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\u201cI think there is an important distinction here between healthy skepticism,\u201d Clapper said, \u201c… I think there\u2019s a difference between skepticism and disparagement.\u201d
Clapper said that the U. S. intelligence community is \u201cnot perfect\u201d and that it\u2019s made up of organizations of human beings and they\u2019re prone sometimes to making errors. He added, however, that the intelligence community doesn\u2019t get the credit it deserves for what it does each day.
\u201cThere should be howls,\u201d McCaskill responded about Russian cyberattacks, adding that \u201cif the roles were reversed, there would be howls from the Republican side.\u201d
\u201cWithout going into internal decision-making, it was a consensus inter-agency view,\u201d Clapper said.
\u201cHacking was only part of it,\u201d Clapper told the panel. \u201cIt also entailed classical propaganda, disinformation and fake news.\u201d
He added that they have not been in touch with the Trump transition team about its plan to overhaul the office of the Director of National Intelligence .
Clapper added that Russian hackers did not change any vote tallies and that the U. S. intelligence community has no way of determining the impact on the choices voters made.
\u201cWhether or not that constitutes an act of war, I think, is a very heavy policy call that I don\u2019t think the intelligence community should make.\u201d
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on foreign cyber threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U. S., January 5, 2017.
He also had some advice for Mr. Trump who hasn\u2019t yet been briefed yet,: \u201cDon\u2019t question things until you\u2019ve been informed of them, then question them.\u201d
McCain said that the Russian cyberattacks during the election are \u201cpart of a much bigger cyber problem\u201d and he slammed the Obama administration for having \u201cno policy\u201d that results in cyber deterrence.
Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, is chairing the hearing and Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, is the top Democrat on the panel. Some of the other members include Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

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