Remember the clapper? It was a device that let you turn on or off a switch by clapping your hands. The manufacturer had a truly annoying TV commercial that kept saying "clap on, clap off." When I heard the latest quote from former DNI James Clapper, it made me think of the old commercial and how much I would like to see America clap off this guy.
Let's start with the obvious: Clapper is a man who lies even under oath. He sat in a congressional committee hearing and told America that the intelligence agencies do not "wittingly" collect information on millions of US citizens. That, of course, was a false statement. The NSA collected metadata in the form of billions of phone records on hundreds of millions of Americans. Clapper clearly knew this and just lied to Congress under oath.
Second, Clapper is clearly a political hack. He served under Obama and never complained about the manner in which the entire Russian "hacking" in connection with the 2016 election was handled. He never complained that no government agency got to see the DNC computers that were supposedly hacked by the Russians; he just took the word of the DNC's contractor. He never complained that Obama kept the whole matter under wraps during the election since disclosure might hurt the Democrats. Suddenly, now that Trump is in office, Clapper is disappointed that the President says he's not sure about Russian involvement. Remember, if the FBI, CIA and NSA (all of which reported in part to Clapper) had bothered to look at the actual computers that were hacked, we would have definitive evidence of who exactly hacked them. So, there really is no conclusive evidence because Clapper and his charges fell down on the job.
Let's start with the obvious: Clapper is a man who lies even under oath. He sat in a congressional committee hearing and told America that the intelligence agencies do not "wittingly" collect information on millions of US citizens. That, of course, was a false statement. The NSA collected metadata in the form of billions of phone records on hundreds of millions of Americans. Clapper clearly knew this and just lied to Congress under oath.
Second, Clapper is clearly a political hack. He served under Obama and never complained about the manner in which the entire Russian "hacking" in connection with the 2016 election was handled. He never complained that no government agency got to see the DNC computers that were supposedly hacked by the Russians; he just took the word of the DNC's contractor. He never complained that Obama kept the whole matter under wraps during the election since disclosure might hurt the Democrats. Suddenly, now that Trump is in office, Clapper is disappointed that the President says he's not sure about Russian involvement. Remember, if the FBI, CIA and NSA (all of which reported in part to Clapper) had bothered to look at the actual computers that were hacked, we would have definitive evidence of who exactly hacked them. So, there really is no conclusive evidence because Clapper and his charges fell down on the job.
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