James Clapper quotes

What I said was, the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens' e-mails. I stand by that. (James Clapper)
Russia's aim wasn't to get anyone to actually believe the crazy stories they were publishing...The point of their influence operation was to overwhelm facts, to sow doubt that facts were even knowable. View quote
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You have to remember Putin's background. He's a KGB officer. That's what they do. They recruit assets. View quote
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In the end, we will never, ever be able to guarantee that there will not be an Edward Snowden or another Chelsea Manning because this is a large enterprise composed of human beings with all their idiosyncrasies. View quote
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I went on to say that 'I hoped he would abide by the long-standing principle of the [intelligence community] always telling 'truth to power. View quote
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If it weren't for President Obama we might not have done the intelligence community assessment that we did that set up a whole sequence of event which are still unfolding today, including Special Counsel Mueller's investigation. President Obama is responsible for that. It was he who tasked us to do that intelligence community assessment in the first place. View quote
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Among those [Syrian] refugees are no doubt a significant number of ISIS terrorists. View quote
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There was no involvement between the Trump campaign and the Russians (variously quoted) View quote
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Of course, the Russian effort affected the outcome. Surprising even themselves, they swung the election to a Trump win. To conclude otherwise stretches logic, common sense, and credulity to the breaking point. View quote
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Trump should be happy that the FBI was SPYING on his campaign. View quote
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Looking at the recording of that interview, I again appeared tired. This time, I wasn't tired from working around the clock for months on end. I was tired because my journey of 76 years had led me to a place that should be home, and I'd found that the foundation of that home was beginning to crumble and the pillars that supported its roof were shaking. (James Clapper)
The Founding Fathers, in their genius, created three co-equal branches of government, and a built-in system of checks and balances, and I feel as though that is under assault, and is eroding. View quote
James Clapper

James Clapper

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Occupation: American Public Servant
Born: March 14, 1941
Quotes count: 12

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