Unconvincing dog and pony show masquerading as an informative hearing could have gone over better had James Clapper been able to hide his disdain for having to appear publicly. The President's top spy guy gave the impression he was above the ridiculous time wasting chit chat. Spy types hate these events.
The last thing Director Clapper needed in his cold, dark, clandestine lifestyle was to be forced to openly take questions from those who already knew they were unlikely to get straight answers to during a phony, made for TV Congressional inquiry. Looking like a maggot searching for his favorite rock to take refuge under, President Obama's Director of Intelligence James Clapper seemingly agonized his way through even the softest of questions.
NSA Hearings A Scam and A Sham
Pretty much sticking to talking points of the "national security is our only interest" variety, he left all the flag waving and "its all about honor and oversight' blah blah blah to "true blue soldier boy", the National Security Agency's General Keith Alexander. If one was expecting a public interrogation, a full dressing down and hard nosed in your face demands for WTF is going on, they had another thing coming. The whole event was just another scam and a sham.
Defending the indefensible and denying the undeniable through deflections and downplays, it was hard to take solace in any assurances security officials offered the world. Anyone expecting anymore, should understand one fundamental principal; Spies do what spies do best when cornered; they lie.
For all the promises of unprecedented and even burdensome oversight U.S. intelligence gathers were adhering to, as well as commitments to declassifying as many secrets as possible and still keep America safe, they failed to answer the one questions the gorilla in the room wanted a response to.
Firstly, did either of your two assholes ever take the time to advise the President what the hell you were doing listening to the German Chancellor's private cell phone, why you were doing, it and for how long?
Secondly, if the President was given a heads up on the NSA's rummaging through lives of world leaders and engaging in industrial surveillance, when precisely did that briefing take place and what was the President's response. If those direct and pointed questions were asked, we missed them and if said questions were even remotely answered, we missed that too.
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