There was a difference between skepticism and disparagement.
James Clapper: “There was a difference between skepticism and disparagement.”
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Clapper comments on the importance of distinguishing between healthy skepticism and outright dismissal of intelligence assessments.
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It shows once again not that we need proof of it, where the President's head really is and all this. And it's not on national security, not on the pandemic, not on the massive Russian cyber espionage.
There's this gray area of First Amendment protection rights versus an insidious presence in our country that is really there to weaken and destroy our system. That's really what this is about. And its state sponsored.
This is quite different. And, you know, shocking, stunning, but not surprising, a phrase that we often find ourselves using about revelations of abuse of power by the Trump administration.
The frequency with which they are occurring, tells me that they're kind of in - they realize they're kind of in a jam.





