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Clapper explains how Russia swung the election to Trump
Here's the linky to the interview:
https://www.vox.com/2018/5/31/17384444/j...6-election
I can't help myself though and just have to respond here to some of the whoppers.
Quote:Sean Illing
Do you believe the president of the United States is willfully lying to the American people about Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election?
James Clapper
I’m reluctant to make a bold assertion like that. He does have a rather distant relationship with the truth. I mean, everybody understands that.
Pot, meet kettle.
Quote:Sean Illing
Do you think the Obama administration and the intelligence community failed to adequately warn the American people about Russia’s attempts to influence our election?
James Clapper
I’ve thought a lot about this. You have to remember how charged the atmosphere was during the election. The administration did not want to appear as though they were trying to influence the election. At the time, you had candidate Trump out there making allegations about the election being rigged, and I think the administration made two calculations.
First, they didn’t want to dignify and amplify what the Russians were doing. And second, because of the charged political atmosphere, President Obama was reluctant to create the optic, or risk the optic, that he was putting his hand on the scale in favor of one candidate and to the disfavor of another.
Yeah, sure, like when the Magic Man told Americans that Cankles meant no harm, and no harm was done, when she handled classified information like a drunken sailor and, of course, those investigating her received that signal loud and clear.
(This post was last modified: 05-31-2018 11:38 PM by TechRocks.)
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