Former DNI James Clapper denies wiretap of Trump Tower

The Hill ^ | 03/05/2017 | BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY -

[nhwingut]

"But I will say that for the part of the national security apparatus that I oversaw as DNI, there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president-elect at the time, as a candidate, or against his campaign."

But for the other parts, like NSA, CIA, FBI, DOJ, IRS, etc...

Notice how they're getting caught up in the word "wiretap" and not "surveillance" which is the catch all.

[DrDude]

I hope someone has the notion to save the episode of Meet The Press. This guy is a total liar. He is not even good at lying. He is good at hurting Obama and he has now clarified that he had no knowledge of a wiretap which would have been part of his official duties.

[ReaganGeneration2]

Sensenbrenner lays out the perjury case against Clapper. Holder will get right on it.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jjXDDsn5blA

[Kozy]

This parsing of weasel words is great!!. Oh course there is no FISA today, it expired.

[amorphous]

AND Clapper never lied about nuttin...

[Uncle Miltie]

LIAR:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-clapper-says-he-misspoke-didnt-lie-about-nsa-surveillance/

[Navin Johnson]

THIS COMPLETELY RESURRECTS AND CHANGES THE PERSPECTIVE ON THE CLINTON LYNCH SECRET MEETING ON ONE TARMAC

Good point. And is a reason to go after Lynch and the Justice Department as well as Obama for his use of all government agencies to attack his political opponents.

[P-Marlowe]

A man who lies under oath about this very subject is not someone to be trusted to tell the truth when he isn’t under oath.

My bet is that Clapper is up to his eyeballs in this scandal.

I’m betting his signature is on the affidavits along with Loretta Lynch.

[DAC21]

What the Clap meant to say is that we didn’t wire tap Trump “knowingly”

Never liked this guy, just real slimy. But was there anyone working for Odunga whom was likeable?

Not a good sign when the Media needs to trot out a guy whom lies under oath as the Dems defense witness.

[FrankR]

“...I can’t speak officially anymore...”, key phrase!

[P-Marlowe]

Why isn’t he in prison right now?

[GoldenPup]

A professional liar lies. How surprising. NOT!

[Texas Fossil]

He is lying out of his butt.

No, the 2nd order did not say Donald Trump.

But targeted a server a campaign server.

Nail the asses to the barn wall.

[samtheman]

THIS COMPLETELY RESURRECTS AND CHANGES THE PERSPECTIVE ON THE CLINTON LYNCH SECRET MEETING ON ONE TARMAC

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Everyone should read your full post #35.

[Sacajaweau]

Three liars under oath before Congress....Brennan, Hayden & Clapper.

[captmar-vell]

Good, lets get them all on record before they have a chance to collude their answers in Clintonesque lawyer speak,

If this is true, that they wiretapped President Trump weeks before the election using a pre-fabricated staged story to then be able to conduct an all out witch hunt on him and his associates,

Whereby any ‘findings’ (and for no other reason) could be conveniently ‘leaked’ out days before the election assuring a President Hillary in the White House,

I’m not sure what the count is for how many laws have been broken or crimes committed here,

There must be jail time for ALL involved or there is no rule of law for anyone in this nation,

We have become lawless

[Texas Fossil]

Weasel words indeed.

BUMP

[Rome2000]

Clapper was exposed as the filthy liar that he is by Snowden.

[Texas Fossil]

BUMP!

[timestax]

Why is he referring to Trump as the President-Elect. This interview was done on March 5. The only way to interpret it is he said President Elect at the time, which means from Nov 8 onward. But the time frame we are talking about is in October. So, the first part of his statement is meaningless. Next we have as a candidate, or against his campaign. Of course the wiretap wasn't against him as a candidate or his campaign. The wiretap was specifically against the server at Trump Tower. So the other half of his statement is meaningless also.

Parsing of words. We all know that's what they do. It won't work this time. We also know that Clapper is a big liar! They are plenty scared right and will pull out every lying trick they know! Again, IT WON'T WORK THIS TIME !