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Chick Your warning lights don't work?
POLITICS
MAY 28 2017, 11:24 AM ET
James Clapper on Trump-Russia Ties: āMy Dashboard Warning Light Was Clearly Onā
by KAILANI KOENIG
WASHINGTON ā Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Sunday said that his "dashboard warning light was clearly on" when asked about whether he knew about communications between Russians and White House senior adviser and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
"I have to say that, without specifically affirming or confirming these conversations ā since, even though they're in the public realm, they're still classified ā just from a theoretical standpoint, I will tell you that my dashboard warning light was clearly on and I think that was the case with all of us in the intelligence community, very concerned about the nature of these approaches to the Russians," Clapper said during an exclusive interview on NBC's "Meet The Press."
"If you put that in context with everything else we knew the Russians were doing to interfere with the election, and just the historical practices of the Russians, who typically, almost genetically driven to co-opt, penetrate, gain favor, whatever, which is a typical Russian technique. So we were concerned."
Full Clapper: 'My Dashboard Warning Light Was Clearly On' Over Trump Campaign's Russia Communications 9:01
He also acknowledged that intelligence like this would have triggered the FBI's extra attention on Kushner. NBC News has reported that Kushner is under FBI scrutiny related to the Russia investigations, but is not a "subject" of them.
"I think so... I have to say, at the time I left, I did not see any smoking gun certitude evidence of collusion. But it certainly was appropriate for ā given all the signs ā certainly appropriate for the FBI ā and necessary for the FBI to investigate," Clapper said.
Clapper served as former President Obama's director of national intelligence for six and a half years, until January 20th of this year, the day President Trump took office, after an extensive career leading U.S. intelligence agencies under presidents of both parties.
Clapper: Russians are 'Emboldened' by Election Interference Results 2:09
On Friday, the Washington Post reported that Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak told Moscow that Kushner met with him in December and attempted to set up "backchannel" communications between the Trump team and the Kremlin before the inauguration.
Though he did not see this as any kind of "smoking gun" toward "collusion," Clapper said that "it certainly arouses your concern about what is going on. Given, Russia, at least for my money, is our primary adversary. They are not our friends. They are in to do us in."
"I have to say as well, Chuck," Clapper added, "we have a time-honored custom that we have one president and one administration at a time. And oncoming administrations don't get a head-start before the end of the current president's incumbency."
He also acknowledged that Kislyak had to be considered as part of the Russian intelligence community.
"Given the fact that he oversees the very aggressive intelligence operation in this country - the Russians have more intelligence operatives than any other nation that is represented in this country, still even after we got rid of 35 of them - and so to suggest that he is somehow separate or oblivious to that is a bit much."
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was cautious to comment on reports concerning Kushner, saying on Sunday's "Meet The Press," "I think Jared has said that he's more than willing to answer any and all questions. They reached out to us yesterday to make sure that we knew that was the case and I'm sure he's willing to do so."
Corker also added that "unless there's some major change in Russia's actions in Syria," they "plan to double down on sanctions with Russia" and will re-visit the issue during the Senate's next work period.
Clapper noted that it's not up to him to decide what kind of action should be taken as a response to Russia's attempts to interfere with the U.S. election, but he said, "certainly sanctions are a compelling, powerful weaponāRussians don't like them."
"They are only emboldened," Clapper said of Russia. "They are only going to continue to interfere in our political process. To me, that is the big story here and what American people should be concerned about."
KAILANI KOENIG
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FIRST PUBLISHED MAY 28 2017, 10:38 AM ET
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Poor eddie......so sad.
Didn't you see this in our article, eddie?
" just from a theoretical standpoint...."
That means 'no evidence.'
Russia didn't.
Stop being a dope.
Need proof....or is my record of 100% accuracy good enough?
But....here ya' go:
1. "Sunday on NBCās āMeet the Press,ā former Obama Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told host Chuck Todd that he was not aware of evidence showing the Trump campaign had colluded with the Russian government to influence last Novemberās presidential election.
TODD: Well, thatās an important revelation at this point.
Let me ask you this, does intelligence exist that can definitively answer the following question, whether there were improper contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia officials?
CLAPPER: We did not include evidence in our report, and I say our, thatās NSA, FBI and CIA with my office, the director of national intelligence that had anything ā that had any reflection of collusion between members of the Trump campaign and the Russians. There was there no evidence of that including in our report.
TODD: I understand that, but does it exist?
CLAPPER: Not to my knowledge.
TODD: If it existed, it would have been in the report?
CLAPPER: This could have unfolded or become available in the time since I left the government.
'
Chick Your warning lights don't work?
POLITICS
MAY 28 2017, 11:24 AM ET
James Clapper on Trump-Russia Ties: āMy Dashboard Warning Light Was Clearly Onā
by KAILANI KOENIG
WASHINGTON ā Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Sunday said that his "dashboard warning light was clearly on" when asked about whether he knew about communications between Russians and White House senior adviser and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
"I have to say that, without specifically affirming or confirming these conversations ā since, even though they're in the public realm, they're still classified ā just from a theoretical standpoint, I will tell you that my dashboard warning light was clearly on and I think that was the case with all of us in the intelligence community, very concerned about the nature of these approaches to the Russians," Clapper said during an exclusive interview on NBC's "Meet The Press."
"If you put that in context with everything else we knew the Russians were doing to interfere with the election, and just the historical practices of the Russians, who typically, almost genetically driven to co-opt, penetrate, gain favor, whatever, which is a typical Russian technique.
Full Clapper: 'My Dashboard Warning Light Was Clearly On' Over Trump Campaign's Russia Communications 9:01
He also acknowledged that intelligence like this would have triggered the FBI's extra attention on Kushner. NBC News has reported that Kushner is under FBI scrutiny related to the Russia investigations, but is not a "subject" of them.
"I think so... I have to say, at the time I left, I did not see any smoking gun certitude evidence of collusion. But it certainly was appropriate for ā given all the signs ā certainly appropriate for the FBI ā and necessary for the FBI to investigate," Clapper said.
Clapper served as former President Obama's director of national intelligence for six and a half years, until January 20th of this year, the day President Trump took office, after an extensive career leading U.S. intelligence agencies under presidents of both
Clapper: Russians are 'Emboldened' by Election Interference Results 2:09
On Friday, the Washington Post reported that Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak told Moscow that Kushner met with him in December and attempted to set up "backchannel" communications between the Trump team and the Kremlin before the inauguration.
Though he did not see this as any kind of "smoking gun" toward "collusion," Clapper said that "it certainly arouses your concern about what is going on. Given, Russia, at least for my money, is our primary adversary. They are not our friends. They are in to do us in."
"I have to say as well, Chuck," Clapper added, "we have a time-honored custom that we have one president and one administration at a time. And oncoming administrations don't get a head-start before the end of the current president's incumbency."
He also acknowledged that Kislyak had to be considered as part of the Russian intelligence community.
"Given the fact that he oversees the very aggressive intelligence operation in this country - the Russians have more intelligence operatives than any other nation that is represented in this country, still even after we got rid of 35 of them - and so to suggest that he is somehow separate or oblivious to that is a bit much."
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was cautious to comment on reports concerning Kushner, saying on Sunday's "Meet The Press," "I think Jared has said that he's more than willing to answer any and all questions. They reached out to us yesterday to make sure that we knew that was the case and I'm sure he's willing to do so."
Corker also added that "unless there's some major change in Russia's actions in Syria," they "plan to double down on sanctions with Russia" and will re-visit the issue during the Senate's next work period.
Clapper noted that it's not up to him to decide what kind of action should be taken as a response to Russia's attempts to interfere with the U.S. election, but he said, "certainly sanctions are a compelling, powerful weaponāRussians don't like them."
"They are only emboldened," Clapper said of Russia. "They are only going to continue to interfere in our political process. To me, that is the big story here and what American people should be concerned about."
KAILANI KOENIG
Why did you post this????
It said " he did not see this as any kind of "smoking gun" toward "collusion,"
See if this helps:
"....a Democratic platform...."
Say what chick?
OVER THE PAST year, the Kremlinās strategy of weaponizing leaks to meddle with democracies around the world has become increasingly clear, first in the US and more recently in France. But a new report by a group of security researchers digs into another layer of those so-called influence operations: how Russian hackers alter documents within those releases of hacked material, planting disinformation alongside legitimate leaks.
A new report from researchers at the Citizen Lab group at the University of Torontoās Munk School of Public Affairs documents a wide-ranging hacking campaign, with ties to known Russian hacker groups. The effort targeted more than 200 individuals, ranging from Russian media to a former Russian prime minister to Russian opposition groups, and assorted government and military personnel from Ukraine to Vietnam. Noteworthy among the leaks: A Russia-focused journalist and author whose emails were not only stolen but altered before their release. Once they appeared on a Russian hactivist site, Russian state media used the disinformation to concoct a CIA conspiracy.
The case could provide the clearest evidence yet that Russian hackers have evolved their tactics from merely releasing embarrassing true information to planting false leaks among those facts. āRussia has a long history of experience with disinformation,ā says Ron Deibert, the political science professor who led Citizen Labās research into the newly uncovered hacking spree. āThis is the first case of which I am aware tANDY GREENBERG
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