>>> A BIPARTISAN REPORT RELEASED BY THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE CONFIRMS THE FIND
FINDINGS OF THE U.S.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WHICH
STATED IN JANUARY OF 2017 THAT
RUSSIA DEFINITELY MEDDLED IN THE
2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND
THAT RUSSIA DEFINITELY WANTED TO
HURT THE CANDIDACY OF HILLARY
CLINTON AND HELP THE CANDIDACY
OF DONALD TRUMP.
SPECIFICALLY, THE UNCLASSIFIED
REPORT RELEASED BY REPUBLICAN
RICHARD BURR AND DEMOCRAT MARK
WARNER OF THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE SAYS THAT THE
COMMITTEE’S ASSESSMENT "SHOWED
THAT MOSCOW SOUGHT TO DENIGRATE
SECRETARY CLINTON AND PUTIN AND
THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT DEVELOPED
A CLEAR PREFERENCE FOR TRUMP."
THE REPORT TODAY ALSO SAYS THAT
THE COMMITTEE HEARD CONSISTENTLY
THAT ANALYSTS WERE UNDER NO
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED PRESSURE
TO REACH ANY CONCLUSIONS.
AND THE COMMITTEE HAS SEEN
ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES OF RUSSIA’S
ATTEMPTS TO SOW DISCORD,
UNDERMINE DEMOCRATIC
UNDERMINE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, AND INTERFERE IN
U.S. ELECTIONS AND THOSE OF OUR
ALLIES.
ALLIES. THE KREMLIN SAID TODAY THAT IT
IS POSSIBLE THAT RUSSIAN
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL MEET ONE ON
ONE WITH NO STAFF PRESENT EXCEPT
TRANSLATORS AT THE BEGINNING OF
THEIR SUMMIT MEETING IN HELSINKI
ON JULY 16th.
AND SO ONCE AGAIN AMERICANS ARE
LEARNING ABOUT THE PLANS OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
FROM THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
INSTEAD OF FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
JOINING OUR DISCUSSION NOW
MALCOLM NANCE, MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR
ON INTELLIGENCE ANALYST.
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "THE PLOT TO
DESTROY DEMOCRACY:HOW PUTIN AND
HIS SPIES ARE" ELLEN FARKAS.
FORMER DEPUTY SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE.
DEFENSE. SHE’S AN MSNBC NATIONAL SECURITY
ANALYST.
ANALYST. MALCOLM, I WANT TO START WITH
YOU ON THE ISSUE OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF THE PRESIDENT
SITTING DOWN ONE ON ONE PLUS
TRANSLATORS WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> IT’S ABSOLUTELY FASCINATEINGF
YOU KNOW, EARLIER TODAY ON
TWITTER ASHA RANGAPPA, THE
FORMER FBI OFFICER, MADE A JOKE
HE WAS GOING IN TO MEET HIS
HANDLER, WAS GOING TO DISCUSS
ANY CONCERNS HE HAS, ANY
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE CONTACTS HE
HAS, HIS SURVEILLANCE DETECTION
ROUTINES, ANYTHING THAT A
HANDLED ASSET WOULD WANT TO
REPORT IN TO HIS BOSS.
AND AT THIS POINT I’M REALLY
STARTING TO WONDER BECAUSE WHY
WOULD HE GO OFF THE RECORD IN A
PRIVATE MEETING WITH VLADIMIR
PUTIN AT A TIME HE HAS BEEN UND
UNDER THE GUN FOR MORE THAN TWO
YEARS IN THE BELIEF HE HAS
CONSPIRED WITH RUSSIA TO RIG A
U.S. ELECTION AND MAY POSSIBLY
HAVE INVOLVED HIMSELF IN OTHER
NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND HE JUST
DECIDES HE’S GOING TO GO PROVE
IT.
IT. >> EVELYN FARKAS, IT IS AN
ASTONISHING THING TO WATCH.
WITH ANY OTHER POLITICIAN WHO IS
SUSPECTED OF ANYTHING IN THIS
DIRECTION, THAT POLITICIAN WOULD
GO OUT OF HIS OR HER WAY TO BE
MUCH STIFFER AND MORE FORMAL AND
MORE DISTANT IN RELATIONS WITH
RUSSIA OR WHATEVER COUNTRY WAS
IN QUESTION.
IN QUESTION. >> RIGHT, LAWRENCE.
I MEAN, ANY OTHER PRESIDENT OR
POLITICIAN FOR THAT MATTER, AND
GRANTED, OKAY, HE WASN’T A
POLITICIAN UNTIL RECENTLY, BUT
NEVERTHELESS, WOULD DO
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO REMOVE
ANY SHADOW OF ANY DOUBT THAT
THERE WAS SOMETHING NEFARIOUS
GOING ON.
GOING ON. I HAVE TO SAY, I’M ALSO FURTHER
CONCERNED BECAUSE WHAT I’M
HEARING NOT ONLY FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION IS ACTUALLY
CONFIRMATION THAT THERE IS GOING
TO BE A ONE-ON-ONE MEETING BUT
THAT THERE’S A LOT OF
CONSTERNATION, A LOT OF WORRY
INSIDE OUR GOVERNMENT.
I MEAN, THAT TO ME IS SHOCKING.
AND PEOPLE JUST FEEL LIKE THEY
CAN’T RESIGN BECAUSE OF THEIR
CONCERN BUT THEY’RE WATCHING
SOME KIND OF TRAIN WRECK, SOME
KIND OF REALLY BAD MOVIE UNFOLD
EXCEPT THAT IT’S REALITY.
SO I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS
IS HAPPENING.
IS HAPPENING. LAST TIME DONALD TRUMP MET WITH
VLADIMIR PUTIN ON THE SIDELINES
OF A BIGGER SUMMIT, HE ACTUALLY
HAD A MEETING WITH ONLY ONE
INTERPRETER, THE RUSSIAN
INTERPRETER.
INTERPRETER. SO IF THAT HAPPENS AGAIN, THAT’S
EVEN WORSE.
EVEN WORSE. BUT OKAY, HAVING INTERPRETERS IS
GOOD IF AT LEAST WE HAVE THE
U.S. INTERPRETER BECAUSE THERE
WILL BE SOMETHING OF A RECORD IN
THAT CASE.
THAT CASE. BUT THE OPTICS ARE BAD.
IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE FROM A
POLICY PERSPECTIVE.
POLICY PERSPECTIVE. IT’S JUST MORE THAN UNFORTUNATE.
>> AND THIS NEWS COMES TO US ON
THE SAME DAY THAT THE SENATE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE REPORT,
AND THIS IS THE FULL COMMITTEE.
THIS IS ALL EIGHT REPUBLICANS
AND ALL SEVEN DEMOCRATS, THE
COMMITTEE SAYS THIS.
THE COMMITTEE CONCURS WITH
INTELLIGENCE AND OPEN SOURCE
ASSESSMENTS THAT THIS INFLUENCE
CAMPAIGN WAS APPROVED BY
PRESIDENT PUTIN.
PRESIDENT PUTIN. AND SO THE COMMITTEE IS SAYING
VLADIMIR PUTIN DID THIS.
AND NOW DONALD TRUMP IS SAYING
THAT HE’S GOING TO HAVE A
ONE-ON-ONE MEETING WITH VLADIMIR
PUTIN WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ALL
OF THAT LET’S LISTEN TO WHAT
FORMER CIA DIRECTOR JOHN
McLAUGHLIN SAID ABOUT THIS
TODAY.
TODAY. >> THE PRESIDENT IS AN
INTELLIGENCE RECRUITER’S DREAM.
HE’S TOTALLY TRANSPARENT WITH
HIS TWEETS AND HIS PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
COMMENTS. HIS FRUSTRATIONS, HIS DESIRES,
HIS WEAKNESSES, HIS
VULNERABILITIES ARE ALL HANGING
OUT THERE.
OUT THERE. AND PUTIN OF COURSE IS A TRAINED
KGB INTELLIGENCE OPERATOR.
>> MALCOLM NANCE, YOU KNOW THAT
ANY SCREENWRITER OR FICTION
WRITER WOULD TRY TO MAKE THIS
MORE SUBTLE.
MORE SUBTLE. THEY WOULDN’T ACTUALLY HAVE THE
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BE A FORMER
KGB INTELLIGENCE OPERATOR
TALKING TO THE MOST IGNORANT
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
IN HISTORY.
IN HISTORY. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. YOU WOULD THINK, THAT RIGHT?
BUT THIS IS LIKE A REALLY BAD
VERSION OF THE OLD KEVIN COSTNER
MOVIE "NO WAY OUT" WHERE IN THAT
PRIVATE MEETING IS DONALD TRUMP
GOING TO JUST SUDDENLY BLURT OUT
THAT HE SPEAKS RUSSIAN?
DOUBTFUL.
DOUBTFUL. BUT FOR THE MOST PART I REALLY
THINK THAT JOHN McLAUGHLIN TODAY
PUT IT PERFECTLY.
AND I HAVE A WHOLE CHAPTER ON
WHY DONALD TRUMP IS A RUSSIAN’S
DREAM.
DREAM. IT’S NOT JUST THAT THEY MAY HAVE
MOTIVATED HIM TO SEE THE WORLD
THEIR WAY.
THEIR WAY. THEY FRAMED THE WORLD FOR HIM.
AND EVERY TIME THAT HE HAD
CONTACT WITH THEM THEY CREATED
THAT PERCEPTION BUBBLE, THAT
ENTIRE WORLD VIEW THAT HE NOW
ESPOUSES.
ESPOUSES. BREAK-UP AND DISSOLUTION OF NATO
IN A SLOW ROLL.
I THINK HE REALLY BELIEVES THAT.
GETTING RID OF ALL WORLD TRADE,
YOU KNOW, AND BREAKING UP THE
ATLANTIC ALLIANCE IN EUROPE.
HE HAS BOUGHT INTO THAT.
CRIMEA BELONGING TO RUSSIA.
HE HAS BOUGHT INTO THAT.
HE IS -- YOU KNOW, I SAID THIS
TODAY IN THE SAME INTERVIEW WITH
JOHN McLAUGHLIN.
JOHN McLAUGHLIN. WHEN HE GOES TO THIS NATO
CONFERENCE, WHO WILL HE
REPRESENT?
REPRESENT? WILL HE REPRESENT THE UNITED
STATES OR WILL HE REPRESENT
MOSCOW?
MOSCOW? >> OR DONALD TRUMP.
>> MARIA BARTIROMO DID A RECENT
INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT
WHERE SHE GOT A LOT OF CRITICISM
FOR NOT DOING ANY FOLLOW-UPS.
SHE DID ASK SOME GOOD QUESTIONS.
HERE’S AN EXAMPLE OF HER GOOD
QUESTION AND JUST AN
EXTRAORDINARY NON-ANSWER BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
LET’S LISTEN TO THIS.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO MENTION THE
MEDDLING WHEN YOU MEET WITH
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN
ON JULY 16th?
>> I’D LIKE TO SEE SOME ANSWERS
AS TO WHY WE DIDN’T TAKE THE
SERVER, WHY THE FBI DIDN’T TAKE
THE SERVER FROM THE DNC.
>> AND EVELYN FARKAS, THAT WAS
HIS COMPLETE ANSWER TO ARE YOU
GOING TO MENTION THE RUSSIAN
MEDDLING IN OUR ELECTION WHEN
YOU SPEAK TO VLADIMIR PUTIN.
HE SAID "I’D LIKE TO SEE SOME
ANSWERS AS TO WHY WE DIDN’T TAKE
THE SERVER, WHY THE FBI DIDN’T
TAKE THE SERVER FROM THE DNC."
>> I MEAN, LAWRENCE, THIS ISN’T
THE FIRST TIME I THINK I’VE SAID
TO YOU I WANT TO TEAR MY HAIR
OUT.
OUT. BECAUSE HE’S DOING HIS TYPICAL
DEFLECTION.
DEFLECTION. I’M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HILLARY
CLINTON NOW.
CLINTON NOW. NOBODY CARES ABOUT HILLARY
CLINTON ANYMORE AND SERVERS AND
E-MAILS AND WHATEVER.
BUT THAT’S THE FIRST THING HE
GRASPS FOR.
GRASPS FOR. YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY JUST A
THING ABOUT THAT REPORT THAT
CAME OUT TODAY.
I THINK IT’S VERY USEFUL THAT
THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE CAME OUT CLEARLY ON
THE RECORD SAYING WE BELIEVE OUR
OWN INTELLIGENCE, WE LOOKED
THROUGH IT OURSELVES IN A
BIPARTISAN FASHION.
BIPARTISAN FASHION. WHAT’S DISTURBING TO ME ABOUT IT
IS THAT IT CAME OUT TODAY ON A
FRIDAY -- WELL, IT FEELS LIKE A
FRIDAY, BUT RIGHT BEFORE A
HOLIDAY.
HOLIDAY. AND IT SHOULD HAVE COME OUT
BEFORE THOSE SENATORS MADE THE
DECISION TO GO OVER TO MOSCOW,
YOU KNOW, WHICH YOU MENTIONED
EARLIER ON THE PROGRAM.
I THINK IT’S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THEY COULD
AGREE ON THE MESSAGE BUT THERE’S
SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE
POLITICS OF RELEASING THIS
REPORT.
REPORT. >> I DON’T THINK THE PRESIDENT
COULD HAVE MADE IT ANY MORE
CLEAR TO MARIA BARTIROMO THAT HE
HAS ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTION OF
MENTIONING ELECTION MEDDLING TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN.