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Both Barack Obama and his Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, have been proven to be liars. So why should we believe them when they say they didn't conduct surveillance on the Trump Campaign?
The former Director of National Intelligence under the Obama administration, James Clapper, denied there was a secret court order for surveillance at Trump Tower. Speaking on NBC's Meet The Press, Clapper said that in the national intelligence activity he oversaw, "there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president, the president-elect at the time, as a candidate or against his campaign."
Clapper's comments come after President Trump accused former President Barack Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower in the last stages of the 2016 presidential campaign, and at the same time as the White House announced it would request a Congressional probe into whether Obama abused "executive branch investigative powers."
Some have pointed out the irony of relying on Clapper's word to deny Trump's word.
Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat on the intelligence committee asked Clapper: “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions, or hundreds of millions, of Americans?”
Clapper replied, untruthfully: “No sir,” rubbing his head. “Not wittingly.”
After Snowden's documents confirmed Clapper lied, the former intelligence director offered a shifting series of explanations for his publicly uttered falsehood. He first said it was the “least untruthful” answer he could provide in an unclassified hearing. Later he said he misunderstood which particular communications collection program Wyden was asking about – despite Wyden’s staff alerting Clapper’s before the hearing as to the question – and apologized to the committee...
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James Clapper Denies Obama Wiretapped Trump | Zero Hedge
The former Director of National Intelligence under the Obama administration, James Clapper, denied there was a secret court order for surveillance at Trump Tower. Speaking on NBC's Meet The Press, Clapper said that in the national intelligence activity he oversaw, "there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president, the president-elect at the time, as a candidate or against his campaign."
Clapper's comments come after President Trump accused former President Barack Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower in the last stages of the 2016 presidential campaign, and at the same time as the White House announced it would request a Congressional probe into whether Obama abused "executive branch investigative powers."
Some have pointed out the irony of relying on Clapper's word to deny Trump's word.
Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat on the intelligence committee asked Clapper: “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions, or hundreds of millions, of Americans?”
Clapper replied, untruthfully: “No sir,” rubbing his head. “Not wittingly.”
After Snowden's documents confirmed Clapper lied, the former intelligence director offered a shifting series of explanations for his publicly uttered falsehood. He first said it was the “least untruthful” answer he could provide in an unclassified hearing. Later he said he misunderstood which particular communications collection program Wyden was asking about – despite Wyden’s staff alerting Clapper’s before the hearing as to the question – and apologized to the committee...
Read More:
James Clapper Denies Obama Wiretapped Trump | Zero Hedge
