When a president calls the CIA unreliable, what's that mean for intelligence?
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President-elect Donald Trump is dismissing intelligence reports that point to Russian interference in the election. He's also backing away from the daily intelligence briefings, telling Fox News host Mike Wallace, "I don't have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day for the next eight years."
He insists he'll be available on a moment's notice to deal with security or foreign policy issues. However, to outsiders, it looks like his national security team will take the lead.
MPR News host Marianne Combs spoke with two experts about what it means to be a well-informed leader. They also discussed how national security issues are dealt with when an incoming president openly questions the credibility of U.S. intelligence.
David Schanzer, director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security and William Danvers, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
To hear the entire conversation, please use the audio player above.
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