As the Russian collusion charges are exposed as a hoax, many of those involved are heading for the tall grass or implicating others. There is no honor among thieves, and many of these people compromised their principles long ago.<\/p>\n
Today The Gateway Pundit<\/a> posted an article about some recent remarks made by James Clapper to Anderson Cooper.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n ANDERSON COOPER, CNN HOST<\/span>: The 2017 assessment that the President says he now agrees with, that was done while you and then NCI Director John Brennan were still in office. So, how can we reconcile the President attacking you, but apparently after a very long time finally, allegedly saying \u2014 or saying he allegedly agrees with the product of the intelligence community that you, yourself oversaw?<\/strong><\/p>\n JAMES CLAPPER<\/span>: Yes, well, this is \u2014 yes, as we\u2019ve come to know the President, he is not a stalwart for a consistency or coherence. So it\u2019s very hard to explain that. One point I\u2019d like to make, Anderson, that I don\u2019t think has come up very much before, and I\u2019m alluding now to the President\u2019s criticism of President Obama for all that he did or didn\u2019t do before he left office with respect to the Russian meddling. If it weren\u2019t for President Obama, we might not have done the intelligence community assessment that we did that set off a whole sequence of events which are still unfolding today, notably, special counsel Mueller\u2019s investigation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n President Obama is responsible for that,<\/em> and it was he who tasked us to do that intelligence community assessment in the first place. I think it\u2019s an important point when it comes to critiquing President Obama.<\/strong><\/p>\n That sounds to me as if James Clapper is blaming President Obama for the surveillance of the Trump campaign and later the transition team of President Trump. That spying violated the civil rights of a number of Americans. There are also some serious questions about the basis for the FISA warrants. It seems that a number of laws were violated and the people who violated those laws need to be held accountable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the Russian collusion charges are exposed as a hoax, many of those involved are heading for the tall grass or implicating others. There is no honor among thieves, and many of these people compromised their principles long ago. Today … Continue reading