James Clapper actually said...

the president went out with an inaccurate presentation of the facts which was then contradicted in public by two people in the room, the director of national intelligence and the vice president.

Context

Clapper discusses the importance of accurate information from public officials and how the president's statements were contradicted.

01/11/2017

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