James Clapper actually said...

President Assad he said will not step down or stop killing short of a coup.

Clapper provides a grim assessment of the situation in Syria, indicating that Assad will only leave power through a coup.

02/15/2012

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That is an assault on our democracy by the Russians I think is profound.

Absolutely. That has been the pattern.

The sanctions that we have imposed particularly after Ukraine were effective.

I would have like to have seen more.