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>> because it's very, very common for current officials to speak with their predecessors, to get some sense if they're having a sensitive meeting, for example, with a foreign intelligence official, they may want to call in a predecessor, maybe of a different party, maybe somebody with a different experience just to get a sense of what it was like. that's why i've been told you still need some security clearances. >> well, yes. and i did that in the positions, senior positions i occupied. as director of defense intelligence community, as certainly dni, i called upon formers, mainly to get smart...
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