UNaccountable toady. Checks & balances? Where? No controlling legal authority. Executive branch swamp scum.
CONgre$$?
who is James Clapper? and what is he doing in Australia?
7 Jun: ABC Australia: Donald Trump’s alleged Russia links will dwarf Watergate scandal, says James Clapper
By Stephen Dziedzic
“I lived through Watergate. I was on active duty then in the Air Force, I was a young officer. It was a scary time,” Mr Clapper told the National Press Club in Canberra (Australia)...
Mr Clapper said Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election was an “assault” on the US, and the President’s pro-Russia stance was “inexplicable”.
“Social media trolls planted false information, orchestrated fake news — which many other news outlets picked up and amplified either wittingly or unwittingly — and a very sophisticated campaign by the regime-funded propaganda arm … against Hillary Clinton and for Donald Trump” he said.
“Their first objective was to sow doubt, discontent and discord about our political system. They achieved, I’m sure, beyond their wildest expectations. Given their success, they have only been emboldened to be even more aggressive in the future.”...
“I’ve had a real hard time reconciling the threat the Russians pose to the United States and, by extension, Western democracies in general, with inexplicably so solicitous stance the Trump administration, or others in it, has taken with respect to Russia,” he said....
“Is there a smoking gun with all the smoke? I don’t know the answer to that. I think it’s vital, though, we find that out.”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-07/donald-trump-russia-links-will-dwarf-watergate-scandal/8597874