Former CIA Director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says Donald Trump is taking Russia’s side, and that means Trump can’t become commander in chief.

Panetta is making the case for Hillary Clinton in a speech Wednesday night at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia.

He’s citing Trump’s comments earlier Wednesday that encouraged Russia to find and make public emails deleted by Clinton from the private account and servers she used as secretary of state.

Panetta is criticizing Trump for — as he puts it — “asking one of our adversaries to engage in hacking or intelligence efforts against the United States to affect our election.”

To Panetta, “it’s inconceivable to me that any presidential candidate would be this irresponsible.”