For one, President Obama did directly confront Putin about it and didn't ask him, hey, are you interfering in our election?
James Clapper: “For one, President Obama did directly confront Putin about it and didn't ask him, hey, are you interfering in our…”
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James Clapper contrasts President Obama's approach to confronting Putin about election interference with President Trump's.
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I think this reflects Russian insecurity. And it's almost like, Putin needs a rhetorical security blanket, of making threats, like this.
No, I don't. The Chinese setup is that there is a Polit bureau member who is the overseer -- the senior overseer on behalf of the Polit bureau for the entirety of the Intelligence and Security apparatus of China.
Well, Anderson, that's exactly right. And this is what this whole issue boils down to, is will to fight.
I think right now, they're assessing the administration -- that's the National Security Council specifically, is assessing the impacts of this first round of strikes.





