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James Clapper: I just wish the president would exert more discretion and do so -- and have people fact check things before he tweets…

On the recordNovember 29, 2017
I just wish the president would exert more discretion and do so -- and have people fact check things before he tweets them out, because some of these -- and to me this is smacks of recklessness or if not abject carelessness.
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James Clapper
District of Columbia

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James Clapper urges the president to be more careful with his tweets to avoid reckless implications.

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