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Comey Firing a Big Deal, Cipher Brief Expert Tells CNBC

Posted: May 10th, 2017

By John Sipher

John Sipher worked for the CIA’s clandestine service for 28 years. He is now a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and a co-founder of Spycraft Entertainment. John served multiple overseas tours as Chief of Station and Deputy Chief of Station in Europe, Asia, and in high-threat environments. He is the recipient of CIA’s Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal.

John Sipher, a former member of the CIA’s senior intelligence service, appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Wednesday morning to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden firing of FBI Director James Comey.

“The timing is a bit fishy because there really is nothing new here, right? The information that they are looking at on Director Comey is from last summer and leading up to the new administration,” Sipher said.

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