Posted on 05/19/2018 3:34:43 PM PDT by mandaladon
James Clapper, former director of National Intelligence, said it was a "good thing" if former President Barack Obama's administration spied on President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, Real Clear Politics reported Friday.
"They [the Obama admin's FBI] may have had someone who was talking to them in the campaign, but, you know, the focus here... is not on the campaign, per se, but what the Russians were doing to try to instantiate themselves in the campaign or influence or leverage it," Clapper told CNN.
But if an intelligence agent was "observing" Trump campaign officials' interactions with Russia, "that's a good thing because the Russians posed a threat to the very basis of our political system."
However, exposing the identity of the unnamed spy would be "hugely dangerous," Clapper maintained, because of "the danger to that person, not to mention, the reluctance of others to be informants for the FBI, and the FBI gains a lot of valuable information from informants, so to me, this is incredible."
President Trump weighed in on the revelations his campaign was spied on, tweeting it was a "hot Fake News story" which, if true, could become the "all time biggest political scandal."
"Reports are there was indeed at least one FBI representative implanted, for political purposes, into my campaign for president. It took place very early on, and long before the phony Russia Hoax became a “hot” Fake News story. If true - all time biggest political scandal!" Trump tweeted.
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What does Clapper mean “if”? This was authorized by him, the Attorney General, the Director of the FBI, the Director of the CIA, and likely the President.
Clapper belongs in an insane asylum.
But we knew that anyway.
I suppose we could say its good Obama sicced the FBI to spy on Trump since it proved Trump was squeaky=clean... there’s not been a single shread of evidence from the illegal FBI spy operation...or from any other source.... demonstrating that Trump did anything illegal at all.
but of course, Trump was entitled to a presumption of innocent ANYWAY!
Self inflicted wound, IMO.
Good lord that man is dumb as shit....
They feel the noose tightening. You can tell by the obviously fraudulent defenses they are putting up.
They have to say something, anything.
Clapper lied to Congress; why has Sylvester Conehead not been prosecuted for perjury?
Can Clapper the insurrectionist tell us what good came of it???
No? Hang his ass!!!
This man was DNI and has no problem with one political party using the power of the government to remain in power? Man did we dodge a bullet!
If Clapper, the FBI, and the CIA had wanted to protect our elections, they could simply have warned Candidate/President Trump. That was not the point though. This was a trap from the start, a final insurance policy in case they needed an excuse - a backup plan. This was about a Deep State coup against the lawfully elected President of the United States in the “unlikely” event that the unthinkable happened and their chosen insiders lost.
Clappers crap talk BS translated in to English. “We got caught doing illegal things, but it is good we did them.”
Sorry Crapper. Spying on presidential candidates is not something we do in America. You must be thinking banana republic or one of the socialist ****holes.
Some of these people, like Clapper and Breenan will be in some deep do-do.
How in the pretzel-twisting world of the liberal democRATS, can it be a "good" thing that the Obama administration was spying on and planting moles inside the Trump campaign ahead of the election?
These people know what they did was criminal and they are buying all the rubber underwear they can find for when they sheet their britches and find out they have been caught red-handed.
A year and a half ago I thought terms like “deep state” and “false flag operation” were for conspiracy freaks. That seems like a long time ago.
Sessions, key members of Congress and the entire FBI/DOJ are simpatico with ‘The Clap’ - so there you have it.
None Dare Call It Treason
Lawyer up fool!!
I am positive his is the child from the Coneheads
Podesta had clear ties to the Russians
Treasonous co-conspirator SCUMBAGS taking the republic to new lows. Lock them up or hang them.
“When in the course on human events it becomes necessary...”
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