James Clapper: Fired Trump adviser Flynn ‘became an angry man’

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🗓️ 7 June 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Fmr. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper talked about the 2016 election, Michael Flynn, and his new book about life in intelligence.

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, we invite you to meet the press.
0:03.4	Meet the press.
0:04.4	Meet the press.
0:05.4	Meet the press.
0:06.6	Meet the press.
0:09.7	Welcome to 1947, the Meet the Press Podcast.
0:12.0	My guest today is James Clapper.
0:14.1	He was President Obama's director of national intelligence
0:17.1	and spent a combined of 50 years, 5-0, in government service.
0:20.8	And he's the author of a new book called
0:22.2	Facts and Fears Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence.
0:28.3	The book details Clapper's years in the intelligence committee
0:31.0	and some of the nation's most profound challenges after 9-11.
0:34.0	And it seems like he was in the middle of all of them,
0:36.0	whether it was the Intel leading up to the Iraq War,
0:38.2	the Snowden leaks, and of course, President Trump.
0:41.6	He begins and ends with an indictment
0:43.2	of Russia's interference in the 2016 election
0:45.1	and his concerns for American democracy
0:47.2	in the Trump era, Mr. Clapper.
0:48.8	Welcome to 1947.
0:50.0	Thanks very much for having me.
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