Clapper is the slimiest worker in the USA.
How he could be promoted to the rank of General is the question I have.
I am a former USAF Officer and never served under the likes of Clapper.
The TWA-800 incident was quashed, in part, by him.
He deserves no respect.
March 11, 2018
Former intelligence chief James Clapper is poised to avoid charges for allegedly lying to Congress after five years of apparent inaction by the Justice Department.
Clapper, director of national intelligence from 2010 to 2017, admitted giving “clearly erroneous” testimony about mass surveillance in March 2013, and offered differing explanations for why.
Two criminal statutes that cover lying to Congress have five-year statutes of limitations, establishing a Monday deadline to charge Clapper, who in retirement has emerged as a leading critic of President Trump.
The under-oath untruth was exposed by National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who sparked national debate on surveillance policy with leaks to the press.
Many members of Congress, mostly Republicans supportive of new limits on electronic surveillance, called for Clapper to be prosecuted as the deadline neared, saying unpunished perjury jeopardizes the ability of Congress to perform oversight.
“He admitted to lying to Congress and was unremorseful and flippant about it,” Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., told the Washington Examiner. “The integrity of our federal government is at stake because his behavior sets the standard for the entire intelligence community.”
“Political consideration should not affect the Department of Justice from pursuing this matter,” Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., said ahead of the deadline. “Complete and truthful testimony is imperative for Congress to conduct effective oversight. It is clear from the evidence and Director Clapper’s own admission that he lied.”
Justice Department spokeswoman Nicole Navas Oxman declined to comment on Clapper or how perjury cases typically would be handled, saying in an email, “No comment or information to be provided.” Clapper, speaking through a spokesman, declined to comment.
I am pretty sure there are straight shooting: Trumpsters in cia, FBI,doj...I hope they are feeding clapper and brennan fake info about what might happen to them and the responses those two clowns do is being monitored ..to uncover the two clowns network of saboteurs.
P.S. I think some of Trump’s appointed officials just could be done to see who opposes....a clue to whether reactor is afraid of being found out...
Those two trashed the reputation of a once respected organization. Then again, the CIA allowed them to do their lies against the country or maybe 'helped'? Dirty hands and all.
Might be time to end the CIA and replace it with something not so corrupted.
Indeed. Pull their clearances down to the lowest level. For them, their clearances are their life’s blood on access to former cronies in the NSA and CIA and are used to earn money - lots of it for private companies, etc. Pull the clearances and they’re useless to anyone.