And I said: So you're telling me that you think this is serious enough that it needs to be reported to law enforcement, and that you're confident enough in your sources, it's your professional judgment and your professional obligation, that'you should report this to the FBI? And he said yes.
MR. ROONEY: It sounds like you weren't sure if it was serious enough.
MR. SIMPSON: Well, I mean, I don't -- he's the spy and I'm the ex-journalist. So basically, he's the one who is a security official by profession. And I wasn't going to substitute my judgment for his, that's correct. So he then went to report it to the FBI. And I didn't tell him to do it. I didn't tell him not to do it. I assented in it.
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MR. ROONEY: Did you brief or meet with any other intelligence officials regarding the dossier?
MR. MUSE: Could you repeat that question?
MR. ROONEY: Did you meet with intelligence officials regarding the dossier?
MR. SIMPSON: No one from -- that I -- no.
MR. ROONEY: Are you aware on anyone meeting with the CIA regarding the dossier?
MR. SIMPSON: No.
MR. ROONEY: Were Perkins Coie, Mark Elias, and the DNC or the Hillary team aware that the dossier was being briefed to intelligence officials or the FBI? Do you know that?
MR. SIMPSON: I'm going to -- I can't talk about communications with my client, but I can give you what I think is a useful answer, which is that we did not.
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