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Hillary’s Campaign Chair Got Advice From A CIA Director Who Was Caught Mishandling Classified Info

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, has been getting advice on global warming policy from a former CIA director who was caught mishandling classified material.

New emails released by WikiLeaks from Podesta’s hacked Gmail account show the Democratic strategist and longtime Clinton ally was getting advice from John Deutch in 2014 on clean coal technology and nuclear energy.

Deutch headed the CIA during President Bill Clinton’s first term, but was replaced after Clinton was re-elected in 1996. Within days of Deutch leaving the CIA, officials discovered he had been improperly keeping classified information on personal laptop computers.