john brennan has pointed out a number of times. going back to your first question about what does the intelligence committee do? everyone in the campaign with approaches from a foreign country. you think people would know what to do? in this last campaign a lot of people didn't report those approaches when they occurred. is second thing counterintelligence is very important in this creative time. in 2014 thes us russians had a team of people doing research on which states were important. the intelligence community needs to be focused on that aspect of the russian community. said, they also tried to drive wedges. they wanted us at each other's throats. they pretty much achieved that in some areas by driving wedges thaten social groups create false platforms that create legitimate organizations as vehicles for their own propaganda. everyone needs to be on heightened alert. they also try to break into companies that make software for voting machines. tot is another area we have put up the roadblocks. then there is the paper ballot iss

announcer: next former cia director john brennan joined michael burrell and andrew mccabe discuss election security from the press club. >> thank you very much. this is a great turnout. i'm really flattered. if there was something else important in washington d.c. going on tonight, i think you know what i'm talking about. [laughter] mark: thank you for coming. i'm mark loiselle, at george mason university and we author the intelligence policy and national security that has put on a number of these wonderful programs in the last few years. we will continue to do so. i am very flattered by this turnout. for those of you who don't know jarden -- george mason university has a schar school policy government that provides academic programs in fairfax and arlington, virginia and we have a number of degree programs primarily taught in arlington and public policy public administration international security studies which has been ranked number two by "u.s.news and world report" nationally that we are very proud of and i think the michael hayden sent her center for security policy studies a number o

let's go to that first with regard to john brennan. what -- explain to everybody the i see a report and why they think that it proves that the cia director got involved in fbi investigations and it all started earlier than people think? >> the i see a is the intelligence community assessment, when they say all the intelligence community agrees that russia is the one who agrees -- spewing the one they just said today, just pointing out. >> it appears that mr. brennan at the cia wasn't your mental in that. but we've seen fbi director ray agrees that assessments. the cia, they do the foreign intelligence do the work, they are working with their counterparts in other countries. it appears mr. brennan based in some reports took that information and took it across to the fbi and that's how the original counterintelligence investigation was launched. i think this inspector general report is going to be one of the most consequent reports we've had in many areas. i think it's going to demonstrate that people took advantage of a fisa process whe

. >> next, former cia director john brennan former acting cia director michael morell and former acting fbi director andrew mccabe discuss u.s. intelligence and election security from the national press club. >> thank you very much. this is a great turnout, i am flattered if there something else important in washington, d.c. tonight, i think you know what i'm talking about. [laughter] thank you for coming. i am dean of the policy of government at george mason university. and respond to the michael hayden center for intelligence policy and international security that has put on a number of wonderful programs over the past few years and we will continue to do so. i look very much forward to this special event and for those of you who do not know, george mason university has a policy government that provides academic programs both in fairfax and in arlington virginia and we have a number of professional degree programs primarily taught in arlington and public policy, public ministration, international security studies which is ranked number two by u.s. news and world report, we are very pr

these are the agencies that just a few years ago saturday part of congress like the cia and john brennan lying about torture to congress you know there was no rep or caution for that absolutely none whatsoever thing with the page same thing you will clapper and same thing mind at the end of that those who are 'd an authority you don't ever change anything because they're not the ones who are actually in power you know christopher one of the things i find most insulting in through all of this here all of us knowing that our viewers know that the deep state has in fact been in existence for a long time and has tried to exert and probably often successfully exerted influence here but christopher what insults me is calling them patriots ok and somehow knowing better than we do that they're somehow morally they have higher moral fiber than we do ok and they also these patriots so-called devalue my vote go ahead christopher. yeah absolutely patriots ha that's a joke if we look at this and i am equally insulted if we look at someone like susan rice or her who goes out there with the whole bengh

. >> did you get from cia director john brennan. there was a question. he was already beginning to investigateto trump and any potential ties with russia. he's described in my book is the instigator of the witchhunt. he put together an interagency passport of course that would be the foundation of the russia hopes in the investigation used by the fbi in particular. he was the head of counterintelligence for the fbi. the point person in the witchhunt. and who we don't know whether it was something that came from the rich imagination of hillary clinton or john brennan or both. and james clapper was involved. he turns out tod. be the prodigiously. i explained his leaks in the book. but all came to a head when the hillary clinton campaign and the democratic national committee, paid for your russian disinformation. there is composed by next british spy wrist were still in the amazing part and i explained this in witchhunt, is that he puts together his antidrug dossier, lickety-split. within the course of ten days to 14 days. from being hired now that is impos

i'm not good to spend a lot of time on introductions, all mention we have john brennan, former director of cia and assistant to the president for the homeland security encounter in terrorism in the long-standing 25 career at cia. donald lockli.serving as actingf central intelligence in the final months of his career. and he is a legend in the analytic tradecraft. >> michael morell from 2010 - 2013. serving twice as acting director and lead to the analytic early in his career and served as a briefer george w. bush. the only person in america that was with the president of the united states on 9/11 as well as with the president on the day we brought osama bin laden to justice. andrew mccabe, director of the fbi for 2016 - 2018 serving as acting director in 2017 after james comey was fired, he has a career in counterterrorism, though the fbi national security branch of the washington field office and played a critical role in the boston marathon calming, the attack of benghazi and the russian attack on our election in 2016. please welcome our panel members and moderator to the stage. [appl

you could argue john brennan in the i'm not service at all but john brennan, mike morel are coming out, easily the most overtly politicized former officials that we have ever had. >> laura: all i can say is we are out of time, we can't have cia detail at the white house going back to their little cubbies and taking notes and act as they are the checks on the president, they are ridiculous. if that's a real problem. they are crawling all over the white house. we'll have you on back soon, sorry. could mitch mcconnell blow up the 2020 democratic primary? foxes ed henry has intel of his own. former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is jumping in the race, how desperate are the democrats? lisa boothe is here on that. >> laura: for weeks i have been urging been urging senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to step up and take control of this impeachment inquiry narrative, he has an enormous amount of power because despite what house democrats might decide, the final call comes down to the republican-controlled senate, and impeachment trial is expected to last six weeks, requires all sena

you could argue john brennan in the i'm not service at all but j john brennan, mike morel are coming out, easily the most overtly politicized former officials that we have ever had. >> laura: all i can say is we are out of time, we can't have cia detail at the white house going back to their little cubbies and taking notes and act as they are the checks on the president, they are ridiculous. if that's a real problem. they are crawling all over the white house. we'll have you on back soon, sorry. could mitch mcconnell blow up the 2020 democratic primary? fox's ed henry has intel of his own.lo former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is jumping in the race, how desperate are the democrats? lisa boothe is here on that. democrats? if you have medicare, listen up. the medicare enrollment deadline is only weeks away. with so many changes, do you know if your plan is still the right fit? having the wrong plan may cost you thousands of dollars out of pocket. and that's why i love healthmarkets, your insurance marketplace. with their new fitscore, they compare thousands of plans from nati

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it's impossible that john brennan did not know about the key activities. and it's obviously that the attorney general would have to know working with the fbi. former senior officials and the names we've been talking about. we keep talking about all those but there's another layer that has escaped scrutiny and questioning and hopefully after the ig report comes out will get those answers. maria: great to see you. thank you so much. we'll be right back. t? ok here you go... over... under... hey whoa, pop, pop... your shoe's untied. ♪ ensure he's well taken care of, even as you build your own plans for retirement. see how lincoln can help protect your savings from the impact of long-term care expenses at lincolnfinancial.com. colon cancer screening for people 50 and older at average risk. i took your advice and asked my doctor to order cologuard, that noninvasive colon cancer screening test. the delivery guy just dropped it off. our doctor says it uses advanced science. it's actually stool dna technology that finds 92 percent of colon cancers. no prep, and

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accountability in a democracy is fundamental. >> jim klapper, john brennan, these are two names that appear throughout the book and we've all had to read and watch their roles in all of this. can they be prosecuted and is that a live wire? should they be? >> i think it is possible and that is why it's very significant and important that william barr several months ago launched an official department of justice investigation and appointed u.s. attorney from connecticut john durham to headed out. durham is well-versed in corruption at the fbi in the cia. he's prosecuted and put behind bars people who have engaged in lawless acts in those agencies. as i write the book inventing a lie is easy but starting the lie is easier in uncovering the truth is hard because the truth always has its enemies. it will take time to unravel all of the lawlessness and corrupt acts involved in the "witch hunt" but i have confidence in william barr and john durham. the inspector general's report will be very important but they are not waiting for the ig report they are moving full steam ahead and in fact we

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i want to talk about john brennan. the president tweets about yovanovich basically saying the reason he let her go. she had a bad report. so nal mall yeah went to hell in a hand basket and ukraine was endemic corruption. john brennan tweets about the president of the united states. your comments reflect the despicable nature of our character. and desperation to protect your corrupt and criminal acts. your efforts to intimidate will fail. may your downfall be swift, your penalty onerous and your legaci' condemned by all. >> he send out these unhinged tweets. it tells you what was the motivation. brennan was involved in pushing president trump. you have the justice department conclude there is evidence, they haven't concluded who is responsible criminally. but there is evidence of criminal misconduct. criminal activity in the origins of the spying on president trump. who was involved in that? obviously brennan, comey, the leadership of the obama administration. that's what they are nervous about. so what are they doing?

john mclaughlin and -- brennan, i called out brennan win was the first one to do it in april of 2018. leave him aside in this discussion. if we are talking about john mclaughlin. what john mclaughlin was doing was being a little bit facetious in his comments. he was saying sat cia we collect intelligence and we make an political judgments to the best of our ability based on that. trish: let me go back to this ukraine transcript. we all read it and granted it's a memo of a transcript. it's not absolutely perfect. vindman was upset because they left out two words. but i don't know if two words will change the entire tenor of the conversation. but vindman's suggested view of the tone and whether or not he was fearful about any of this, how is that relevant? if we can ride the transcript, what do we care about how some intelligence professional felt that day like whatever i was picking up vibes in the room? how is that relevant compared to the actual words themselves? >> he was not in the oval office with the president. he did not participate in a brefght president before that phone call.

i don't know if it's true or they saidut what was he was an obama person, involved with john brennan, susan rice, which means obama. he was like a big anti-trump person, hated trump, and they said terrible things. i don't know if it's true or not, but that was reported by some of the media, so you will have to find out. i don't know why the media is not on it. the whistleblower gave a very inaccurate report about my phone call. my phone call was perfecto. it was totally appropriate. but he gave a report, he or she, but according to the newspapers, it is a he, they know who it is. you know who it is, you just don't want to report it. cnn knows who it is. but you don't want to report it. you would be doing the public a service if you did. the whistleblower gave a false report and because of that false report, people thought that bad things were done. and then you had schiff go out andspeak before congress the american people and give a false story. he made up a story. this wasafter all done, i released, and everybody says he didn't do anything wrong. but the whistleblower should be reve

john brennan was at the event praising the concept. bradley mouse, former assistant attorney general john you for more. the new york times talking about this issue of donald trump saying the deep state has emerged from the shadows past and present to block cooperation with house impeachment investigators and provide evidence that largely backs up the still anonymous whistleblower. your reaction? >> there is undeniably a break between the president and intelligence community but i don't think it is because the intelligence community is safeguarding their public from a road president. this break goes back to the beginnings of trump's entry into office when the head of the fbi jim comey tried to provoke the president into taking steps to independent counsel and you have people like brennan and jim clapper, heads of the intelligence committee, to attacking a sitting president, can think of a time that has happened before when they accused him of thinking he was a russian intelligence agent. because of things like that i don't blame donald

john brennan was also there embracing the concept. let's turn to former deputy assistant attorney john you, for more. "the new york times" talking about this issue of president trump and the deep state says the deep state has emerged from the shadows in the form of real-life governmental officials past and present who have defied an attempt and provided evidence that largely backs up the still anonymous whistle-blower. >> i think there is undeniably a break now between the president and the intelligence community. but i don't think it's because the intelligence community is necessarily safeguarding their public form a rogue president. i think this break goes back to the very beginnings of trumps entry into office where the head of the fbi jim comey deliberately tried to provoke the president into taking steps of the independent counsel. then you have people like brennan and jim klapper going out on television and i can't think of a time where that's happened before. so because of things like that i don't necessarily blame president tr

brennan. oops that means partisan bias. end of story. >> judge pirro: and has a history with adam schiff. what say you, charlie? >> exactly. that's exactly right. the more we learn about him the more questionable it becomes. it seems that the left is always focused on talking about the biography of any person that fits their narrative but as soon as there is someone that might have communicated with schiff and worked in the biden white house and has a partisan history it's something they don't want to talk about. >> judge pirro: next up congressman mark meadows facts checks nbc life on nbc. >> republicans can continue to hang everything on our ambassador, volker, hold on congressman meadows?-- he's walking by right now but republicans are really struggling to defend the president -- >> they aren't struggling on anything. the republicansep aren't struggling on anything. >> judge pirro: charlie what on earth would republicans be struggling with? where would she even get that from? >> what i love

senator, john brennan's name is on the report, he was director tennants's chief of staff and then deputy executive director when the programme started. he grew up at the agency. he claims to have spoken out against the eit programmes. where? i've just spent five years looking at their e—mails and never found anything to suggest that is true. well, we knew this wasn't going to be easy, they have their own narrative and they are going to stick to it. maybe we could come up with some middle ground, find some common language. i thought ourjob was to provide oversight and accountability, not middle ground. i have a question for you. do you work for me or for the report? and i would encourage you to think about that before answering. so that's annette bening, as dianne feinstein. interesting thing, you can see, it's a drama that plays out in rooms and a lot of it is people in rooms and a lot of it is people in rooms having conversation or looking stuff up on the computer, or going through... it can be dry. i think there's an argument that there isa think there's an argument that there is a c

over the years he worked for joe biden and disgrace cia director john brennan. a news article from 2017 identified him as pro-ukraine and anti-russia, said he was the subject of bitter complaints from some republicans who knew him. two years ago conservatives were publicly charging that this man was working from inside the building to undermine the trump administration. according to the real clear politics investigation piece last night, they were right. the man worked as a professional left-wing activist to attack donald trump, he held meeting with adam schiff's staff members several of whom are his former colleagues from the obama white house. tonight we can tell you it seems likely this man was also a source for robert mueller's investigation, what appears to be the man's name can be found in the footnote of the final report. a week ago "the new york times" praise the whistle-blower as "a patriotic public servant," his aim the paper reassured us was not to bring down mr. trump out of personal or political animus but to rescue the republic from his excesses. i

. [♪] lou: john brennan has reared his ugly head, warning the president today in a tweet he writes in part, may your downfall be swift, your penalty onerous and your legacy condemned by all. it is really truly amazing ignorance on the part of brennan. unbelievable. amazon ramping up a war on christmas. the tech giants touting a new children's book. the first christmas by thomas williams as its number one new release in children's christian holiday fiction. it their rates the birth of jesus christ as it's recounted in the gospels without any i am bell i shallment at all. pastor of the first baptist church in dallas. great american and good friend. good to have you with us. what in the world is amazon doing. >> nobody should be surprised that jeff bezos and his amazon "washington post" empire can't tell the difference between fact and fiction. lou: that's a good line. >> regardless of what amazon has done, the fact is there is a mountain of evidence to prove the birth of jesus is not fake news, it's real news and good news to those who believe. we still divide you history ac and bc on t

do we know that and what is going to happen with john brennan as we wait for this ig report and the john durham now criminal investigation? >> yeah, well a couple things that's been reported i don't know if it's accurate but what i do know is this. six weeks ago adam schiff said we need to hear from the whistleblower and have him come testify. that would be good because we can evaluate his credibility. schiff has changed and now he says we don't need to hear from the whistleblower so what has happened in that timeframe that changed the chairman's mind? only one thing. we learned that adam schiff's staff had met with the whistleblower and adam schiff didn't tell us. we also learned that the whistleblower didn't communicate that even though the form you're required to fill out to the inspector general the whistleblower didn't communicate that he had talked with people on capitol hill namely adam schiff's staff, so that's the only thing that's changed so now adam schiff has changed his tune i think that's interesting, as we move forward and again, i think the american people have the right

it's going to be competing with what could be some major revelations about james comey john brennan, and others. revelations we've been waiting and waiting and waiting. lindsey graham says december 9th, mark it down, circle it on the calendar. >> shannon: the news cycle is 24/7, what is past 24/7? >> it will get more interesting. >> shannon: somewhere in there, the holidays will come. >> we will have a four-hour special. g >> shannon: all night. you'll get sick of us. we will be here all the time. >> we'll be up late with you. >> shannon: thank you. time now for other headlines. leland vittert takes a look at some other headlines that may have got lost in the shuffle. >> some of these things would have been lead stories and any other day. the president headed to austin texas, for the opening of a new apple computer plant. he got a tour from tim cook. remember, he once referred to him as "tim apple." >> strongest in the world. >> tariffs on chinese goods took center stage, including whether the trump administration would grant a waiver for apple products that are still made in china.

this is an operative placed in the white house by john brennan who voted for the communist party before he joined the characteristics a. he voted for the communist party candidate, gus hall. he worked for susan rice and vice president biden when he was the point man for ukraine. he was fired from the nfc when leaks out of the nfc were simply outrageous. the impeachment isn't an impeachment. after the declaration of war, the second most powerful thing the congress has is to impeach the president. this seven-page resolution doesn't even mention a crime. it gives all the power to the intel committee. there was no intel committee when the founding fathers brought the statute for impeachment. adam schiff who was a prosecutor. never jail now because of adam schiff, the man who lies the most on capitol hill should have their cases reexamined. he doesn't have to have the president's counsel in chamber when he does these hearings. he does haven't to release all the transcript. this is a show trial. adam schiff is rebuilding socialist show trials here in america. he's championing the anonymity fo

brennan, and others. revelations we've been waiting and waiting and waiting. lindsey graham says, december 9th, knock it -- mark it down, circle it on the calendar. >> shannon: the news cycle is 24/7, what is past 24/7? >> it will get more interesting. >> shannon: somewhere in there, the holidays will come. >> we will have a four-hour special special. >> shannon: all night. you'll get sick of us. we will be here all the time. >> we'll be up late with you. >> shannon: thank you. sarnoff -- timeout for other odd loans headlines.leland vittert takes t some other headlines that may have got lost in the shuffle. >> some of these things would have been lead stories and any other day. the president headed to austin, texas, for the opening of a new apple computer plant. he got a tour from tim cook. remember, he once referred to him as "tim apple." >> strongest in the world. >> tariffs on chinese goods took center stage, including whether the trump administration would grant a waiver for apple products that are st

john mclaughlin and -- brennan, i called out brennan win was the first one to do it in april of 2018. leave him aside in this discussion. if we are talking about john mclaughlin. what john mclaughlin was doing was being a little bit facetious in his comments. he was saying sat cia we collect intelligence and we make an political judgments to the best of our ability based on that. trish: let me go back to this ukraine transcript. we all read it and granted it's a memo of a transcript. it's not absolutely perfect. vindman was upset because they left out two words. but i don't know if two words will change the entire tenor of the conversation. but vindman's suggested view of the tone and whether or not he was fearful about any of this, how is that relevant? if we can ride the transcript, what do we care about how some intelligence professional felt that day like whatever i was picking up vibes in the room? how is that relevant compared to the actual words themselves? >> he was not in the oval office with the president. he did not participate in a brefght president before that phone call.

this is an operative placed in the white house by john brennan who voted for the communist party before he joined the characteristics a. he voted for the communist party candidate, gus hall. he worked for susan rice and vice president biden when he was the point man for ukraine. he was fired from the nfc when leaks out of the nfc were simply outrageous. the impeachment isn't an impeachment. after the declaration of war, the second most powerful thing the congress has is to impeach the president. this seven-page resolution doesn't even mention a crime. it gives all the power to the intel committee. there was no intel committee when the founding fathers brought the statute for impeachment. adam schiff who was a prosecutor. never jail now because of adam schiff, the man who lies the most on capitol hill should have their cases reexamined. he doesn't have to have the president's counsel in chamber when he does these hearings. he does haven't to release all the transcript. this is a show trial. adam schiff is rebuilding socialist show trials here in america. he's championing the anonymity fo

. [♪] lou: john brennan has reared his ugly head, warning the president today in a tweet he writes in part, may your downfall be swift, your penalty onerous and your legacy condemned by all. it is really truly amazing ignorance on the part of brennan. unbelievable. amazon ramping up a war on christmas. the tech giants touting a new children's book. the first christmas by thomas williams as its number one new release in children's christian holiday fiction. it their rates the birth of jesus christ as it's recounted in the gospels without any i am bell i shallment at all. pastor of the first baptist church in dallas. great american and good friend. good to have you with us. what in the world is amazon doing. >> nobody should be surprised that jeff bezos and his amazon "washington post" empire can't tell the difference between fact and fiction. lou: that's a good line. >> regardless of what amazon has done, the fact is there is a mountain of evidence to prove the birth of jesus is not fake news, it's real news and good news to those who believe. we still divide you history ac and bc on t

>>ha was that john brennan or fiona hill? i can't tell the continues. no one is making the argument that the rugs weren't playing around in our elections. they spent a couple hundred thousand on facebook ad. that's pretty clear. no one knows whether they were doing it to help clinton or help trump. were the russians tonight to help trump or were they in it to help clinton? it is the dossier people pushing the lie or the information without evidence that the russians were in there to help trump. i'm glad she is no longer in the white house. lou: i hope' of these people will never again be in the white house. >> no matter the administration. lou: vindman talking about zelensky being asked about whether he served in the military. he didn't know the answer to it, and he considers himself the leading expert, not fiona hill. not to know that, even though apparently the zelensky government offered him the role of defense minister? he should know. >> an american citizen knows more about ukraine and their ties to the clintons and the trump issue than the men who