“Clapper always was - and still is - a total dumbass.”
I heard Clapper give a public talk last year. He didn’t have a clue about the need to incentivize the various intelligence agencies to devise new, innovative sources and methods of intelligence.
I’ve known him since 1993, when he was an Air Force three-star and Director of DIA. I briefed him on Intelligence Support to Unconventional Operations and I don’t think he understood a word I said. I’ve spoken to him several times since - especially about counterterrorism ops, and he hasn’t gotten any smarter; but he HAS continued to rise in the ranks...