takes a closer look at how and why vladimir putin was targeting u.s. elections. the intelligence community admits they failed to get washington to publicly condemn russian meddling in our democratic process. in the days before the election there was constant interaction between the experts at c.i.a., f.b.i. and n.s.a. we were monitoring and using our abilities to understand what the russians might have up their sleeve at the 11th hour. jon: michael kirk conducted the interviews for this program and joins us now with a preview. michael, it s hard to believe but vladimir putin was a lieutenant of the freedom