"...It has a negative connotation, a rogue operation, out of control, not in compliance of the law..."
Really?
So the people we have in and out of this country who have put their lives in danger doing "spying" in the service of their country have negative connotations with their sacrifice, are classified as a rogue operation, are "out of control" and are "not in compliance with the law"?
What Clapper, and nearly every leftist doesn't want to admit is that is isn't the "spying" that is problematic, it was how that "spying" was conceived, planned out, initiated, "justified", executed, and excused.
We spy all the time in and out of this country, and for damn good reasons. To spy on a vast group of people for political purposes as was done is not one of them.
And I think the real scandal is, we are going to find out this wasn't just "spying" on Trump, either. I think the abuses by the Obama Administration and those on the Left in this respect are going to shock our country to the core.
And it should. Because what was done to Trump for political reasons is in all likelihood being done to legions of nobodies like us for even less valid reasons, and you will have a hard time finding less valid reasons than the "political" ones.
There was NSA database query abuse by FBI contractors. The redacted FISC court report suggests extensive targeting of certain individuals. That is a scandal unto itself. Maybe some more sunlight will shine on the abuse.