the fbi does play a role in vetting. what is your view on how effectively we can vet people who are coming into the u.s. of any sort? >> we the bureau and our partners in the intelligence community have a critical role to play in vetting the refugees and others looking to move to our country. and we can always improve that. and i'm always look for opportunities to improve it. we dramatically improved it after 2008 to 2010 when we discovered some weaknesses in our system. we have gotten our act together in a good way to make sure that if there is any dot in our holdings, we will connect that dot that to that person. the challenge is when someone is coming from a place where they are unlikely to be dots or unlikely to be things in our holdings that connect to them, say for a place like syria. we could have a great system and talk to each other but we will not be able to buy down risk in a way we might if we have a relationship, for example, from iraq. the challenge of people coming from places where we do not have relation

fbi director james comey outlined the fbi's strategy on data encryption, intelligence gathering, and investigations. at a dinner held in his honor by the intelligence and national security alliance. this is an hour. >> thank you for that kind introduction. i did take a shot at the new england patriots on live television which i heard about from one of my brothers who betrayed the family when he what i want to do very briefly is share with you some thoughts that are top of mind today for the fbi. and then i want to take questions that i will try to avoid answering from the great mike leiter. and i'm determined not to make news. first thing, i want to talk briefly about how the fbi is thinking about our cyber strategy. you hear me okay? how the fbi is thinking about our cyber strategy. then i want to talk about a unique challenge to all of our work in the form of u bbiquitou encryption and why it means so much to the fbi. the first cyber strategy. to state the obvious for this room, all the threats the fbi's responsible for come at us through the internet. counterintelligence, all the

fox: i have not seen that from the fbi. the cia have concern over the fbi? thefox: it's funny, because police training that the fbi gets involved in internationally , it basically works into its national academy program, which started in 1935, and it was aimed at training domestic states,n the united that by 1937, they are inviting others, so it becomes an international exchange, never on a huge scale, but with other police agencies. they don't get into the counterintelligence training. part of it is the fbi is learning it. they are starting from the ground up to some extent, so their knowledge is limited. as it goes along, 1960's, the kennedy administration was to broaden that international police training and in the post-cold war, the international law enforcement academy and other regional programs become very much part and parcel of that, but it does not surprise me that the fbi was concerned if mi5 was bulking up some of the countries that it had responsibility for in the counterintelligence realm. i would be interesting and knowing the sources and woul

the fbi is people. we don't have satellites, we don't have aircraft carriers, we have great people and i need to pay them and support them and that's what i'll be working for for the next year's budget. >> we unfortunately only have time for two more questions, and i kind of know where this one's going to go, but about half my packet of cards includes something like this. just so everyone knows, i'm not just ignoring it. >> i'm 6'8". thank you. >> i fear that you said that as a threat to me right before i ask this question. can you comment on your commitment, the fbi's commitment, to pursuing to its ends, whatever ends those are, the investigation that you commented on involving russian involvement in u.s. elections? >> i don't want to comment on that particular matter. i'll say generally, though, what i said in the beginning. we are the same today as we were yesterday, we'll be the same tomorrow. we are what are the facts, we really don't care whose political ox is gored by our work, and that is the pa

police read the message and call the fbi. the fbi fills the drop. he plays along. he was a retired nsa officer, and he was ultimately arrested. this has an interesting twist to it. meanthe name chinco anything to you? in 1985, he becomes a defector to the u.s. he was stationed in rome. u.s. secretese him in an aircraft to injures air force base to andrews -- to andrews air force base. the very first question you ask a defector is what? do you know of any penetration of the u.s. government? the person asking the question is aldrich ames, who was himself a spy for the russians at that point. in effect, what he is asking is, do you know about me? and he says no, but he goes to the safe house and is ultimately debriefed. when he is debriefed, he gives them information that identifies mr. long, who was ronald pelton, the man who called the russian embassy. the other person that he identifies is a cia defector, one of the first effectors, edward lee howard. the information he gave was absolutely valid. the interesting question is, why did he defect? having ane, was affai

now, this is an fbi story, but the fbi is officially not commenting on it. so i will tell you at the outset we're on our own. this is a website called spamhaus which sounds like a delicious idea far downscale retro hawaiian fast food place. it's an online international clearinghouse for information and news and statistics and leads about the ways people use the internet to commit crimes and steal stuff. it's about spam and hacking and malware and viruses, all the means people use to mount online attacks. they've done their best at spamhaus to make the worst spammers in the world very famous. obviously this is the sort of crime that you can commit without anybody ever laying eyes on you, but spamhaus has done their best to create an fbi style ten most wanted list for spammers, quoting from spamhaus, do up to 80% of spam targeted at internet users around the world is generated by a hard corey group of 100 known persist tant spam gangs who's names, aliases are documented in the register of known spam operations database. and they post that explanation right alo

this is the fbi translation. male one wrote that he's soifrmt he went to moscow and forgot to check his inbox. but he wants to meet when he gets back. i keep he's an idiot and forgot who i am. he writes to me in russian to practice the language. he got hooked on gazprom. it's obviously he wants to earn lots of money. spy number two says, without a doubt. then he says they've new project right now. it's about to take off. i do not say anything fornow. the other spy says, first we'll spend a couple borrowed millions. and then the first spy laughs. and then says this, quote, it's worth it. i like that he takes on everything. for now his enthusiasm works for me. i also promised him a lot. i have connections in the trade representation, meaning you, that you could push contracts. i will feed him empty promises. and then the other spy swaerz, he is bleep, no, then he'll write me, or write to our clean one. meaning he will write to the trade representatives office and accidentally not talk to a spy. helmeted talk to a r

knowing everything you know about carl page and the fbi and cia operations. what do you make of this? i mean does it surprise you at all that the russians would be interested in somebody like carter page, whose exact, you know, power within the trump orbit is questionable at best? >> i don't think that's the question here, it doesn't surprise me at all, because you have to understand, his role in the campaign, his position isn't the only element that would get him in the russian orbit. let me give you four or five questions i would have if irp an analyst looking for this in the russian side. can he advise us who's responsible for example for setting policy on sanctions against russia. can he advise us where those people are? what clubs they go to, there's a whole range of issues that he can advise on, down to what's day to day, when is somebody going to make a statement from the campaign about russian sanctions. a lot of things he has access to regardless of his seniority in the campaign, anderson. >> what kind of things would the russians have been trying to

now, this is an fbi story, but the fbi is officially not commenting on it. so i will tell you at the outset we're on our own. this is a website called spamhaus which sounds like a delicious idea for a downscale retro hawaiian fast food place. but spamhaus.org is basically a clearing house for news and statistics and leads, about the ways people use the internet to commit crimes and steal stuff. it's about spam and hacking and malware, all the things people use to mount on-line attacks. and they have done what they could at spamhaus, this is the sort of crime you can commit without anybody ever laying eyes on you. but spamhaus is creating a list for spammers, up to 80% of spam targeted at internet users around the world is generated by a hard-core group of about 100 known persistent spam gangs whose names and aliases are in the known operational data base. they post that explanation right along with what is basically their version of the ten most wanted list. this top ten chart of spammers is based on their view of the highest threat, least repentant, and the

police read the message and call the fbi. the fbi fills the drop. he plays along. he was a retired nsa officer. he was ultimately arrested. this has an interesting twist to it. does the name your tolliver genco mean anything to you? he becomes a defective to the u.s. in 1985. he was stationed in rome. he defects. secretely, the u.s. attempt in an aircraft and flies into andrews air force base. he is met by a limousine with a cia officer inside. they get his luggage, he quickly goes inside. then did protocol, the first question you ask a defector is what? do you know of any penetration of the u.s. government? the person asking the question is aldrich ames, who was himself a spy for the russians at that point. in effect, what he's asking at that point is "do you know about me," and he says no. he goes to a safe house and ultimately his debriefed. when he is debriefed, he gives them information that identifies ,r. long, who was ronald pelton who is the man who called the russian embassy and bob played you a recording of fear the other person is a cia defector, one of

that prompted the fbi to monitor him. that same month, he met with the russian ambassadors at the rnc convention which brings us of his time to the campaign and the spotlig spotlight. phil, knowing everything we know about carter page and everything from the fbi from having worked from both organizations. what do you make of this? does it surprise you that the russians would be interested in somebody like carter page, exact, you know power of the trump's orbit is questionable at best? >> i don't think that's the question here. it does not surprise him at all. his role is the only significant element that gets him in the russian orbit. can he advise who the players are. can he advise us who's responsible for setting policies on sanctions of russia. >> can he advise where those people are and what clubs they go to. there is a whole range of information that he can advise down to something that's day-to-day. when does somebody in the trump campaign is going to make statement ws ts with the sancti. a lot of information he's g

with the community. >> reporter: if the fbi came to your door, what would you do? would you invite them in? step outside, turn your phone onto record? >> when something like this happensly record it. i will document it. >> reporter: this club was found alongside a number of other videos people posted of their encounter with the fbiment as we are learning there is always a reason for the fbi to call you or visit your home. >> most of the people we speak with, we feel they have something to offer. it is simply a conversation we have. the preponderance, they are just members of the general public who we feel will be able to help us resolve some allegation of a threat of violence or potential act of terror. >> reporter: after our story aired about the fbi calling and visiting members of the muslim community, we got a chance to sit down with the fbi's assistance special agent in charge. it is a critical role confronted with technological challenges that enable invasion. >> the face of terror has changed. it is now isis pushing out approximately 6,000 videos through soci

and then also the fbi. if he's offering to testify in exchange for immunity to the fbi, they, too, have to weigh in. we've got several different competing and yet collecting investigations going on all at once. so we do know the senate has said no at this point. what happens next is basically flynn has to come forward or his lawyer has to come forward and say we have something so jermaine to this investigation and something you can't get unless i testify about it that they could then make the case for immunity. that doesn't seem to have happened yet. >> so they could feasibly change their mind. they say denied for now. >> the senate has said no but there's the house and possibly the federal government, the justice department. if he comes forward, if flynn comes forward and has a bombshell that they need, that's the whole point of immunity. i will give you something in exchange for what you are giving me. it's a negotiation. >> so i want to switch off russia. the fight between the administration and the free

get me the director of the cia, and fbi. i want to figure out if there's any truth to this and it would start there. and it would be handed to the staff of the national security council to investigate and they would know what's going on. what we have here is a president tweeting. that tweeting then leading to his request to congress to investigate the executive branch where he could have figured it out in a ten-minute meeting. and then you have the national security council feeding information back to congress. it is beyond a hall of mirrors. it is simply confusing the issue. it's diverting us from those real issues. equally important, it makes our allies worried. the fact is, whether you're talking about north korea or china being more aggressive, all these issues are ones we have to focus and our allies need our focus. if we're focused internally, they don't believe we have the time and attention to do that. >> it's one thing that political hacks do that work. it's another to have the national security staff at the highest

fbi has launched. >> absolutely. and they also need to avoid pit falls they found before, particularly house intelligence committee and not politicize this. it dilutes the seriousness of their work and makes them look unreliable. i think we will see more laser-like focus where there is a little bit of breathing room on the task at hand rather than politicizing it. >> i asked you this question almost everyday, john kirby. you are a former white house spokesman, retired rear admiral, four times in four days, russian warplanes buzzed the coast of alaska. in international airspace but close enough to at least on a few occasions the u.s. launching interception warplanes to intercept those russian planes. >> sure. look, it is noteworthy. folks i talked to in the military said the same thing. they are paying attention to this. four in four days, that got their attention. but that's what russians want. this is about getting attention. about flexing muscles. showing hey, we're here. and it might be in fact a signal that they

fbi is involved? are they investigating it? >> i'm told it's a web. there a are multiple agencies involved. they have to go through the fbi. you have fisa to reverse targeting. there's fbi element here. the fbi, and n.s.a. >> bill: the n.s.a. will be the agency that turn over the logs to the senate and house intelligence committees. they are the ones that did the tapping. they are the ones that allegedly, susan rice and others asked to see what they had come up with. then asked for americans to be unmasked.ic isd. it the n.s.a. that's not cooperating with the congressional committees? >> it's actually both. the n.s.a. and the fbi. we were told the fbi is much terms oficult in getting information. james comey has come back to the hill to be interviewed. he's the fbi director. hundreds questions they supposed to have answered haven't been answered in the fbi said we're preparing the information. we want to make sure it's accurate. it's been four weeks. >> bill: explain the hundred questions. what are th

fbi director today come out and say we didn't. in this case we have, an lie, but quick judgment of fact. and wolf it is on decisiveness. white house want to point to the president to be the man who makes the choices. he did on syria. they are fudgy on his role on big bomb in afghanistan and i doubt his role was central on that and in this wun they move quickly to try to prove the commander-in-chief is making decisions. in the future when they talk about decisive decisions, we ought to question them. >> can the administration afford questions about this, mistake, blunder, miscommunication on such a sensitive situation? >> clearly in this case it worked out fine. they made a mistake. they fessed up. we move on from here. but you know, if the stakes had been higher, if intentions were more intense, who knows what could happen and who knows what could happen in the future if we are in similar circumstances or more intense circumstances. words matter in international relation answers diplomacy and certainly when other countries are try

weeks as a source of information the fbi used to support investigation. this includes approval from the secret court that oversees the fisa to monitor page's communications. to obtain court permission to target page, the fbi and justice department will have to present probable cause he was acting as an agent and possibly engaging in clandestine information gathering for a foreign government. comey would have to sign off on this application. last year, page was identified as an adviser on nation al security. he had little interaction with the campaign as a volunteer. >> evan, how surprising is this? >> reporter: it is quite surprising. comey's briefing to lawmakers stands in contrast by the fbi and by the intelligence community. law officials told us that investigators did their own work separate from the dossier to support findings that russia tried to meddle in the 2016 presidential election in favor of donald trump. comey hasn't mentioned the dossier. >> page would not be aware this was happening? >> reporter: that is right. you recall page was scrutini

now the fbi eventually got involved in investigating that bribe. and at that airport diner in jacksonville, in 2013, they set up mrs. dictator to wear a wire while she met with a representative of that mining company. and while she was meeting with that guy from the mining company, he told her in that conversation that she should destroy all the paperwork that she had that documented anything to do with the bribe. and she was wired when he told her that. she was a cooperating witness. so the fbi got all of his instructions to her about that on tape. and they nailed him. they nailed this guy from the mining company. charged. pled guilty. prison time. and the company has since tried to say, oh, that guy was just a rogue actor, he wasn't speaking on our behalf, we don't know anything about what he was talking about, nothing to do with us. but that same mining company is also alleged by the fbi to have paid another large bribe to another official in the guinean government the following year. and the reason yes we know that is because of a trial what's

details about surveillance warrants against one of the president's campaign managers and why the fbi thought that adviser could be acting as a foreign agent. plus, it's the first rule of politics. don't compare anybody to hitler. i guess nobody told sean spicer. >> we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii. you know? you had a -- you know, someone when's despicable as hitler who didn't sink to the -- to using chemical weapons. >> we've got the latest on the attempts to clean that up and whether that will be enough for president trump. we want do get started with the breaking news on the trump administration charges of improper surveillance by the obama administration. cnn is learning now about the claims of chairman devin nunes that members of the obama administration improperly requested the identities of americans appearing in intelligence reports. now, just to refresh your memory, here's what congressman nunes has said previously. >> there's some information in those documents that concern me and the reports that i read that i don't think belong there. it would make me uncomf

go to xfinity.com/myaccount >>> what the director of the fbi did and didn't do shaped the contest in history. two of the reporters who broke that story for there new york times and the new head of the cnn's washington investigative team. welcome. thank you. >> thanks so much. >> and erick, welcome to cnn, by the way. that's what i meant. you have incredible report nothing to the fbi director james comey's decision making to speak out on the clinton investigation but not the trump investigation. because he shaped the election based on how differently he treated these two investigations. >> sure. i think the real discrepancy was that he played the trump investigation by the book. the fbi doesn't typically confirm investigations and when asked repeatedly on capitol hill and others to confirm the existence, he said we're going to go by the book and not do that. and at every turn, he tossed the rule books out and when it came to hillary clinton. i think that's the big disparity and one of the factors we found out is that like a lot of us the fbi and jim comey thought hillary clinton was g

did the fbi have on trump besides this dossier? >> i don't think this takes us a great deal forward, if you're going to go to a fisa court, that judge is going to -- you're going to go in with intercepts, directly from the russians with the national security agency would have picked up. you might have even sources, i want someone who i can identify who's directly in contact with you. if you contrast that with what we have here, a former british officer has an informant in moscow, maybe with a sub informant, passing that information up to the fbi, that's a game of phone that goes three or four links down the chain, the court is not going to look at that and the department of justice would not look at that as an important source of information in this case. >> what it means is that the fbi had a number of things they could present to the judge, this unverified dossier was a minor part of it perhaps. >> knowing what we know about the fisa court and how, any judge, these are serious judges that push back pretty hard when you come to th

the fbi, you know, i think that the fbi has a lot of things that it has to answer for in terms of what -- >> do you trust comey, congressman. >> -- in the political realm. i've met james comey. at this point in time i don't have any reason to not trust him, and you know, i want to see where this investigation goes and what he actually produces. >> can i ask you real quick about the iran deal? donald trump ran saying that it was -- it was a bad deal. a horrible deal. you agree with that, but his secretary of state just told congress that iran is sticking to the terms of the nuclear deal. they do want to review sanctions. they want to start continuing reviewing sanctions, though, but the fact that tillerson is saying they're sticking to the terms of the deal. the deal is still in place, does this make it harder to rip it up eventually if republicans wanted to do so as they promised they did? >> i think you have a couple of issues there. number one is are they sticking to the terms of the deal and it appears that the secretary of state, the u.s. government believes they are sticking to th

because these committees, these congressional committees coordinate with the fbi, and the fbi has first bite because that's a criminal investigation. you know, one of the weird things today about president trump's tweet was when he suggested that the fbi was part of this witch hunt. it's hard to think that the fbi, especially director comey, is a democratic operative. i think hillary clinton would have a thing or two to say about that. >> all right. paul butler, thank you for your time. >> great to be here. >>> coming up, the cloud of suspicion only continues to grow over the white house. but will any of this have any impact on president trump himself or only the people around him? david cay johnston on the shades of watergate and iran-contra in the trump white house ahead. >>> despite my very strong desire to provide congress with my recollection of the facts pertaining to this matter, counsel has advised me that i should avail myself of the protections provided by that same constitution that i have fought to support and defend. i intend to follow that advice exactly. >> during preside

because these committees, these congressional committees coordinate with the fbi, and the fbi has first bite because that's a criminal investigation. you know, one of the weird things today about president trump's tweet was when he suggested that the fbi was part of this witch hunt. it's hard to think that the fbi, especially director comey, is a democratic operative. i think hillary clinton would have a thing or two to say about that. >> all right. paul butler, thank you for your time. >> great to be here. >>> coming up, the cloud of suspicion only continues to grow over the white house. but will any of this have any impact on president trump himself or only the people around him? david cay johnston on the shades of watergate and iran-contra in the trump white house ahead. oscar mayer deli fresh ham has no added nitrates, nitrites or artificial preservatives. now it's good for us all. like those who like... sweet. those who prefer heat. (blows a breath of air) and those who just love meat. for those in school. out of school. and old school. those who like their sandwich with pop. and t

the fbi investigation is the most potent and the most silent. the fbi has all of the legal powers and resources that it needs to caulk thorough investigation of the trump/russia connection. but its investigation is likely to remain silent as for as long as it takes to either produce criminal charges or possibly a report by director comey similar to the unprecedented report that he issued in the investigation of hillary clinton's state department e-mails. the house intelligence committee investigation got off to the worst possible start with committee chairman devin nunes now sidelined from that investigation and himself under investigation by the house ethics committee for his own peculiar behavior with the white house and president trump regarding materials that he said were relevant to this investigation. the senate intelligence committee investigation was considered the best hope for a solid bipartisan investigation that would produce public results. we will consider now the prospects for all three of those investigations, beginning with the

security visor general michael flynn says he has a story to tell about russia but if the congress and fbi are willing to give him a deal. >> when you are given immunity, you probably committed a crime. >> what does he know? the top democrat on the intelligence committee will be here live with the latest. >>> and republican civil war. the infighting intensifies as president trump threatens the hard line conservatives who brought down his health care bill. >> i understand the president's frustration. i share frustration. >> will the bad blood poison trump's relationship with congress? plus, ivanka moves into the west wing. >> i think ivanka is going to be amazing. >> reporter: the first daughter joins the white house staff as documents show she and her husband jared kushner are worth millions of dollars. a new member in cabinet history joins us live. the best political minds will here on what happens next. >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington. the state of our union is really, really rich. new financial documents filed late friday night reveal the wealthiest white house in history. newl

he is a -- >> does that trigger something in the fbi? does it change anything -- >> he has been -- steve has been a huge priority of everyone up here from day one. nothing has changed, sir. the emphasis, the priority to resolve this matter, could not be at the higher level. rest assured law enforcement does not hold any tools its tool bag, we're playing everything, using everything we have, but in this circumstance as the marshals have said we need the public's help. again, we're using every tool in our tool bag. rest assured we're doing that. again, the fact that he is not a top ten or a marshal's top 15 doesn't change any of the facts that he is a wanted fugitive and again, this information is getting out across the country and quite frankly, across the world. >> for us in northern ohio, he's our highest priority. at the end of the day. >> does your experience tell you anything about how this plays snout i mean he's been, you know, on the lam as it were a couple days now. do you think he's alive? >> well, i can only give you my persona

then we find out the fbi has current counterintelligence going on. >> jesus christ. can we focus in on anything but russia? >> i'm glad you said that! take a listen to ivanka trump to her dad talking about her new role. >> chancellor of germany is going to -- asked ivanka to go to germany and she will be working on similar issues with chancellor merkel. >> what do you think? >> what is next? a wealthy young president hiring his 35-year-old brother with no legal experience as attorney general? i mean, what is it coming to? >> the kennedys. >> this is much to do about nothing. they are following the ethics rule and taking no salary. that's fine. >> i think it's interesting that we have a situation in which ivanka trump has holdings, including into the trump hotel, jared kushner has $700 million worth of holdings and to divest. >> she has not divested at all. he has not divested from a lot of assets including buildings. he's not divested from a company that has tried to do business with the chinese. the president is meeting with this week. who the president is meeting w

here we have a telephone he 35thved at the fbi for his year as director at the fbi. as far as i know, when he got it, it sat on his desk throughout his career. we also have a badge he received for his 20th anniversary with the department of justice. hoover began working with the department of justice in 1917. then, finally, this picture i got out as an indication of his personal life and some of the things we have, it is a picture of his two dogs, he loved his dogs. we have several things in the collection with likenesses of his dogs, including bookends that were carved to look like them. dogs.ed his two this is where we keep some of our textiles. here we have a coat worn by a police chief. he was a notoriously corrupt police chief. he was one of the tammany hall guys. he would accept graft in order to get his way. interestingly, after teddy roosevelt came into the nypd and started reforming things, he was one of the guys that went back in the other direction. al capone's bullet-proof vest. al capone, many people know already, but he was one of the biggest gangsters

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we had two fbi investigations. an fbi investigation into each of the campaigns, each of the candidates. but only one of those investigations was discussed and confirm by the fbi outloud before people went to vote in the election. when you look back at it, you can see that there were democrats who you do not get the fbi, who tried to get james comey to go on the record about the investigation into the trump campaign too, but james comey would not budge of the he would talk about hillary clinton being under fbi investigation, happy to do that, but el not talk about trump being under investigation too. would confirm nor discuss it at all. they were both under investigation. there were some democrats who tried at the time before the election back in september to make clear to him how nuts that was. >> is there a different standard for secretary clinton and donald trump? if not, what is the consistent standard? >> no, our standard is not we do not confirm nor deny. there's an exception when there's a need for the public

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because these committees, these congressional committees coordinate with the fbi, and the fbi has first bite because that's a criminal investigation. you know, one of the weird things today about president trump's tweet was when he suggested that the fbi was part of this witch hunt. it's hard to think that the fbi, especially director comey, is a democratic operative. i think hillary clinton would have a thing or two to say about that. >> all right. paul butler, thank you for your time. >> great to be here. >>> coming up, the cloud of suspicion only continues to grow over the white house. but will any of this have any impact on president trump himself or only the people around him? david cay johnston on the shades of watergate and iran-contra in the trump white house ahead. the command performance sales event is here. experience exceptional offers on our most refined models ever. get up to $2,500 customer cash on select 2017 models for these terms. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. (singsong) budget meeting. sweet. if you compare last quarter... it's no wonder everything seems a

the intelligence gathered led to there broader fbi investigation. the officials we spoke to made clear, they don't know whether page was aware the russians may have been using him because of the way russian spy services operate. page could have unknowingly talked with russian agents. >> what is page saying in response to this report? >> we reached out to him today. he disputed the idea he's will ever collected intelligence for the russians. he said at times he intelligence. he said my assumption throughout the last 26 years i've been going there that any russian person might share information with the russian government as i have similarly done with the cia, fbi and other government agencies in the past. u.s. officials say the intelligence does suggest that russia tried to infiltrate the inner workings of the trump campaign by using back door channels to communicate with people in the trump orbit. he's one of several trump advisors whom they detected were in contact with russian officials and others known to russian intelligence during the campaign.

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>> there's a big question about the fbi's rule in this, and there is concerned just about how the fbi is handling the case. we spoke with members of the house intelligence committee who said they're very frustrated with the fbi, so i'm not sure how much active role in terms of what the fbi is actually investigating. >> bill: do you know if the fbi is involved with this? are they investigating this? >> i'm told it's a web, and there are multiple agencies involved here but they have to go to the fbi. how to take the reverse targeting, so there is an fbi element here. the fbi, the nsa of course. >> bill: they would be the agency to turnover the laws to the senate and house intelligence committee. they're the ones that are doing the tapping and of the ones that allegedly susan rice and others asked to see what they had come up with and then asked for americans to be unmasked. so is it the nsa that's not cooperating with the congressional committees? >> it's actually both the nsa and fbi. in fact, we were told that the fbi is much more difficult in terms of getting information, james, has

also breaks this evening, fbi director comey finds he's under the microscope. we have new questions about the potential involve many with the british official who put together the all right on donald trump. we'll be back with more. so you're having a party? how nice. i'll be right there. and the butchery begins. what am i gonna wear? this party is super fancy. let's go. i'm ready. are you my uber? [ horn honks ] [ tires screech ] hold on. [ upbeat music ] the biggest week in tv is back. [ doorbell rings ] who's that? show me watchathon. xfinity watchathon week! now until april 9. get unlimited access to all of netflix and more, free with xfinity on demand. >> martha: new developments after the senate judiciary committee chairman raised questions and demands from directo direct director commey. the wants to know answers and is there more to what he knows about the british spy christopher seale and where the fbi considered paying him to get intelligence on donald trump, the the the then-candidate trump. jonathan is live with us. >> truth maybe stranger than ficti

the other part is the fbi. they're doing a great job in terms of investigating hacking but the hacking powers influence. whenever there's a hack, we should look at what was stolen and figure out what is the anticipated smear campaign, how is this going to be wep pannized. the next one is educating u.s. businesses. treasury and commerce right now need to be doing awareness campaigns. their companies suffer smear campaigns from foreign countries right now which change their stock pries. their employees are in social media and being picked off through social engineering and hacked at. the other part is in the private sector and the public sector. mainstream media companies can we need to work with them. what if they boycotted wikileaks collectively and didn't race to publish too quickly? if those damaging, stolen information that is misconstrued oftentimes doesn't get into the mainstream media, if all of them block it out, russia's influence dies on the vine. the last thing i think is the social media companies wh

the fbi gave credence to certain parts of it to give authority to his secret wiretap.

do you think the fbi is up to it? >> i think the fbi is not only up to it, but the right place to do it. they the investigations, especially retroactively like this one better than anyone in the world. i think what would help them a lot is the political meddling to not short circuit the investigations. every time we have alternative processes running through the white house, when we have legislators moving between the executive branch for special briefings, that's going to shut down sources of information. authenticity that's going to extend and cloud the investigation. we need to give the fbi time to do the good investigation and clear things up. they can only do that if they're given the resources and space to do it, and not pushed politically in one direction or another. >> clinton watts, former fbi special agent, counterterrorism agent. i think we understand more about this than we did before your testimony this week. thank you, sir. i appreciate you being here tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> all right. we've

you will recall that page has been scrutinized before by the fbi. a 2013 investigation of a russian spy ring included descriptions of interester acti interactions with one of the alleged spies. he denies he knew they were russian agents. he gave a speech in russia last summer that drew the attention of the fbi. page says he took this trip independently. he says he. he pressed his own views and that overall he has disputed anything that -- that anything illegal was done in his interactions with the russians. page said, i look forward to the privacy act of 1974 lawsuit i plan to file in response to the civil rights violations by the obama administration appointees last year. the discovery process will be of great value to the united states as our nation hears testimony from them under oath and we receive disclosure of the documents which show what exactly was done in 2016. the bottom line here, as he says, it's the owe boo bama administration officials that have been pushing the russia allegations. >> appreciate the reporting. carter page remains near