Sam Stein Says that Reporter Who Leaked Iran Intel Report Was Not Congressional Reporter

KAY Sam I mean ░░░░░░░░ s so little goodwill ░░░░░░░░ Republicans and Democrats in ░░░░░░░░ House at the moment ░░░░░░░░ a time when even ░░░░░░░░ an issue of national ░░░░░░░░ traditionally in the good ░░░░░░░░ days of American politics ░░░░░░░░ would have found a ░░░░░░░░ to come together even ░░░░░░░░ temporarily and even if ░░░░░░░░ forma But they re ░░░░░░░░ not doing that now ░░░░░░░░ I think in the ░░░░░░░░ that squeezes Democrats further ░░░░░░░░ of the equation doesn ░░░░░░░░ it STEIN For sure ░░░░░░░░ a technical note the ░░░░░░░░ report on that DIA ░░░░░░░░ was not from a ░░░░░░░░ Reporter Take that however ░░░░░░░░ want KAY You mean ░░░░░░░░ was not the report ░░░░░░░░ STEIN The Reporter was ░░░░░░░░ a congressional correspondent KAY ░░░░░░░░ s true STEIN I ░░░░░░░░ want to note that ░░░░░░░░ to your larger point ░░░░░░░░ profound level of distrust ░░░░░░░░ remarkable And Jim Himes ░░░░░░░░ we saw in that ░░░░░░░░ he s a member ░░░░░░░░ the Gang of Eight ░░░░░░░░ s the House Intel ░░░░░░░░ member on the Intelligence ░░░░░░░░ He was not told ░░░░░░░░ advance of the operation ░░░░░░░░ told me he was ░░░░░░░░ on his couch on ░░░░░░░░ Saturday night following it ░░░░░░░░ Twitter KAY Wasn t ░░░░░░░░ having a beer STEIN ░░░░░░░░ was having a beer ░░░░░░░░ In the original story ░░░░░░░░ he was having a ░░░░░░░░ STEIN I didn t ░░░░░░░░ to be repetitive but ░░░░░░░░ he was having a ░░░░░░░░ And I think there ░░░░░░░░ but there are serious ░░░░░░░░ term consequences to doing ░░░░░░░░ like not sharing intel ░░░░░░░░ your member of Congress ░░░░░░░░ by that it s ░░░░░░░░ just what we re ░░░░░░░░ about here of distrust ░░░░░░░░ s people need to ░░░░░░░░ confidence in intelligence right ░░░░░░░░ if you can t ░░░░░░░░ bipartisan buy in if ░░░░░░░░ re not sharing with ░░░░░░░░ if in Trump s ░░░░░░░░ you re saying your ░░░░░░░░ DNI Tulsi Gabbard has ░░░░░░░░ wrong then increasingly foreign ░░░░░░░░ nonpartisan observers people who ░░░░░░░░ on intel will not ░░░░░░░░ able to rely on ░░░░░░░░ intelligence And I think ░░░░░░░░ has pretty profound national ░░░░░░░░ consequences where you want ░░░░░░░░ be able to have ░░░░░░░░ trusted intel come from ░░░░░░░░ administration I just don ░░░░░░░░ see if it keeps ░░░░░░░░ in this direction how ░░░░░░░░ would ever trust the ░░░░░░░░ produced by this administration ░░░░░░░░ when Trump s running ░░░░░░░░ there to say Oh ░░░░░░░░ obliterated the whole thing ░░░░░░░░ got it done Congratulations ░░░░░░░░ get the Nobel Prize.’”