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Radio 4,12 Jan 2017,45 mins

Trump nominees push back on intel criticism

The World Tonight

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America's intelligence community has received strong backing from senior figures nominated by Donald Trump, a day after he lambasted the agencies. Also we debate whether the President Elect's plans for avoiding conflicts of interest are lawful, and why did Marine Le Pen visit Trump Tower? Also: do proposals from MEPs to grant robots legal status herald a futuristic world? We speak to science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer. Photo: Donald Trump Credit: AP.

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