Perhaps the biggest revelation to come out of FBI Director James Comey's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday was the newly minted term "intelligence porn." Comey concocted the phrase while discussing WikiLeaks, which he argued has become a "conduit for the Russian intelligence services" rather than a source of information for the public.
"WikiLeaks is just pushing out intelligence porn," Comey said, differentiating WikiLeaks' information dumps from a true journalistic effort. He hinted there may be "future proceedings." Watch Comey deploy the phrase below. Becca Stanek
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