Why James Clapper thinks everyone is suspicious of the intelligence community

Former director of national intelligence James Clapper gets candid on “Salon Talks” about Trump, Snowden, distrust of the intelligence community and why he says there’s a “kind of a professional risk or hazard” that those who serve in the intelligence community have. Clapper shares with Salon’s executive editor Andrew O’Hehir why there’s often mistrust surrounding the intelligence community and an aura of mystery behind what goes on there. Listen to the full interview to hear Clapper defend his 2013 testimony on whether intelligence officials collected data on Americans and his take on the Steele dossier.

Clapper’s book “Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence,” details his take on events like the raid on Osama bin Laden, the Benghazi attack, the Snowden leaks and Russia’s influence on the election. Clapper has 26 years of experience in the intelligence community under multiple presidents and served as the director from 2010 to 2017.

This conversation was recorded live on May 22, 2018.

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