James Clapper: “I think it's very prudent.”

a stark reminder that the terrorist threat to this country hasn't gone away. We cannot take our eyes off this ball.

I think the Chinese are going to treat the Russians, somewhat analogously, to the way they treat the North Koreans.

I think the reason they were taken off the list was to provide an inducement or motivation for them to agree to some sort of ceasefire.

Well, no, it doesn't. And the fact that none of this makes sense, but most acutely, I think, nuclear-related information.