british. president obama and president trump were briefed prior to the inauguration. until now u.s. officials have said none of the content or allegations had been verified but now multiple current and former u.s. law enforcement and intelligence officials tell cnn that intelligence intercepts of foreign nationals confirmed that some of the conversations described in the dossier took place between the same individuals on the same days and from the same locations as detailed in the dossier. we should be clear that cnn has not confirmed the content of the calls or whether any of the content relates to then-candidate trump. and none of the null learned information relates to the salacious allegations in the dossier. the corroboration based on interpreted communications has given u.s. intelligence and law enforcement, quote, greater confidence and credibility in some aspects of the dossier as they continue to actively investigate its contents, these