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I think that's exactly what is implied in that memo that jim sciutto just read. it was interesting to see donald trump today. he went after the news media. he went after the intelligence community. let's not lose sight of that. he once again went after the intelligence community and essentially accused them of being part of this political smear to delegitimize his presidency. and we can play a clip of that from the news conference earlier today. >> it's au fake news. it's phony stuff. it didn't happen. and it was gotten by opponents of ours, as you know, because you reported it and so did many...

Conway for a half hour accused us of fake news. i think it's a remarkable moment and james clapper, he will go to hearings. he certainly has done interviews a number of interviews with myself at cnn and others but to issue a statement in his name after speaking directly with the president-elect he is setting the record straight here. and we did a lot of hard work on this story. we were already very confident in our reporting. but i'll just note this is fairly powerful backing on paper. >> yeah. kirsten, quickly. >> how much do you want to bet they're going to now attack clapper and claim that ...

Core rose sib and danging to our national security. we also discussed the private security company document which was widely circulated in recent months among the media, members of congress and staff even before the intelligence community became aware of it. i emphasize that this document is not emphasis a "uss intelligence community product and i do not believe the leaks came from within the ic. the ic has not made any judgment that the information in this document is reliable and we did not rely upon it in any way for your on collusions. however, part of our obligations to ensure that polici...

Security company document which was widely circulated in recent months among the media, members of congress and congressional staff even before the ic became aware of it. i emphasized that this document is not a u.s. intelligence community product and that i do not believe the leaks came from within the ic. the ic 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. however, part of our obligation is to ensure that policymakers are provided with the fullest possible picture of any matters that might affect natio...

Acosta, brian stelter and our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. a statement issued that the report presented to the president-elect confirms cnn's reporting. >> and confirms that he spoke directly with the president-elect tonight. this is james clapper. i want to read the statement in full, allow the viewers to make their own judgment. but it begins this evening. i had the opportunity to speak with president-elect donald trump to discuss recent media reports about our briefing last friday. i expressed my profound dismay about the leaks that have been appearing in the press and...