Chief US spy James Clapper denies Trump leak claim

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Chief US spy James Clapper denies Trump leak claim

12 January 2017 US & Canada

The head of US spy agencies has rejected President-elect Donald Trump's claim that US intelligence leaked content from a classified briefing.

Mr Trump accused US spies of leaking allegations that Russia had compromising material on him.

But James Clapper, director of National Intelligence, said he was "profoundly dismayed" by the leak.

He also said the intelligence community had not "made any judgment" that the information was reliable.

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"I emphasised that this document is not a US Intelligence Community product and that I do not believe the leaks came from within the IC."

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38592157

[HoneyBadger]

1. The press and therefore the intelligence community has had this document for months

If they have not bothered to make any judgement on it, what does that mean? It takes 5 minutes to make a judgement.

[HoneyBadger]

2. I think that I figured out what this means

CNN is saying that this is real news because it was sourced from the intelligence community. If Clapper says that it wasn't not, then it is becomes fake news.