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James Clapper: The intelligence community has done a lot of things to make sure that never happens again. And so, yes, it's true that…

On the recordJuly 5, 2017
The intelligence community has done a lot of things to make sure that never happens again. And so, yes, it's true that was a big mistake. But we have learned from it and inserted, the intelligence community has, I should say, and injected a lot of safeguards to prevent that from ever happening again.
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James Clapper
District of Columbia

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James Clapper discusses the improvements made in the intelligence community to prevent past mistakes, specifically referencing the Iraq WMD failure.

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