Posted on 05/19/2018 3:34:43 PM PDT by mandaladon
James Clapper, former director of National Intelligence, said it was a "good thing" if former President Barack Obama's administration spied on President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, Real Clear Politics reported Friday.
"They [the Obama admin's FBI] may have had someone who was talking to them in the campaign, but, you know, the focus here... is not on the campaign, per se, but what the Russians were doing to try to instantiate themselves in the campaign or influence or leverage it," Clapper told CNN.
But if an intelligence agent was "observing" Trump campaign officials' interactions with Russia, "that's a good thing because the Russians posed a threat to the very basis of our political system."
However, exposing the identity of the unnamed spy would be "hugely dangerous," Clapper maintained, because of "the danger to that person, not to mention, the reluctance of others to be informants for the FBI, and the FBI gains a lot of valuable information from informants, so to me, this is incredible."
President Trump weighed in on the revelations his campaign was spied on, tweeting it was a "hot Fake News story" which, if true, could become the "all time biggest political scandal."
"Reports are there was indeed at least one FBI representative implanted, for political purposes, into my campaign for president. It took place very early on, and long before the phony Russia Hoax became a “hot” Fake News story. If true - all time biggest political scandal!" Trump tweeted.
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Rope+pay per view= Justice
Throw this blowhard in jail someone!
This seditionist/traitor needs Justice. After a fair trial, “if” found guilty, a pay-for-view of his “punishment” would help pay-off the national debt.
It would be a good thing if traitors were hanged and their bodies were fed to buzzards.
This wasn't "investigating" and it was only partly "spying". What it really was, was "framing".
Clapper belongs in prison.
They will try to normalize spying on political opponents.
Our job is to stand our ground. Spying on political opponents is what you do in communist countries.
His lawyer ought to be telling him to zip it and go on a long long vacation.
Why wasn’t the FBI spying on Hitlary? Her IT was a spy! To bad the left and FBI are to busy setting up a coupe to protect our country!
Clapper also fails to understand that political use of a government agency is illegal. Makes one wonder what might be in his closet.
Agreed. Now it seems like the entire US Government knew about the attempt to overturn the election - and they were just fine with it.
Why hasn’t Sessions invited The Clap to a Grand Jury?
Just to answer an unspoken question, no, there is no depth that is too low. There is no bottom.
The left is trying to lay down some smoke and sell this chit to the general pop in front of the IG report.
Clapper is the liar who previously denied that the IC spied on the Trump campaign.
The truth is definitely not in him/them.
It’s a wild conspiracy theory that’s ridiculous, stupid to suggest it ever occurred - until it is later proven - then it is presented as making perfect sense and a good thing - the very same thing that was nutty just a day before.
“I can deny that.”
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