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Home Front: Politix
Clapper finally jumps shark - POTUS now a Vlad Putin intelligence asset
2017-12-19
[Free Beacon] Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper referred to President Donald Trump on Monday as an intelligence "asset" for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The term "asset" refers to people with countries or organizations being spied upon who serve as resources for outside spies.

Clapper appeared on CNN to discuss Trump's national security strategy speech given Monday, where he referred to Russia as a rival but also said he wanted to form a partnership.

The two leaders have also expressed recent gratitude to each other, with Putin calling and thanking Trump for sharing intelligence that helped foil a terror plot and Trump thanking Putin for his recent praise of the American economy.

"Is that a contradictory message?" CNN host Jim Sciutto asked Clapper.

"Well, it is to me," Clapper said. "I think this past weekend is illustrative of what a great case officer Vladimir Putin is. He knows how to handle an asset, and that's what he's doing with the president."

"You're saying that Russia is handling President Trump as an asset?" Sciutto asked.

"That's the appearance to me," Clapper said.
Posted by:Besoeker

#11  Lying UNDER OATH. Congress: “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?” Clapper: “No, sir.” Perjury. And Obama shielded him.

OPM hack that opened up thousands to Chinese Intelligence.

Told Obama that ISIS was a JV team wearing Lakers uniforms, and let ISIS grow massively under his watch.

Denied the terrorist roots and international reach of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Why is anyone paying attention to anything this massive failure is saying or doing? The only thing he didn't fail at was weakening the US and kissing Obama's ass.

He should be in prison.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891   2017-12-19 18:26  

#10  Clspper is a liiar. Why would anyone listen to him?
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-12-19 17:36  

#9   Who exactly is Clapper working for these days?

He appears to be working on an audition as a cartoon villain for the next Batman movie.
Posted by: SteveS   2017-12-19 14:54  

#8  Clap on
Clap off
James Clapper

Meanwhile, Bernie bro had his honeymoon in Soviet Russia
Posted by: newc   2017-12-19 14:00  

#7  I'd say that Russia handled President 0bama as an chump chimp (Russians are very racist I'm afraid)
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-12-19 11:33  

#6  I'd say that Russia handled President 0bama as an chump and a rube

Sadly, this only counts if the left is willing to recognize it.
Posted by: gorb   2017-12-19 10:26  

#5  I'd say that Russia handled President 0bama as an chump and a rube
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-12-19 10:17  

#4  If Clapper had hard evidence Mueller would surely have announced an indictment of Trump by now. But they have nothing so this is mere slander from a guy who is probably hoping against hope that he doesn't get indicted himself.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-12-19 09:51  

#3  Who exactly is Clapper working for these days?
Or is this strictly CYA?
Posted by: jvalentour   2017-12-19 09:41  

#2  I would tell people I think that, too, if I and several other of my peers within the prior administration were about to be exposed for conspiring to fix an election— a conspiracy which failed miserably— before we conspired to undermine the duly elected incoming administration— a conspiracy that while not quite dead yet, is heaving with its last and final breaths.
Posted by: Eltoroverde   2017-12-19 09:29  

#1  I remember when U. S. "intelligence" during the Obama trainwreck was given warnings on the Tsarnaev brothers by Russian intelligence. Nothing was done, people were maimed and killed.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2017-12-19 09:29  

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