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Newshour: Former US Intelligence Chief 'Surprised' About Dossier Briefing

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14/01/2017 GMT

Former US Intelligence Chief 'Surprised' About Dossier Briefing

BBC World Service - Newshour, Former US Intelligence Chief 'Surprised' About Dossier Briefing

John Negroponte: Barack Obama and Donald Trump should have never known about the dossier

The former Republican Director of National Intelligence for the United states, John Negroponte, says that Barack Obama and Donald Trump should not have been told about the intelligence dossier alleging that Russia holds compromising information about the president-elect.

Also on the programme: A stolen baby is found 18 years after going missing. And The Chinese linguist, who has boosted literacy with his pinyin writing system, has died.

(Photo: John Negroponte. Credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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