furthermore, unnamed fbi attorney one went so far to say the review of the material was necessary to complete the year and even began to draft a memo about it. and per the ig you thought the e-mails would have been a logical investigative step. who stopped it? i don t know. it was levels above me. my understanding was it was outside the bureau. did you object to that? i disagreed. i wanted to search it. we are getting close to classified information. did you send an e-mail or a memo to that effect that you said we need to search this? i don t recall what the nature was. as a counterintelligence officer, did you know if any other nondoj government officials had reviewed the classified materials in question in this case? i don t know. did any non doj person
i would have to think about that. were there rephrase the question. servers that were used or devices that were searched. were there searches done on the data warehouse system that would obtain data pursuant to fisa or 702. when you say data warehouse system, you were referring to fbi systems. correct. i believe there were. do you know if anything was found? not offhand i don t. it is not referenced in the ig report. investigators learned late in their review. that may have included information relevant to the mid year investigation but ultimately did not do so.
the russians and some saying this sensitive source of information that is so sensitive, so vulnerable, we shouldn t put it in danger because sometimes you go out and do investigation, whether it is a drug sniff or intelligence source, it can cause significant harm. all of the pollsters, saying it is not likely president trump is going to be elected so don t worry about it. i had a different view. i said you know it doesn t matter whether he is going to be elected. we are the fbi. we need to do our job. let me ask you this. you have answered the question i want to finish up. do you think james comey leaked out because he needed a quote insurance policy toc cove his back for pre determining that hillary clinton was innocent even before it began.
expired. mr. chairman, parliamentary inquiry. the witness has attempted to answer the gentleman s question. and he was allowed to. just a moment please. the question that was asked and the witness was not allowed at that time to give the clarification. the gentle woman has not stated a parliament inquiry which was not written at the time. the gentle woman from georgia is recognized. thank you for being here. i have found your testimony today to be quite remarkable in
am aware of this and take into consideration what you are doing and the appearance of that. so obviously you understand the gravity of the trance ge transgressions. and engaging in what you have been engaging it. it opens up to exploitation and blackmail. given the fact that you have and currently hold a high level clearance. they were well aware of it. when did they become aware of it? when it was made very public by the media after it was leaked. so it was in the press. your premise, that it makes it susceptible to blackmailed. i never could have been blackmailed or coerced by the nature of that relationship. you were asked a question about that. there is a reason that security