Rand Paul: Snowden revealed that the most POWERFUL spy in the world, James Clapper, spied on Americans and lied about it

NY Post ^ | Dec 25 | By Ebony Bowden

[RandFan]

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are pushing President Trump to grant clemency to whistleblower Edward Snowden amid a blitz of pardons during his final weeks in the White House, according to a new report.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), as well as recently pardoned Trump associate Roger Stone, have all asked the president in recent days to drop the criminal charges against the former National Security Agency contractor, Politico reported Thursday.

The president’s allies reportedly see Trump as increasingly amenable to the controversial idea and have pitched Snowden as someone who was unfairly persecuted after exposing the NSA’s massive domestic surveillance program.

Paul told the publication that Snowden, who has been living in exile in Russia, also exposed James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, for lying to Congress about warrantless spying on US citizens.

“He revealed that James Clapper, the highest-ranking, most powerful spy in the world, was spying on Americans and lied to us about it,” Paul said in an interview.

[jagusafr]

I worked at Air Intelligence Agency when Clapper was AIA/CC. This doesn’t surprise most of us who were there.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Rand Paul: Snowden revealed that the most POWERFUL spy in the world, James Clapper, spied on Americans and lied about it...yes, but as Clapper himself said, he only lied when he had to - that made it all right - the lengths these opportunistic thugs will go to to justify themselves is truly astounding.......

[HotHunt]

It was obvious to many that Clapper lied to the Congress and the American people about spying on them. He is a lowlife.

But the real evil one is Brennan. He is a despicable human being and not worthy of life on this earth.

[RandFan]

What makes it worse is that Brennan is a partisan hack.

[Chgogal]

When can we shut DC down? It is too corrupt, an unaccountable power onto itself, an evil destructive cancer poisoning the country.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

OK say I’m Snowden and Trump grants me a full pardon? Do I feel safe in returning to the US? Or would I feel understandably nervous that I might find myself dead one day?

[aces]

Lol

[aces]

they like us will be hunted down one way or another..