Camera feeds former Obama director of national intelligence James Clapper suddenly cut while CNNHe was coerced by John Berman to answer questions about leaks of classified information in the media, one day after a declassified memo revealed a list of Obama administration officials who did "unmasking" requests concerning the first national security adviser. from President Trump, Michael Flynn.
On the list are Clapper, former Vice President Joe Biden, President Obama's chief of staff and former CIA Director John Brennan. Especially, requests started before Flynn's call with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak – of which the classified details have been disclosed to Washington Post early 2017 as pointed out Washington Examiner.
"Asking for names, nothing wrong with that, exposing yourself, nothing wrong with that," Berman told Clapper. "Leaks of classified information and by definition these phone calls have been classified, that is a problem, is it not?"
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Clapper, a CNN The security analyst replied "absolutely", before the image froze and his screen went dark.
Look: Clapper just admitted on CNN that "No, I haven't" found evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia. Then, after the press was questioned about the leak, its video connection was cut … pic.twitter.com/Ab13DVFVQa
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Once his regime was restored, Clapper insisted that he was not the one who was dripping.
"David Ignatius published this famous column on January 12 where he mentioned the phone call between Michael Flynn, the phone call of December 29. Did he disclose this information?" Berman asked. "I didn't do it," replied Clapper.
Once Clapper returned, they asked him if he had leaked Flynn's call to David Ignatius. He says, "No, I didn't." pic.twitter.com/mAww8wsp9U
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Clapper insisted in Thursday's interview that unmasking an American citizen is "routine" when "you have a valid foreign intelligence target that relates to an American person".
Says that don't remember what motivated the request "that was made on my behalf to unmask" Regarding Flynn, but that the "general concern" lay in his engagement with the Russians during the transition of the Trump team to the White House. Of course, as even Board He wrote in 2017: "Meetings between the president-elect's team and foreign officials are normal", but that "negotiations that undermine a president's foreign policy" are unprecedented but still very controversial and not normal.
John Durham, the US lawyer chosen by Attorney General William Barr to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, analyzes Flynn's unmasking and subsequent leaks as part of his investigation.
Connecticut federal prosecutor is believed to be investigating an article published in the Washington Post on January 12, 2017 by Ignace, who said that Flynn "cultivates close contact with Russia" and quoted a "senior US government official" which revealed Flynn had spoken to former Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak on December 29, 2016, the same day that former President Barack Obama had expelled 35 Russian officials.. This revelation and subsequent leaks into the alleged content of Flynn's discussions with Kislyak are likely based on classified information. –Washington Examiner
And now, after destroying Flynn's life in a perjury trap, the Obama stars are fighting.