Thursday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” former Obama Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called into question a key talking point regularly used by those alleging Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Some Trump critics and members of the media have claimed 17 intelligence agencies were in agreement about the Russian allegations. However, Clapper told “Situation Room” fill-in host Jim Sciutto the real number was three or four and that he did not know how that “narrative” of 17 agencies got out there. Partial transcript as follows: JIM SCIUTTO: First on the big picture, In a foreign country next to a foreign leader the day before he meets Russia, the president of Russia, did he just throw the U.S. intelligence community under the bus? GEN. JAMES CLAPPER, FORMER DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE: Well, it is hard not to reach that conclusion that, exactly so. First of all, on the number of components in the international community, yes, there are 17; the 16 components by law plus the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. When then president-elect Trump was briefed on this on the 6th of January, there were four of us — meaning the directors of NSA, FBI and CIA