It s classified, and I m happy to talk about it in the classified session, Brennan sa

id.
And that would have been directly between the candidate and Russian state actors?
That s not what I said. I m not going to talk about any individuals, Brennan said, as
the two men began to interrupt one another. BrennanGowdy House Intelligence Co
mmittee member Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) questions former CIA director John Brennan
(left) during a hearing on Russian active measures during the 2016 election camp
aign in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamar
que

Twitter was quickly filled with opinions on whether Gowdy had accidentally elici
ted a response he didn t want.
Most popular: Seth Rich s Family on Kim Dotcom Claims: Ridiculous, Manipulative and N
on-credible
Rep Gowdy stepped into it. He got an answer from Brennan he didn't want, tweeted T
witter user @ritacolleen.
Big mistake by Gowdy he allowed Brennan 2 draw a line under the fact that Trump ass
ociates had numerous contacts with Russia, tweeted Twitter user @PeachyCheryl.
But others thought Gowdy got the upper hand in the encounter.
Brennan knows that Gowdy knows that Brennan is full of shit. That's why Brennan i
s shaking when Gowdy is questioning, tweeted @politicccs.
In his opening statement, Brennan described the brazenness of Russian interferen
ce in the 2016 election.
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The back-and-forth between the two men was tense at times, as Gowdy pressed Bren
nan on the issue.
Did you see evidence of collusion, coordination, conspiracy between Donald Trump
and Russian state actors? Gowdy asked.
I saw information and intelligence that was worthy of investigation by the bureau
to determine whether such cooperation and collusion was taking place, Brennan re
sponded.
That doesn t help us a lot. What was the nature of the information? Gowdy shot back,
employing less of the respectful decorum than most of his colleagues used when

no effort to consult with them before putting forward a roster of cuts that C
ongress would clearly find unacceptable. These include slashing agriculture spen
ding for crop insurance and food stamps; a cut of more than 30 percent for the S
tate Department; as well as billions in cuts to an array of other domestic progr
ams from Superfund cleanup spending to student loans.
"You would hope that they would want to ask the folks who know the most about it
," said Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee,
adding he and his staff were not consulted.
Israeli and U.S. officials like to gush about the two countries special relationsh
ip, their strategic alliance and the democratic values they share. At the airport
welcoming ceremony for President Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s wife
Sara suggested something else shared by the two countries a combative relationsh
ip between the media and their respective leaders. While making chitchat with Fi
rst Lady Melania Trump and the president, Sara Netanyahu said in her uneven Engl
ish, The majority of the people in Israel, unlike the media, love us. So we tell
them how you are great so they love you. The president replied, "We have somethin
g very much in common, and Netanyahu chimed in, ...