THAT ARE LEAVING PEOPLE HANGING AND NO VALUE OF THE PROOF AT
THIS POINT.
THIS POINT. LET’S GO TO SOME OF THE DETAILS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SCHEDULED TO
RECEIVE AN EMERGENCY BRIEFING
THIS AFTERNOON, ONE DAY AFTER HE
BLASTED THE NATION’S SPY KAEF ON
YRKSCHIEFS,
YRKSCHIEFS, ONE DAY AFTER DENYING THE
PRESIDENT’S ASSESSMENT.
PRESIDENT’S ASSESSMENT. .
. HE TWEETS "THE INTELLIGENCE
PEOPLE SEEM TO BE EXTREMELY
PASSIVE AND NAIVE."
>> HAVE YOU EVER CALLED ANYON
ANYONIN -- GINA HASPELL OF BEING
NAIVE?
NAIVE? >> THINK BACK TO CONFIRMATION
HEARINGS, AGGRESSIVE, SMART,
LETHAL.
LETHAL. SHE’S A CIA OFFICER AND SHE
REPRESENTS THAT COMMUNITY.
AND ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS IS
THE MESSAGE THIS IS SENDING TO
THE PEOPLE ON ALL OF THOSE
TEAMS, FROM THE MOST JUNIOR
RECRUITS WALKING INTO LANGLEY,
THE MIDSHIPMEN WALKING INTO
KNAPPLESS.
KNAPPLESS. >> AND WHO ELSE?
>> THE PRESIDENT.
ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.
>> I CAN ONLY SAY I DO HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN OUR INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES AS CURRENTLY
CONSTITUTED.
CONSTITUTED. I THINK THAT DAN COATES IS
EXCELLENT, I THINK THAT GINA
EXCELLENT, I THINK WE HAVE
EXCELLENT PEOPLE IN THE AGENCIES
AND WHEN THEY TELL ME SOMETHING,
IT MEANS A LOT.
>> DO YOU THINK DMITHINK U.S.
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ARE OUT TO
GET YOU?
GET YOU? >> IF THE PAST IT’S BEEN
TERRIBLE, YOU LOOK AT CLAPP,
HADE I DON’T KNOW, McCOMEY, YOU
LOOK AT STRUCK, HIS LOVER AND
LISA PAGE.
LISA PAGE. YOU LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE IN THE
FBI THAT HAVE BEEN FIRED THAT
ARE NO LONGER THERE.
CERTAINLY I CAN’T HAVE ANY
CONFIDENCE IN THE PAST BUT I CAN
HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE
PRESENT AND THE FUTURE BECAUSE
IT’S GETTING TO BE NOW WHERE
WE’RE PUTTING OUR PEOPLE IN.
>> JUST A REGULAR REMINDER TO
OUR REGULAR VIEWERS, THAT IS NOT
A PARODY FROM "COMEDY CENTRAL."
THAT WAS A REGULAR INTERVIEW
WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. GINA HASPEL, HE’S CALLING HER
PASSIVE AND NAIVE.
THE BIGGEST KNOCKS FROM HER
CRITIC IS THAT SHE WAS NOT
PASSIVE OR NAIVE, TOO
AGGRESSIVE, HAD TOO CLEAR-EYED
VIEW OF THE WORLD AND NOW THE
PRESIDENT IS ATTACKING HER FOR
BEING PASSIVE.
BEING PASSIVE. >> I KNOW HER.
SHE IS ABOUT AS APOLITICAL AS
YOU YOU CAN FIND.
IF YOU CALLED CENTRAL CASTING
AND SAID GET ME A CAREER
INDIVIDUAL -- WHEN HE TALKED
ABOUT IRAN TESTING ROCKETS AND
IS GETTING VERY CLOSE TO THE
EDGE AND YOU PUT THAT AGAINST
THE BACKDROP OF WHAT HIS
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER HAS
BEEN SAYING, THE SPEECHES OF THE
SECRETARY OF STATE HAS BEEN
SAYING, I THINK THERE’S A DECENT
CHANCE WE’LL LOOK BACK AT THIS
MOMENT AND SAY ALL RIGHT BE THE
DRUMS ARE BEATING.
ISRAEL IS ATTACKING IRANIAN
SOURCES ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I THINKLY THINK WE’RE BEGINNING
TO SEE THE PREDICATE -- I HOPE
I’M WRONG HERE -- BUT WE’RE
BEGINNING TO SEE THE PREDICATE
FOR USING MILITARY FORCE AGAINST
IRAN IN THAT THEY’RE VIOLATING
THE U.N. AGREEMENT AGAINST USING
BALLISTIC MISSILE.
BALLISTIC MISSILE. >> THE HEAD OF THE INTEL AGENCY
SAID TWO YEARS AGRICULTURE THAT
IRAN IS COMPLYING WITH THE
NUCLEAR DEAL WHEN THIS WERE
ASKED ABOUT IT.
AGAIN, THE PRESIDENT DIDN’T LIKE
HEARING THAT EITHER.
EVERYTHING THEY LAID OUT
CONTRADICTS A NARRATIVE HE’S
TRYING TO BUILD.
>> ANOTHER POINT IS THE
INTERNATIONAL ASPECT OF THAT.
IF YOU WALK DOWN THE TABLE OF
ALL OF THOSE INTELLIGENCE
CHIEFS, EACH ONE OF THEM HAS AN
ENORMOUS INTERNATIONAL NET WERK.
EACH HAS GROPE UP WITH THE
SERIES OFS SO THAT MESSAGE, THAT
RIPPLE EFFECT THAT GOES OUT
AFTER A MOMENT LIKE THIS.
I THINK I’M GOING TO BE RICHARD
ON THIS ONE, THAT THAT COULD BE
A BEGINNING OF A VERY LOYAL --
>> THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE,
LIKE ME, THAT ARE NOT FANS OF
THE IRAN DEAL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA FROM
THE VERY AGAINING, HE THOUGHT IT
WAS A BAD IDEA.
RICHARD --
RICHARD -- >> NOT THE DEAL I WOULD HAVE
NETTED.NET
NETTED.NET NEGOTIATED.
NEGOTIATED. >> NOT THE DEAL YOU WOULD HAVE
NEGOTIATED.
NEGOTIATED. THE PRESIDENT CHOOSES INSTEAD TO
KICK HER AROUND.
>> LAST NIGHT SENATE MINORITY
LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER SENT A
LETTER TO DIRECT COATES WRITING
"I APPLAUD YOU AND YOUR
COLLEAGUES IN THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY FOR BEING CLEAR-EYED
ABOUT THE THREATS WE FACE BUT
YOU CANNOT LET THE PRESIDENT’S
ILL ADVISED COMMENTS TODAY
STAND.
STAND. YOU NEED TERM LIMIT PRESS UPON
HIM HOW CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IT
IS TO JOIN YOU AND THE LADDER
LEADERSHIP OF OUR NATIONAL
SECURITY IN A UNIFIED VOICE.
HE IS PUTTING YOU AND YOUR
COLLEAGUES IN AN UNTENABLE
POSITION AND HURTING THE
NATIONAL INTEREST IN THE
PROCESS.
PROCESS. YOU MUST FIND A WAY."
THERE’S NO DOOR THREE HERE.
USUALLY IF A PRESIDENT IS AT
ODDS, THEY COME FORWARD WITH AT
LEAST WHAT THEY AGREE ON.
>> THIS PUBLIC DISAGREEMENT WITH
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY A
MUCH BUGGER RIFF THAN JUST SOME
DOMESTIC SPAT.
DOMESTIC SPAT. WHILE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON
THIS WEEK, WHILE THE PRESIDENT’S
BEEN ANGRY, TWEETING FROM THE
WEST WING, THERE’S BEEN A SLEW
OF NEWS OF PUTIN’S POSTURING
BACK TO COLD WAR STYLE OF ERA OF
EXPANSION TRYING TO GOT INVOLVED
IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS BEYOND HIS
BORDERS FROM VENEZUELA, TO NORTH
KOREA TO AFRICA.
WE HAVE "THE WASHINGTON POST"
SCOOP THAT MOSCOW PRESENTED TO
NORTH KOREA ABOUT THE AS PBLT OF
RUSSIA BUILDING A PUCK.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
REALLY STOOD OUT MOST IN THIS
INTELLIGENCE HEARING THAT I THIS
WAS REALLY WORRISOME TO EXPERTS
AT HOME IS THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
ALSO COMPLETELY MISSING THIS
THREAT OF CHINA AND RUSSIA FOR
THE FIRST TIME UNITING AGAINST
THE U.S.
THE U.S. >> REPUBLICANS ARE REACTING TO
IT AS WELL.
IT WANT JUST DEMOCRATS.
THE SENATE’S SECOND RANKING
REPUBLICAN ALSO CRITICIZED THE
PRESIDENT’S TWEETS YESTERDAY
SAYING I DON’T KNOW HOULTSW MANY
TIMES YOU CAN SAY THIS BUT I
PREFER THE PRESIDENT WHO STAY
OFF TWITTER, PARTICULARLY WITH
REGARD TO THESE IMPORTANT
NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES.
I THINK IN THOSE CASES WHEN IT
COMES TO THEIR JUDGMENT TAKE
INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THEY’RE
SAYING."
SAYING." >> AND THEN ALSO MITCH McCONNELL
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WRITEING A
ALL RIGHT THE DAY AFTER THE HEAD
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
RESIGNED.
RESIGNED. AND GENERAL MATTIS SAID I’M
RESIGNING BECAUSE I DISAGREE
WITH YOU AND YOUR POLICY OF
RETREAT WHICH WILL EMPOWER THE
IRANIANS AND ISIS AND THEN MITCH
McCONNELL WROTE A LETTER SAYING
YOU NEED TO APPOINT SOMEBODY
JUST LIKE THEM.
THESE REPUBLICANS ARE A LITTLE
SLOW ON THE TAKE ABOUT A WILL
THE OF THINGS, IT TAKEN THEM
ABOUT TWO YEARS, BUT THEY ARE
STARTING TO SPEAK OUT ON FOREIGN
POLICY MATTERS THAT THEY REALLY,
REALLY NEED TO INFLUENCE THE
PRESIDENT ON.
PRESIDENT ON. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. AS THE SAYING GOES, FACTS ARE
STUBBORN THINGS.
STUBBORN THINGS. THAT’S WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY.
AND EVEN AMIDST ALL OF THE
POLITICAL BACK AND FORTH IN
WASHINGTON, WE’RE STARTING TO
SEE THE MOST SENIOR LEADERS
OBSERVE THE FACT THAT FACTS ARE
STUBBORN THINGS.
STUBBORN THINGS. AND, BY THE WAY, ON ONE THING WE
HAVEN’T REALLY HIT ON I THINK
ENOUGH, IS THE ISLAMIC STATE.
IT IS NOT DEFEATED.
AND IT’S NOT ONLY TESTIMONY
WE’RE SEEING THAT BLEW UP A
CATHEDRAL A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO,
THAT KILLED AMERICANS IN SYRIA,
IT’S LIKE WALKING AWAY FROM A
FIRE THAT’S STILL SMOULDERRING.
FACTS MATTER.
FACTS MATTER. >> THE OR AREA THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN USING HIS
TWEETS TO MOCK THE FACTS IS
CLIMATE CHANGE.
CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS IS SERIOUS.
THIS WILL ULTIMATELY BE I THINK
STRATEGICALLY SOMETHING THAT
WILL HAVE ENORMOUS IMPACT IN THE
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
TO CONTINUE TO MOCK IT, THIS IS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
THIS WILL NOT LOOK GOOD WHEN A
LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW
SUPPORTING HIM, THEY AND THEIR
CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN’S
CHILDREN PAY THIS OUTSIDE PRICE
FOR SIMPLY BEING MISSING IN
ACTION ON THE CLIMATE CHANGE
ISSUE.
ISSUE. THESE MOCKING TWEETS WILL NOT
LOOK SO GOOD.
>> MITCH McCONNELL SAYING "IT’S
TEMPTING TO RETREAT TO THE
COMFORT AND SECURITY OF OUR
SHORES BUT THERE IS STILL A
GREAT DEAL OF WORK TO BE DONE."