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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 08:12 AM Aug 2018

Trump: James Clapper Is 'Being Nice to Me so He Doesn't Lose His Security Clearance'

Source: Mediate



by Ken Meyer | Aug 21st, 2018, 7:22 am

Once again, President Trump is making it obvious that the question of which former intelligence officials get to keep their security clearance has little to do with national security, but a lot to do with critiquing him.

Ever since Trump revoked John Brennan‘s clearance and threatened to take it away from Clapper and others, the former DNI chief has been hitting back at the administration and calling it an attempt by the president to hush his critics. However, Clapper did recently acknowledge that Brennan’s exceptionally-harsh rhetoric against the administration has become “an issue” in certain ways.

It seems Trump noticed this, seeing as he got on Twitter Tuesday morning and said this:




This comes after Trump tweeted last night that he might take clearance away from Phil Mudd because of the criticism he gets from the former CIA officer-turned-CNN contributor. Oh, and because it’s obligatory at this point, Trump’s also swiping at the “fake news” again for the umpteenth time.




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Trump: James Clapper Is 'Being Nice to Me so He Doesn't Lose His Security Clearance' (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2018 OP
Reality is, Racerdog1 Aug 2018 #1
Soooo sick of this fookin' idiot! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr trusty elf Aug 2018 #2
What you get when you combine neurosyphilis with rabies dalton99a Aug 2018 #3
He truly is a man/baby. I use the word man very loosely. watoos Aug 2018 #4
Every fucking day it's worse. I'm beyond so sick of this I don't have words... PearliePoo2 Aug 2018 #5
The feds don't have enough manpower GoCubsGo Aug 2018 #9
This! Exactly. smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #10
If Clapper "lied to congress".... JohnnyRingo Aug 2018 #6
Which is evidence that he is playing politics with national security clearances Maeve Aug 2018 #7
This is why you don't give Corgigal Aug 2018 #8
James Clapper would never kiss up to Cheeto or any other POTUS FakeNoose Aug 2018 #11
 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
4. He truly is a man/baby. I use the word man very loosely.
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 09:00 AM
Aug 2018

He never had bone spurs, his daddy got a doctor to write a letter that said he had bone spurs.

I never saw where he had his physical for the draft, I know about that, they were taking anybody and everybody.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
5. Every fucking day it's worse. I'm beyond so sick of this I don't have words...
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 09:37 AM
Aug 2018

Actually, I DO have words, but they would have the Feds at my door.




GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
9. The feds don't have enough manpower
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 12:59 PM
Aug 2018

to cover the number of doors of people who wish to utter the same words you want to say. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if the vast majority of them are saying the same things behind closed doors.

JohnnyRingo

(18,636 posts)
6. If Clapper "lied to congress"....
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 12:42 PM
Aug 2018

Put Sessions on it. Bring charges if he has credible evidence instead of throwing around baseless accusations. He's actually stooped to lying about lying.

Fuckin' asshole.

Maeve

(42,282 posts)
7. Which is evidence that he is playing politics with national security clearances
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 12:49 PM
Aug 2018

and that goes to indicate corrupt intent on his part....
Keep tweeting and find yourself a jail bird!

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
11. James Clapper would never kiss up to Cheeto or any other POTUS
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 06:56 PM
Aug 2018


I've read James Clapper's book "Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence" (2018) where he describes his entire career working for nine different Presidents over 50+ years in the field of U.S. Intelligence. When Mr. Clapper retired at the end of 2016 he had reached the highest rank as Director of National Intelligence, having been Obama's senior intelligence adviser for 6-1/2 years. The book is extremely interesting and loaded with facts, dates and personal anecdotes about many of the leaders in American government and politics.

Long story short, Mr. Clapper would have never humbled himself to Trump after knowing what he knows, and I'll leave it at that.

Cheeto, once again you're full of shit.

Mr. James Clapper, well done sir! I salute you!

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