I think it is, i think John is sort of like a freight train, and he's going to say what's on his mind. I think, though, that the common denominator among all of us that have been speaking up, though, is a genuine concern about the jeopardy or threats to our institutions and values, and although we may express that in different ways. And I think that's what this really is about. But John and his rhetoric, I think, have become an issue in and of itself.

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I saw a Dennis Rodman that I have never seen before on the course of that interview, and you drew that out of him.

Cuomo Prime Time, i've long been an advocate of involving Dennis... by James Clapper

Cuomo Prime Time, i've long been an advocate of involving Dennis Rodman.

United States has no permanent enemies. by James Clapper

United States has no permanent enemies.

It wasn’t my place to do that, i was reporting to the then-government, the executive branch policymakers. But for me to pick up the phone and call a political candidate would not have been appropriate.

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I prefer to remember Rusty Giuliani that way than the way Rusty Giuliani's conducting Rusty Giuliani now.

I support the letter that President Donald Trump sent to Kim Jong Un, I think it was a good thing to do.

I think there's value having gone this far, there's value in meeting and greeting, gripping and grinning, and just establishing a rapport. I think yes, it would be important to have the summit.

The parallelism between what the Donald Trump campaign was doing and saying and what the Russians were doing and saying was remarkably parallel, particularly when it came to attacks on Hillary Clinton, all Hillary Clinton alleged physical and mental maladies, and there was almost an echo chamber between the two.

No, they were not, they were spying on -- a term I don't particularly like -- but on what the Russians were doing. Trying to understand were the Russians infiltrating, trying to gain access, trying to gain leverage or influence which is what they do.

To me, it stretches logic and credulity to think that there was n... by James Clapper

To me, it stretches logic and credulity to think that there was no impact.

That is kind of in my mind, and maybe I'm a traditionalist, violates a norm and standard of behavior that's long been abided by previous presidents and to me that's bothersome and I think another sign of some erosion of our institutions and our norms and standards.

No, they were not, they were spying, a term I don’t particularly like, on what the Russians were doing, trying to understand, were the Russians infiltrating?

I didn’t have any contact with media until after I left the gover... by James Clapper

I didn’t have any contact with media until after I left the government on the 20thof January.

It speaks well of him for picking a seasoned veteran of the agency who is widely and deeply respected by the workforce as well as those outside the agency, she has also been a strong proponent for integration, not only within CIA, but across the intelligence community.

I was told by senior officials to keep [Clapper] out of it. by James Clapper

I was told by senior officials to keep [Clapper] out of it.

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This behavior and this divisiveness, intellectual and moral and ethical void that the president of the United States exhibits, and how much longer does the country — to borrow a phrase — endure this nightmare ? Trump’s remarks in Phoenix were reminiscent of candidate-Trump on the campaign trail, slamming the media over its coverage of his presidency — specifically noting his response to recent violence in Charlottesville, Va.

I don’t know when I’ve listened and watched something like this from a president that I’ve found more disturbing.

I think in many ways our institutions are under assault both externally -- and that's the big news here is the Russian interference in our election system -- and I think as well our institutions are under assault internally.

You could rationalize that it helps the Russians by obfuscating w... by James Clapper

You could rationalize that it helps the Russians by obfuscating who was actually responsible.

They must be congratulating themselves for having exceeded their wildest expectations, they are now emboldened to continue such activities in the future, both here and around the world, and to do so even more intensely.