Wyden: Clapper’s intelligence community ‘engaged in a deception spree’

Published November 17, 2016 6:51pm ET



Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden broke ranks with his colleagues on Thursday, slamming the nation’s top intelligence official in the wake of his retirement announcement.

Wyden, a Democrat who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Director of National Intelligence James Clapper “repeatedly misled” Americans during his tenure leading the intelligence community.

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