Thread by @MSNBC

"When the president of the United States starts to go at you on Twitter — it's an out of body experience."

— James Baker, fmr. FBI general counsel on.msnbc.com/2Hd6aZg

James Baker, fmr. FBI general counsel: "It's the president's job to deal with the intelligence threats."

Maddow: "Even if they implicate him?"

Baker: "We haven't had to deal with this kind of thing before." msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/…

"We don't assume it's correct just because someone is proffering it to us."

— James Baker, fmr. FBI general counsel, on allegation that the FBI mishandled information msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/…