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Donald Trump's war on U.S. intelligence.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point.

U.S. intelligence chiefs told a Senate committee today

Russia was more aggressive than ever in hacking to influence last year's U.S. intelligence chiefs told a Senate committee today, Russia was more aggressive than ever

in hacking to influence last year's U.S. election. Donald Trump's denial of that claim has

created a crisis of credibility. An agency leader said today they want to be as public as possible,

but senators agreed that too much openness would threaten the lives of agents

and waste of billions invested in worldwide cyber spying.

Is Trump onto something? American spies don't know.

Or is he concerned that reports of Russian influence will delegitimize his election?

On our talking point later, another challenge to the next president, North Korea's nuclear buildup.

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Hello again, Moran Ali, back with To The Point. North Korea's Kim Jong-ung says he's building a missile to strike the U.S. with a nuclear wearhead.

Donald Trump has tweeted it won't happen. We'll hear more on our talking point at the end of our

program. First, today's Armed Services Committee, Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Russian

hacking of last year's U.S. election. Republican John McCain said, none of us believe it changed

the outcome. But National Intelligence Director James Clamper testified it wasn't for lack

of trying. I don't think that we've ever encountered a more aggressive or direct campaign to

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