washington vice president joe biden thursday criticize president-elect donald trump compare u.s. intelligence establishment nazi germany say damage unite state stand world denigrate agencies protect nation trump republican take office jan. 20 wednesday say leak intelligence agencies lead u.s. media outlets report unsubstantiated claim catch compromise position russia say leak reminiscent nazi germany really damage view stand world president take one crown jewel national defense denigrate biden democrat tell reporters white house refer intelligence agencies play particularly russian narrative america know do trump tweet thursday u.s. spy chief jam clapper call denounce false fictitious report illegally circulate clapper however say statement wednesday night call trump emphasize report produce u.s. intelligence agencies judge whether information reliable say document false capper say express dismay media leak director national intelligence add believe leak come u.s. intelligence agencies white house biden praise quality u.s. intelligence say surprise someone never work government would understand consequential intelligence report trump never hold elect office one thing never want invoke nazi germany matter circumstances biden say even try make point may suggest may relevant overwhelm diversion group fight anti-semitism also object trump reference nazi germany president-elect use nazi germany make political analogy inappropriate comparison merit also coarsen discourse diminish horror holocaust jonathan greenblatt chief executive anti-defamation league say statement wednesday biden say hop trump would realize importance intelligence brief white house extremely valuable tool ... think come understand would tragedy interest country biden say biden say like successor vice president-elect mike pence brief job say think pence view russia president vladimir putin inform trump never know mean biden say trump think mike significantly inform russian conduct potential intentions putin behavior ... president-elect base president-elect say vice president consider run 2016 democratic presidential nomination say think party experience crisis losses u.s. elections trump defeat secretary state hillary clinton presidential race democrats succeed efforts regain control u.s. senate significantly erode republican control u.s. house representatives think crisis think party remember hell say biden biden knock trump nazi reference criticism intelligence agencies