Fmr. CIA Boss John Brennan: World May Wonder If Donald Trump's Just Reckless | The 11th Hour

>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME FORMER CIA DIRECTOR JOHN BRENNEN TAKES
ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FOREIGN POLICY, SAYING MANY IN THE WORLD
WONDER IF OUR PRESIDENT IS RECKLESS.
HE SPOKE AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY HERE IN NEW YORK TONIGHT.
AND HE TALKED ABOUT NORTH KOREA, ISIS, TALKED ABOUT THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION. OUR OWN ANDREA MITCHELL WAS
THERE AND AT ONE POINT TOOK PART IN THE QUESTIONING AS ONE OF THE
HEADLINES IN THIS EVENT IS CONTAINED IN THE ANSWER BRENNEN
GAVE HER. >> IS IT YOUR THEORY OF THE CASE
THAT THERE WAS SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CAMPAIGN AND THE
RUSSIAN OPERATION? >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A
HYPOTHETICAL. AND THE RUSSIANS ARE VERY
SOPHISTICATED OBSERVERS OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SCENE.
WE HAVE BEEN THEIR PRINCIPLE ADVERSARY AND NEMESIS FOR MANY,
MANY YEARS. I THINK MANY THINGS ARE POSSIBLE
WHEN IT COMES TO HOW RUSSIA WAS ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
U.S. ENVIRONMENT TO PURSUE THIS CAMPAIGN OF INTERFERENCE IN THE
ELECTION, AND I STILL DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF IT.
I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY WERE IN MAYBE
GETTING PEOPLE TO WORK WITH THEM.
I KNOW THAT THAT IS PART OF THEIR -- THEIR MO.
WERE THEY SUCCESSFUL IN MAYBE CULTIVATING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS
WITH SOME? IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT
THE RUSSIANS AS GOOD AS THEY ARE, ARE SOPHISTICATED AS THEY
ARE, PROGRAMMED LIKE THIS, WERE NOT ABLE TO GET SOME AMERICANS
TO COOPERATE WITH THEM EITHER WITTINGLY OR UNWITTINGLY.
I FIND IT IMPLAUSIBLE. >> HERE WITH US IN NEW YORK OUR
CHIEF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT ANDREA MITCHELL,
WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE CORRESPONDENT OF ANDREA MITCHELL
REPORTS. FULL DISCLOSURE SHE WAS ON THE
CAMPUS TONIGHT. WE GET A MESSAGE FROM ANDREA
SAYING CLEAR THE AIRWAY TONIGHT BECAUSE THIS IS NOTABLE.
TELL US ABOUT THAT ANSWER. >> WELL, HE'S SAYING IT'S
IMPLAUSIBLE TO THINK THAT THERE WEREN'T AMERICANS HELPING THE
RUSSIANS -- >> A SAVVY CAMPAIGN.
>> EXACTLY. AS WELL AS THE RUSSIANS HAVE
STUDIED US, AND WE ARE THE MAIN THING THEY STUDY.
FOR THEM TO GET INTO THESE DISTRICTS AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO
DIVIDE OUR COUNTRY, HOW TO DIVIDE OUR PEOPLE.
AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT HAS DIVIDED OUR COUNTRY.
AND ITS HURT US DOMESTICALLY AND HURT US INTERNATIONALLY.
>> WELL, NORTH KOREA WAS A SUBJECT.
>> HE SAID HE'S VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TWEETS, ABOUT HURLING
INSULTS BACK AND FORTH. FOR THE FIRST TIME KIM JONG-UN
AFTER THE U.N. PRESIDENT'S SPEECH WENT ON CAMERA -- NOT HIS
FATHER, NO LEADER HAS EVER GONE ON TELEVISION AND ANSWERED
DIRECTLY WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S ALWAYS THE TV PRESENTER OR THE PROPAGANDA LADY IN THE PINK
DRESS. THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY, AND
IT'S VERY OMINOUS. >> I THINK THE CONFLICTS FOR
MILITARY CONFLICTS ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA ARE GREATER THAN
THEY'VE EVER BEEN IN SEVERAL DECADES.
I DON'T THINK IT'S LIKELY OR PROBABLE, BUT IF IT'S A
ONE-ON-ONE OR 1 IN 4 CHANCE, I THINK IT'S TOO HIGH.
>> IS THAT WHERE YOU'D RATE THE CHANCES?
>> YEAH, YES I WOULD. >> THAT VOICE WAS THE
EXPERIENCED INTELLIGENCE ANALYST.
>> FOR OUR VIEWERS WATCHING THIS TONIGHT, REMIND US IN PLAIN
ENGLISH, WHAT'S THE BOOK ON BRENNEN?
WHAT'S HIS REPUTATION AND WHAT WAS HE KNOWN FOR IN OFFICE?
>> STRAIGHT SHOOTER. HE WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE
MILITARY FAMILIES. IN 1980 HE WAS STATION CHIEF IN
SAUDI ARABIA. THIS MAN KNOWS HIS STUFF.
AND ALSO WAS VERY OFFENDED BY WHAT THE PRESIDENT DID ON DAY
TWO OF HIS PRESIDENCY, GOING IN FRONT OF THE MEMORIAL WALL AND
SPEAKING OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IN SUCH DISPARAGING
WAYS. THAT SAID, HE SAID HE HAD WORKED
CLOSELY WITH BILL CLINTON WITH GEORGE W. BUSH AND WITH BARACK
OBAMA, THAT THEY VIEWED DEALING WITH MILITARY GRIEVING FAMILIES,
GOLD STAR FAMILIES WITH THE GREATEST REVERENCE.
AND HE WAS VERY DEEPLY DISTURBED BY WHAT HAS TRANCE PIRED.
HE SAID GOD BLESS MATTIS, KELLY AND JOE DUNFORD FOR BEING THERE
AND FOR BEING GOVERNORS, MONITORING THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES. HE'S VERY, VERY CONCERNED.
>> I ALWAYS THOUGHT BRENNEN -- AND I MEAN THIS AS A
COMPLIMENT -- HAD THE BEARING OF A NEW YORK CITY POLICE CAPTAIN.
>> IT'S NO ACCIDENT HE'S BACK HERE.
AND JUST BRIEFLY, MUELLER HAS NOT REQUESTED HIM TO BE
INTERVIEWED. IT WAS BRENNEN'S CIA THAT FIRST
REFERRED THIS WHOLE CASE IN JULY OF 2016 TO THE FBI.
AND THE FBI, THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE
MONEY EVER SINCE. BUT THE FRUSTRATED MEMBERS AND
DEMOCRATS AT LEAST ON THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES ARE
REALLY HITTING A BRICK WALL ON THIS THING.
AND THEY ARE
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