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MelissaB

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2. Can somebody help me here?

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Tue Mar 21, 2017, 10:10 AM

Mar 2017

OK. I'm having trouble keeping up. I know that Clapper was Director of National Intelligence, and I've reviewed his Wiki page for a refresher.

Why would he not have been briefed? Was it just obvious he couldn't be trusted? He would have told Trump of ongoing investigations? What other reasons could there be? Has anyone read an article about this or did I miss it completely?

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Comey never briefed Clapper. [View all] pnwmom Mar 2017 OP

Wow, thanks for pointing that out. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #1

Can somebody help me here? MelissaB Mar 2017 #2

Well, the NSA is forbidden by law from spying on American citizens. Maybe Clapper was limited, too? randome Mar 2017 #3

That would make sense. MelissaB Mar 2017 #5

Comey says he didn't brief anyone outside of the FBI, or in the quarterly reports, pnwmom Mar 2017 #6

That's right! MelissaB Mar 2017 #8

Still, it is telling that he didn't even trust other agency heads on this. pnwmom Mar 2017 #9

Comey is a complete jerk and influenced our elections as much as Putin by not reporting that there Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #4

And Clappers words were carefully parsed, not blanket statements at all. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #7

Wow. Justice Mar 2017 #10

"Why is that?".. denbot Mar 2017 #11

The Washington DC FBI is a separate unit and doesn't work closely with the NY FBI that Giuliani pnwmom Mar 2017 #12