Newsbusters
December 19, 2017
So much for CNN’s declaration of “facts first.” The news outlet that pompously calls themselves “the most trusted name in news” threw that out the window on Monday when their national security analyst and Obama’s former Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper suggested that President Trump was being treated like an intelligence asset by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
During Clapper’s appearance on CNN’s The Lead he was asked by Jim Sciutto, another Obama administration flack CNN had on the payroll, about if Trump’s description of Russia and China as rivals and his desire to find collaborative efforts were “a contradictory message.”
Clapper’s response was his wild conspiracy theory about the U.S. President. “Well, it is to me. I think this past weekend is illustrative of what a great case officer Vladimir Putin is. He knows how to handle an asset, and that’s what he’s doing with the President,” he told Sciutto.
“You’re saying that Russia is handling President Trump as an asset,” Sciutto followed up, with the sound of excitement in his voice. “That seems to be — that’s the appearance to me,” Clapper answered before he droned on about the history of U.S.-Russian relations in terms of counter-terrorism operations.
This article was posted: Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 10:13 am
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