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James Clapper: “I think there is a threshold of behavior that is just unacceptable, and somehow that has to be conveyed.”

On the recordJanuary 4, 2017
I think there is a threshold of behavior that is just unacceptable, and somehow that has to be conveyed.
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James Clapper
District of Columbia

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Clapper emphasizes the need to communicate unacceptable behaviors to adversaries.

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