Absolutely not. The President asked us to compile all available information that we had, and when he was briefed on it he made the point once again that he was not--had not and was not going to give us any direction.
Clapper denies political influence from the President on the report's preparation.
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Well, no, it doesn't. And the fact that none of this makes sense, but most acutely, I think, nuclear-related information.
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