The us director of National Intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump that official agencies may have leaked unconfirmed claims that russia had Compromising Material on him. In a statement, James Clapper said he had called the President Elect to say the leak had not come from the intelligence services. This morning, that was flatly denied by the President Elect himself. The kremlin said they hoped that donald trump and mr putin would give along and there would be more Mutual Respect between the two countries. Christian fraser reports. Eight days from now, donald trump goes into battle as the next commander in chief. Never before has an incoming president been warring on so many an incoming president been warring on so many fronts. Not you, not you. Your organisation is terrible. Your organisation is terrible. Lets go. Go ahead. Quiet. Quiet. He is in conflict with the press, the Ethics Committee, pharmaceutical and defence industries, some of his own senators, and of c
I held him in the very highest regard because of what he gave to me. They gave me my england debut and set me on the road, and i will never forget that. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the latest twist in Donald Trumps confrontation with the heads of americas Intelligence Agencies. Mr trump says the director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, called him last night to condemn a leaked report claiming the President Elect was vulnerable to blackmail by russia. But mr clapper has said hed made no judgment on whether the report was reliable and he rejected mr trumps suggestion that Us Intelligence was responsible for the leak. Our correspondent Christian Fraser has the latest. Eight days from now, donald trump goes into battle as the next commander in chief. But never before has an incoming president been warring on so many fronts. This morning, as is now the norm, he began the day with a tweaked in fa ct, began the day with a tweaked in fact, what mr clapper told reporters is that he
By President Elect trump yesterday at his first News Conference since july. Today, he tweeted that the Us Intelligence service said it was phoney and falsely circulated. In fact, James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, effectively distanced the Us Intelligence agency from the unverified video, saying it didnt leak it and hadnt made a judgement on its reliability. Since then, the spotlight has been shone on the man credited with producing the memo Christopher Steele, a former mi6 officer respected by British Intelligence agencies, the cia and the fbi. He has since gone to ground. The focus is now on what British Intelligence knew and whether anything made its way onto ministers desks. But the wider question persists is this a scandal of watergate proportions, or one of the biggest smears in the history of politics . Heres our diplomatic editor, mark urban. Were learning more about the world of private intelligence gathering and how information gleaned from across the globe
Turkey overnight Monday conducted airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria, as Ankara continues to retaliate after more than a dozen of its troops were killed in recent weeks.