James Clapper actually said...

the intelligence chiefs said they were going to tell President-elect Trump about it.

Clapper explains the decision of intelligence chiefs to inform Trump about the intelligence briefing.

01/11/2017

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looking back over my now more than half a century in intelligence, I have not experienced a time when we have been beset by more crises and ...

They can and do, but I have to say that that does not necessarily extend down to the level of detail.

Not wittingly.

No, sir.