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BBC: As it happened: FBI at Russia hearing

March 20, 2017
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'Knowing collusion'?

Illinois congressman Mike Quigley wants know if collusion requires two knowing parties, or if collusion can be possible when one "actor doesn't necessarily know that what they're doing is helping the other government".

The NSA chief says that does happen sometimes, leading Quigley to ask about "naive acquiescence", in which one party should know better.

"I don't know what that means," spy chief Rogers chuckles when presented with that scenario.