James Clapper actually said...

the objective here was actually to protect the campaign by determining whether the Russians were infiltrating it and attempting to exert influence.

Clapper discusses the FBI's objective in investigating Russian influence on the Trump campaign.

05/20/2018

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I wish the President were as aggressive about doing something about the Russians undermining us as he is about this informant.

the intelligence community needs to keep shoveling that intelligence coal down there in the engine room.

if we lose sight of the truth in this country we are in serious trouble.

We need to careful what we ask for. Because denuclearization in their mind could apply two ways.