McCaul on FOX News Talks FISA Documents and Syria

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined Sandra Smith on America's Newsroom to discuss the President's decision to declassify the FISA documents involving Carter Page and the latest developments in Syria.

McCaul on President Trump's recent decision to declassify FISA documents: "I used to work at the Justice Department and as a federal prosecutor I worked on FISA. It would be a very extraordinary thing to do [to declassify], but I do believe these are extraordinary circumstances. When the president orders this it goes through the intelligence community to protect our sources and our national security before declassifying the documents and releasing them publicly."

McCaul on the men and women of the intelligence community: "I think once this is cleaned up, the American people will know there were only a few bad apples at the top. Rank and file members of the FBI and the intelligence community are good patriots working for the federal government to protect our nation. I work with them every day. I think these few bad apples give them a really bad name and we need to expose them for what they are."

McCaul on the demilitarized zone in Syria: "I'm always cautious with Russia, Iran and Assad. They don't have our best interests at heart. However, I talked to the administration this morning and this [demilitarized zone] is welcomed news by them because we've been talking about a no-fly zone in Syria for a long time to save innocent civilian lives inIdlib. I cautiously welcome this and I think the administration will be looking at it with a close eye."

You can click here to watch McCaul's entire interview with FOX News' Sandra Smith.