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James Clapper: The reason we wanted to do it this way because we knew we were going to be talking to a lot of other people besides the…

On the recordApril 18, 2018
The reason we wanted to do it this way because we knew we were going to be talking to a lot of other people besides the President-elect.
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James Clapper
District of Columbia

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Clapper explains the rationale behind the briefing structure regarding the dossier.

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