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clapper issued a rare public statement after his call with the president-elect expressing dismay at the leaks and making it clear that he did not believe the intelligence community had anything to do with what he called a private security document that contained these claims about trump. he add that the intelligence community has not made any judgment that the information in this document is reliable and we did not rely upon it in any way for our conclusions, clapper said. however, part of ou...

leaking the allegations, saying in the statement, kwoelt quote, i express mied profound dismay at the leaks appearing in the press. i do not believe the leaks came from within the intelligence community. apparently an effort to diffuse tensions after trump accused the intelligence chiefs wednesday of leaking the claims intentionally. >> i think it was disgraceful, disgraceful that the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake out. i think its a dis...

what until earlier were people commenting on background in light of the classified nature of this information. but they have now come out on the record to confirm that this was brought up in those briefings. not that these allegations are true, but they were brought up, indicating that they were important enough to bring up. but also i should note contradicting what the president-elect has said about these briefings and many in the trump team. the same day that president-elect trump accused ...

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