The intelligence community’s assessment was scarcely seen. But Brennan stated not too long ago, on "Meet the Press," that he read just "snippets" about the dossier "in press circles," emphasizing that he did not see the file till well soon after the election, and reported that "it did not engage in any job whatsoever" in the intelligence community’s appraisal of Russian election meddling. Brennan mentioned of the dossier, "It was up to the F.