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Clapper: 'Good Thing' If FBI Spied on Trump Campaign
Newsmax ^ | 19 May 2018 | Wanda Carruthers

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: carterpage; clapper; clintonnonnews; cnn; coup; crossfirehurricane; deepstate; fbi; georgepapadopoulos; jamesclapper; margarettalev; perjurer; samclovis; stefanhalper; trump; trumpwiretaps
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To: Reily
His lawyer ought to be telling him to zip it and go on a long long vacation.

I suggest the south east region of Cuba.

41 posted on 05/19/2018 4:46:46 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: All
Trump said -

“...Reports are there was indeed at least one FBI representative implanted, for political purposes, into my campaign for president...”

Note he said at least one. What's the betting there was more than one, and he knows who there are...:^)

42 posted on 05/19/2018 4:55:56 PM PDT by az_gila
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To: VRWCarea51

You mean Loraine Newman had a sex change?


43 posted on 05/19/2018 4:58:47 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: mandaladon
The word

"if"

does not take Clapper off the hook.
44 posted on 05/19/2018 5:10:00 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Trump continues to have all the right enemies.)
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To: mandaladon

He cares not a damn about anyones rights. Needs to be brought up for lying before Congress.


45 posted on 05/19/2018 5:35:21 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: mandaladon; All

Meet the other spy!
https://www.indiaabroad.com/the-real-girl-from-quantico/article_e5583e33-1ee2-5905-a8a4-b226d8464993.html


46 posted on 05/19/2018 5:38:19 PM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: mandaladon
President Trump Tweet: Wow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI “SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH AN EMBEDDED INFORMANT.” Andrew McCarthy says, “There’s probably no doubt that they had at least one confidential informant in the campaign.” If so, this is bigger than Watergate!"

Mr. President. isn't it high time you start to clean out the Obama felons who are still highlighted in the lamestream media and making mischief--zinging you at every turn of the news cycle?

You are the Top Executive--the Prime CEO. Please order your DOJ to issue some key indictments for these lying-to-Congress, Hillary-loving creatures like James Clapper.


47 posted on 05/19/2018 5:44:03 PM PDT by henbane ( Whenever a doctor [and politcian] cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm. - Hippocrates)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Brilliant observation!


48 posted on 05/19/2018 6:07:36 PM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! First)
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To: mandaladon

Well then, let’s make sure we start spying on the democrats in 2020!

Turnabout is fair play.

On second thought, how about we enforce the law? Indict, try and convict Clapper, Brennan, Comey and Lynch, and havethe hanging at Fort McNair!


49 posted on 05/19/2018 6:09:46 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (MAGAMarchOnWashington.com)
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To: usconservative

NO-—kidding! :)!


50 posted on 05/19/2018 6:10:19 PM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! First)
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These dirtbags are justifying criminal activity.


51 posted on 05/19/2018 6:14:52 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: mandaladon

Clapper IS the clap.


52 posted on 05/19/2018 6:16:05 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Washington is NOT a swamp.....It's a cesspool!)
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To: mandaladon

Kaffee: [interupts him] *Did you order the Trump Spy?*

Clapper: *You’re God damn right I did!*


53 posted on 05/19/2018 6:43:18 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: reasonisfaith
Someone needs to have a liberal "sit down" with Clapper.

The liberal media has already decided that Trump is "insane" for even suggesting that his campaign and administration was being spied on.

Now Clapper goes and ruins the narrative by saying: "Of COURSE we spied on Trump! We can't have someone like that running the country."

So which way is it, liberals?

Wiretaps are OK, spying is OK, illegal seizures of private documents are OK, unlawful disclosures of classified materials is OK but if it's for a good cause.

Apparently it is a terrible "crime" for someone to think that blatant violations of the Constitution is "wrong" and "crazy".

54 posted on 05/19/2018 7:39:45 PM PDT by boop ("I said give me the brandy!")
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To: mandaladon

55 posted on 05/19/2018 8:20:46 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (Why are damn near ALL the SEX FIENDS Democrats?)
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To: mandaladon

He just lost all pretense of credibility. I guess we should just have one party rule, where no one dare challenge the Democrats.


56 posted on 05/19/2018 8:28:43 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: mandaladon

Clapper needs my steel toed work boot up his butt


57 posted on 05/19/2018 8:29:40 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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