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Former Director of National Intelligence Clapper Tells CNN Obama Ordered Trump-Russia Spying
GP ^ | 03/31/19 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 03/31/2019 6:23:24 AM PDT by Enlightened1

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN HOST: The 2017 assessment that the President says he now agrees with, that was done while you and then NCI Director John Brennan were still in office. So, how can we reconcile the President attacking you, but apparently after a very long time finally, allegedly saying — or saying he allegedly agrees with the product of the intelligence community that you, yourself oversaw?

JAMES CLAPPER: Yes, well, this is — yes, as we’ve come to know the President, he is not a stalwart for a consistency or coherence. So it’s very hard to explain that. One point I’d like to make, Anderson, that I don’t think has come up very much before, and I’m alluding now to the President’s criticism of President Obama for all that he did or didn’t do before he left office with respect to the Russian meddling. If it weren’t for President Obama, we might not have done the intelligence community assessment that we did that set off a whole sequence of events which are still unfolding today, notably, special counsel Mueller’s investigation.

President Obama is responsible for that, and it was he who tasked us to do that intelligence community assessment in the first place. I think it’s an important point when it comes to critiquing President Obama.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnKK5NnPJcQ


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 03/31/2019 6:23:24 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

Rats making deals. No love for rats but Obama needs to be exposed.


2 posted on 03/31/2019 6:27:21 AM PDT by relictele
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To: Enlightened1

There was Russia collusion with Bammy.


3 posted on 03/31/2019 6:27:22 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: Enlightened1

I love it when the Rats start squealing on each other. Everyone knew Obama was the real instigator of this treasonous plot. Now we just to start putting people in jail.


4 posted on 03/31/2019 6:29:30 AM PDT by ImNotLying (The Constitution is an instrument for the people to restrain the government...Patrick Henry)
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To: ImNotLying

obozo in jail for life. At least he would have a Security detail with prison guards.


5 posted on 03/31/2019 6:34:03 AM PDT by oldasrocks (Heavily Medicated for your Protection.)
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To: ImNotLying

Good luck with that....


6 posted on 03/31/2019 6:34:29 AM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Enlightened1

For the “good” of the country of course. Lock them up!


7 posted on 03/31/2019 6:34:53 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Enlightened1

To the followers of B.O. what he did to order the surveillance on Trump is just what you have to do to “save” the country. You’re never gonna convince them otherwise.


8 posted on 03/31/2019 6:36:04 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: Enlightened1

Yes, but the Obama administration had “no scandals”.


9 posted on 03/31/2019 6:36:36 AM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: ImNotLying; All

When I think of past Presidents. They left Washington D.C. when their time was up.

Obama is the only former President I know that did not leave and moved just down the street from the White House.


10 posted on 03/31/2019 6:40:12 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

That “question” by Cooper is a perfect example of a softball question liberals toss to other liberals...


11 posted on 03/31/2019 6:41:36 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Enlightened1

Squeal like a pig, boy.


12 posted on 03/31/2019 6:42:03 AM PDT by McGruff
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Clapper, along with Rice, are the weakest links. They should dress in canary suits to testify.


13 posted on 03/31/2019 6:43:07 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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Brennan was the vile quarterback. “Remember Clapper if anyone ever asks why we began this “investigation”, it was because that great Republican patriot John McCain presented us with this very troubling dossier. Not that anyone will ask you anything once Clinton is elected. You will probably get to keep your job for another few years. You would like that Clapper I suppose.”


14 posted on 03/31/2019 6:43:12 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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Clapper: If it weren’t for President Obama, we might not have done the intelligence community assessment that we did that set off a whole sequence of events which are still unfolding today, notably, special counsel Mueller’s investigation.
15 posted on 03/31/2019 6:43:25 AM PDT by GOPJ (FBI: Did the Southern Poverty Law Center assist with organizing(and funding) Charlottesville?)
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To: Enlightened1

And the leftist media will now bury this news and still keep reporting their desired, lying narrative.

JoMa


16 posted on 03/31/2019 6:43:34 AM PDT by joma89
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Enlightened1,

Just goes to show that the idiots will do anything to try to beat a dead horse. And one that’s been buried for a long time.

In the interview aired by PBS on May 18, 2018, a year after the assessment went public, Clapper stated:

“As a private citizen, it’s what I would call my informed opinion that, given the massive effort the Russians made, and the number of citizens that they touched, and the variety and multi-dimensional aspects of what they did to influence opinion … and given the fact that it turned on less than 80,000 votes in three states, to me it exceeds logic and credulity that they didn’t affect the election. And it’s my belief they actually turned it.”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/russia-turned-election-for-trump-clapper-believes

This statement was released 10 days after the senate determined through their investigation that no votes were changed during the election:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/08/senate-report-no-evidence-russians-changed-vote-tallies-2016/592978002/

So Clapper is just trying to sell his book. Fiction or non-fiction. And at this point, with the determination of the senate, he’s no better than the National Inquirer.

rwood


17 posted on 03/31/2019 6:43:38 AM PDT by Redwood71
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To: Enlightened1

Looks like a fitting is in order. What’s Obama’s collar size?


18 posted on 03/31/2019 6:43:38 AM PDT by thoughtomator (The Clinton Coup attempt was a worse attack on the USA than was 9/11)
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To: relictele
TRUTH needs to be exposed--TRUTH FOR ITS OWN SAKE.

I know you agree.

All decent, honest people must demand TRUTH, whatever it might be.

Contempt for TRUTH is the evil most fundamental to the Decadence of Western Civilization.

Some welcome the Decadence. Some relish it.

However all decent, honest people despise Decadence.

TRUTH is our greatest hope and our strongest ally!

DEMAND TRUTH!

19 posted on 03/31/2019 6:44:22 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The Trump Revolution is the Resistance to the Decadence of Western Civilization.)
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To: Enlightened1

As I recall. the Donald was heavily criticized for accepting Putin’s word that Russia did not interfere in the election as opposed to Brennan’s fictional analysis. The Donald said he was skeptical of the IC report.

Brennan called the Donald a traitor. Proof positive that the Donald’s instincts are correct.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-putin-questions-abound-ahead-helsinki-meeting-n891606


20 posted on 03/31/2019 6:45:04 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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