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Clapper And Brennan Said Three Things In NYT Op-Ed. Each Was A Lie
The Federalist ^ | August 01, 2025 | Shawn Fleetwood

Posted on 08/01/2025 1:13:07 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

For all of their supposed concern about ‘misrepresentations and disinformation,’ Clapper and Brennan are some of their biggest perpetrators.

After declassified documents further exposed their roles in fomenting the baseless Trump-Russia collusion hoax, former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper are out with a new op-ed effectively trying to tell the public, “Don’t believe your lying eyes.”

Published by The New York Times — a known co-conspirator in the hoax — the rambling screed from the former Obama intel chiefs represents a pathetic attempt to dismiss findings in recently disclosed records released by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. In summary, the materials show there was no credible underlying intel demonstrating Russia wanted Donald Trump to win the 2016 election and that such falsehoods were forcibly shoehorned into the Obama team’s Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) at the behest of figures like Brennan.

Brennan and Clapper predictably use their op-ed to try and draw attention away from the bombshell findings. One way they attempt to do this is by citing a past Senate Intelligence Committee report on the drafting of the ICA, which claimed, “analysts were under no politically motivated pressure to reach specific conclusions.” (That talking point was dismantled by The Federalist’s Sean Davis and Mollie Hemingway in a recent episode of “The Federalist Radio Hour.”)

The most humorous part of the op-ed, however, comes in the latter half, in which Clapper and Brennan try their hardest to “set the record straight” on several key points regarding the 2017 ICA. Unsurprisingly, none of the major claims they make are anywhere close to the truth.

The first subject they choose to tackle is the...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: brennan; clapper; lie; lies

1 posted on 08/01/2025 1:13:07 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Beginning, the Middle and the Ending.................


2 posted on 08/01/2025 1:15:04 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The left worships the master of lies.


3 posted on 08/01/2025 1:21:54 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Okay....Who was supposed to burn them.


4 posted on 08/01/2025 1:22:30 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I would love to see a list of the things Clapper and Brennan have said that are NOT lies.

Probably a pretty short list.


5 posted on 08/01/2025 1:23:48 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try - AND - Every Time You Fall Down, Get The Frak Up! )
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

list of the things Clapper and Brennan have said that are NOT lies./

I’m sorry, there were 0 matches to your search.


6 posted on 08/01/2025 1:27:39 PM PDT by cuz1961
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To: cuz1961
I’m sorry, there were 0 matches to your search.

Ask Google this question and see what you get:

how many lies did Obama tell while president
7 posted on 08/01/2025 1:31:55 PM PDT by adorno ( )
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To: adorno

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/14/opinion/sunday/trump-lies-obama-who-is-worse.html


8 posted on 08/01/2025 1:43:02 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

LOCK ‘EM UP!

LOCK ‘EM UP!


9 posted on 08/01/2025 2:58:36 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Thank you, Trump, Musk, Leavitt....)
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Bkmk


10 posted on 08/01/2025 3:14:47 PM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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Bkmk


11 posted on 08/01/2025 4:09:54 PM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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Paging Inspector Renault...


12 posted on 08/01/2025 4:14:04 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Their lips were moving.


13 posted on 08/01/2025 6:11:37 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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The more they say about this, the more they paint their defense into a corner.


14 posted on 08/01/2025 6:15:01 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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