CIA Director John Brennan vowed support for the new Trump administration. | AP Photo CIA chief calls Trump Nazi Germany comparison 'outrageous'

CIA Director John Brennan on Sunday said President-elect Donald Trump's comparison of the intelligence community's handling of unverified reports on Russian intelligence to Nazi Germany was "outrageous."

After a leaked-but-unverified dossier of compromising information reportedly shared with Trump during an intelligence briefing was reported by news outlets, Trump lashed out at the intelligence community.


"Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to 'leak' into the public. One last shot at me. Are we living in Nazi Germany?" he tweeted.

On Sunday, Brennan, who is leaving with the Obama administration, took particular exception.

“What I do find outrageous is equating an intelligence community with Nazi Germany,” Brennan said on "Fox News Sunday." “I do take great umbrage at that, and there is no basis for Mr. Trump to point fingers at the intelligence community for leaking information that was already available publicly.”

Brennan also defended the intelligence chiefs' decision to share the information with Trump.

“Bringing to the attention of the president-elect as well as the current president that this information was out there was a responsibility, in the mind of the intelligence directors, of the intelligence community," Brennan said.

The CIA director also responded to claims by the Trump campaign that the intelligence community is attempting to undermine and delegitimize Trump.

“Making sure that the president-elect himself was aware of it, I think that was the extent of what it was that the intelligence chiefs wanted to do," he said.

Brennan also vowed support for the new Trump administration.

“The intelligence community is prepared to support the president-elect and the incoming team as we have done throughout the course of our history,” Brennan said. “It’s our responsibility to make sure they understand the dangers on the world stage.”