THEIR WORK INTO CYBER THREATS 
MORE GENERALLY.
>> WHAT ABOUT JUST QUICKLY, WE 
HEARD CLINTON CAMPAIGN CHAIR 
JOHN PODESTA, THE NOTION THESE 
ELECTORAL COLLEGE ELECTORS WANT 
THESE FOREIGN BRIEFINGS AHEAD OF
THE VOTE NEXT WEEK.
WHY DO YOU THINK HE'S SAYING 
THIS?
>> WELL, LISTEN, HE'S COME 
OUT -- ESSENTIALLY ABOUT TEN 
ELECTORS HAVE COME OUT ASKING 
FOR THAT, NINE DEMOCRATS AND ONE
REPUBLICAN, SAYING THEY HAVE A 
RIGHT TO THIS INFORMATION, THAT 
ESSENTIALLY THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN
THAT SECURITY CLEARANCE SO THEY 
CAN BE PARTY TO WHATEVER THESE 
INVESTIGATIONS FIND OUT AND 
UNCOVER ABOUT RUSSIA'S 
INVOLVEMENT IN THIS ELECTION.
AND THE ARGUMENT THERE IS THAT 
THEY NEED TO BE INFORMED BEFORE 
THEY CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN THE 
DIFFERENT STATES, FOR OR AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP.
SO, LISTEN, I MEAN, THIS IS SORT
OF A DRIP, DRIP, DRIP THING 
THAT'S GOING ON.
WE HAD KNOWN ABOUT SOME OF THIS,
AS THE ELECTION HAD GONE ON, BUT
FOR THIS KIND OF BOMBSHELL TO 
COME OUT ON FRIDAY.
AND THEN AN EXTRAORDINARY DAY, 
RIGHT?
TODAY WITH MITCH McCONNELL 
COMING OUT AND TALKING ABOUT AN 
INVESTIGATION INTO THIS, FOLKS 
WANTING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF 
IT, AND PAUL RYAN SAYING THE 
SAME THING.
EACH CAUTIONING, OF COURSE, THIS
DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
UNDERMINING THE LEGITIMACY OF
