“You have to remember Putin's background. He's a KGB officer. That's what they do. They recruit assets.”

— James Clapper

From an interview on CNN, quoted in [Sheth, Sonam, Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper: Putin is handling Trump like a Russian 'asset', https://www.businessinsider.com/james-clapper-putin-trump-russia-asset-2017-12, 27 July 2018, Business Insider, December 19, 2017]

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