Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says US President Donald Trump’s downplaying of Russia’s attempts to undercut the United States is a “peril to this country.”
Clapper, speaking to CNN’s State of the Union, is referring to comments by Trump, who had lashed out at Brennan, Clapper and former FBI director James Comey, after facing stiff criticism at home for saying he believed President Vladimir Putin was sincere in insisting that Russia had not interfered in the US election.
“Putin is committed to undermining our system, our democracy and our whole process,” Clapper said. “And to try to paint it in any other way is, I think, astounding and, in fact, poses a peril to this country.”
— With AFP
Former director of National Intelligence James Clapper preparing to testify before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 8, 2017. (AFP/Jim Watson)
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