Pres. Obama defends Dir. of National Intelligence who lied to Congress.

[dixiegrrrrl]

President Barack Obama has said his director of national intelligence, James Clapper, ought to have been “more careful” in Senate testimony about surveillance that Clapper later acknowledged was untruthful following disclosures by Edward Snowden.

But Obama signaled continued confidence in Clapper in the face of calls for the director to resign from members of Congress who warn of the dangerous precedent set by allowing an intelligence chief to lie to legislative bodies tasked with overseeing the powerful spy agencies.
Clapper has apologized to the Senate intelligence committee for testifying in March 2013 that the US government does “not wittingly” collect data on millions of Americans.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/31/obama-admits-intelligence-chief-fault-senate-testimony


when Snowden proved he was lying to Congress, he defended his testimony thusly:

first , he said he gave the “least untruthful” answer he could in an unclassified setting.
Later he changed his story to say that he had forgotten about an authority claimed by the government under the Patriot Act to collect the records of every phone call sent and received in the US.


Hooray for Senator Ron Wyden who challenging the dishonest answers.

[SamKnause]

1. He defends all the crooks and cons he appointed, or nominated.

The Best of the Best.

The Best and the Brightest.

Wall Street was so very talented and qualified they crashed the world economy.

But the administration still had to consult with the very people who were responsible, to fix the mess they intentionally caused.

It is all a dog and pony show.

The US government does not govern for the people.

They sold us out.

The corporations own us.

How many corporations are involved with the Military Industrial Complex ???

57% of the US budget goes to the military and war profiteers.

[woo me with science]

3. +1000000

[VanillaRhapsody]

2. Oh Goody....another Bash Obama thread at Democratic Underground...

Why he is the WORSTEST President EVAH!!!

The confederacy....nice...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie

Dixie:
Web definitions
Confederacy: the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dixie


The song originated in the blackface minstrel shows of the 1850s and quickly grew famous across the United States. Its lyrics, written in a comic, exaggerated version of African American Vernacular English, tell the story of a freed black slave pining for the plantation of his birth. During the American Civil War, "Dixie" was adopted as a de facto anthem of the Confederacy. New versions appeared at this time that more explicitly tied the song to the events of the Civil War. Since the advent of the North American Civil Rights Movement, many have identified the lyrics of the song with the iconography and ideology of the Old South. Today, "Dixie" is sometimes considered offensive, and its critics link the act of singing it to sympathy for the concept of slavery in the American South. Its supporters, on the other hand, view it as a legitimate aspect of Southern culture and heritage and the campaigns against it as political correctness. The song was a favorite of President Abraham Lincoln: he had it played at some of his political rallies and at the announcement of General Robert E. Lee's surrender.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1900sc_SM_Dixie.jpg

[hughee99]

4. A very impressive tap dance

A straw man with a dose of "shoot the messenger" while avoiding the OP's entire topic.

[VanillaRhapsody]

7. Who's dancing...just pointing out something obvious. No agenda huh?

[hughee99]

8. You are.

Yes, i do see an agenda. When anything critical of the president shows up, there's someone there to post a "you're just out to get the president" type response. Sometimes it successfully hijacks the discussion to change the subject from an actual debate on president's statement to what the OP's "agenda" is. Other times, it's not so effective.

[VanillaRhapsody]

9. I consider WHO is trying to.....

Would you nod your head in agreement if this were Rand Paul or Chris Christie too? The myopathy is contagious it seems...

[hughee99]

10. Nope, I'm not playing along. n/t

[VanillaRhapsody]

11. Of course you aren't.....

but you sure as hell jump on bandwagons!

[NuclearDem]

12. "You hate Obama you racist" argle bargle

[SMC22307]

16. You can't win the argument so you accuse a DUer of being racist?

Lame.

[cali]

18. wow. that screed was weak and frantic

no one said anything like what you claim, van.

but distraction and faux arguments are what you serve up.

[hootinholler]

23. and edited a bunch

Dixie! Blackface!

I got one for Van: disgust.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Maybe Obama was afraid that Clapper would take a trip to Russia if he didn't give him a pass.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Hmmm...had not thought of that.

Good point...Clapper most certainly has all sorts of info.

[Progressive dog]

13. Who would those "members of congress be"?

But Obama signaled continued confidence in Clapper in the face of calls for the director to resign from members of Congress who warn of the dangerous precedent set by allowing an intelligence chief to lie to legislative bodies tasked with overseeing the powerful spy agencies.

Was Wyden included? Was Paul? How many were Democrats?

[cali]

19. lots of dems have expressed their disgust with Clapper.

Grayson, Schiff, Leahy and many many more.

[Progressive dog]

22. Which Democrats are calling for his resignation

was the question. Were there any?

[WillyT]

14. K & R !!!

[woo me with science]

15. kick

[SMC22307]

17. K&R

[cali]

20. I've seen it claimed that Clapper wasn't lying because he hasn't been convicted of lying

yes, that lame shit has been expressed right here at DU.

[PowerToThePeople]

21. Puke

Well, add another mark to the "This President should have ran as a Republican" column.

[struggle4progress]

24. The Senate has a variety of tools available to defend itself