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raised his right hand, i bet clapper told him everything he needed to know.tagon people he said this is what you need to do, keep 10,000 troops in iraq to make it work and he does not take the recommendation. here's what he wants to. you can blame anyone you want, but the intelligence probably was there. lou: the question, even if it were the case, why would he blamed a subordinate? what kind of leader is that? what is the thinking? and what is the thinking about a president who says that the democrats will hold the senate and they are going to rally, and he cannot even get booked for a speech and a candidate to support. >> if you look at sort of this country in the context of other troubled capitals, you would say that he has been shrinking all along. he cannot go to a number of states and campaign because he will seek the democratic candidate. it is best that he stay away. this is a presidency that is shrinking back into the white house. >> even though world stage, every president in my lifetime has come and have a big, significant role. his role last week
raised his right hand, i bet clapper told him everything he needed to know.tagon people he said this is what you need to do, keep 10,000 troops in iraq to make it work and he does not take the recommendation. here's what he wants to. you can blame anyone you want, but the intelligence probably was there. lou: the question, even if it were the case, why would he blamed a subordinate? what kind of leader is that? what is the thinking? and what is the thinking about a president who says that the...
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isn't jim clapper part of the president's team? >> of course he is. the president has confidence in director clapper. >> so everybody in the u.s. government was surprised at that? nobody failed? nobody's going to be held accountable? >> ed, predicting the will of foreign security forces to fight for their country is difficult. >> now, why might the white house be trying to massage that answer from the "60 minutes" interview? there was backlash from within the intelligence community about how all this played out. look at this quote from the daily beast. a former top pentagon official "either the president doesn't read the intelligence he is getting or he is -- expletive there." while clapper of course as the president said in the "60 minutes" interview did earlier this month did say tell "the washington post" that clapper underestimated the will of isis fighters to continue on. not just from iraq but across the border into syria. and overestimated the ability of the iraqi army to fight back. we should note that way back in february open congressional t
isn't jim clapper part of the president's team? >> of course he is. the president has confidence in director clapper. >> so everybody in the u.s. government was surprised at that? nobody failed? nobody's going to be held accountable? >> ed, predicting the will of foreign security forces to fight for their country is difficult. >> now, why might the white house be trying to massage that answer from the "60 minutes" interview? there was backlash from within the...
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why it was national intelligence director jim clapper and his colleagues. the president because not trying to blame clapper, how did we ever get that idea? what's happening here is simple. president obama misjudged the strength and resilience of america's terrorist enemies and has adopted an american foreign policy. the administration would like us to think we are seeing something else. brett? >> what do you make of this intelligence failure as the president talks about on 60 minutes? >> let's assume that there was a monstrous intelligence failure and all the intelligence agencies failed although they didn't to warn the president about isis. by february of this year, isis had captured ramadi and falluja, two big cities in iraq that had been formerly the focus of our activities in the past, falluja, especially. is you would think it might have dawned on someone in the white house especially the president, gee, this little terrorist group is turning out to be an army like we have never seen before, maybe we ought to worry about them. >> all right, brit, thank
why it was national intelligence director jim clapper and his colleagues. the president because not trying to blame clapper, how did we ever get that idea? what's happening here is simple. president obama misjudged the strength and resilience of america's terrorist enemies and has adopted an american foreign policy. the administration would like us to think we are seeing something else. brett? >> what do you make of this intelligence failure as the president talks about on 60 minutes?...
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this and james clapper.o thought it was interesting my colleague john karl wrote about this today. three separate instances last year where people inside the administration were warning about this. to suggest that no one was recognizing this, certainly ewes people were, members of congress were. but even inside the administration, this was well. >> when john karl brought that up to josh ernted everybody was surprised. nobody was surprised except the white house. >> a president who is trying to fit this into a notion of how the world works and notion how he uses american force. in that context that's where it this makes sense. other than that it's hard to say no one knew this was coming. >> also justify why he didn't take action two years ago. it was very important time politically for him. he didn't want to be sending troops and bombing places election year there was word even then this was becoming a threat. even if he can argue that clapper didn't tell him, the islamic terrorists were taking over key citie
this and james clapper.o thought it was interesting my colleague john karl wrote about this today. three separate instances last year where people inside the administration were warning about this. to suggest that no one was recognizing this, certainly ewes people were, members of congress were. but even inside the administration, this was well. >> when john karl brought that up to josh ernted everybody was surprised. nobody was surprised except the white house. >> a president who...
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in fact, we had the director of national intelligence, james clapper here today speaking before a crowd. he said that this represents one of the big threats to the u.s. intelligence community. take a listen. >> the strategic environment also includes the recent factors that affect intelligence capabilities. what i have referred to on the hill as the perfect storm. that is dogging and degrading our capabilities. the leak of nasa and isc documents and loss of collection as a result. the resulting damage relationships with foreign and corporate partners. >> now, when clapper talks about corporate partners there he is not talking specifically about apple because the speech was presumably written before the breach. but they talks about the concern
in fact, we had the director of national intelligence, james clapper here today speaking before a crowd. he said that this represents one of the big threats to the u.s. intelligence community. take a listen. >> the strategic environment also includes the recent factors that affect intelligence capabilities. what i have referred to on the hill as the perfect storm. that is dogging and degrading our capabilities. the leak of nasa and isc documents and loss of collection as a result. the...
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we didn't elect clapper. we elected him.e campaigned on keeping us safe and how much safer we are. now we find out we are not safer. >> right now what's happening is a response that has actually large bipartisan support of how do we deal with the problem. no one can estimate the fact there is this growth in anti-syria and antisetment. there were a lot of things that converged at one time that created a global crisis. again thrks is a global failure. and it will be largely pointed at obama, you know, for better or for worse. that isn't necessarily something he could have done anything about. >> we didn't elect the globe. we elected the president. so we can't hold the rest accountable. good to see you. >> nice to see you. >>> just ahead, a key moment on the campaign trail and possible presidential candidates for 2016 stop by the value voters -- yeah, summit. tony perkins is here next with the results of how that went. >> what america needs is not just another politician or more promises. what america really needs is a revival.
we didn't elect clapper. we elected him.e campaigned on keeping us safe and how much safer we are. now we find out we are not safer. >> right now what's happening is a response that has actually large bipartisan support of how do we deal with the problem. no one can estimate the fact there is this growth in anti-syria and antisetment. there were a lot of things that converged at one time that created a global crisis. again thrks is a global failure. and it will be largely pointed at...
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>> if people in the intelligence community come to him and say clapper's wrong. >> i said clapper made the presidential analysis for him, nobody said clapper was wrong. this went on for four years, clapper. >> don't you understand, that can't be president obama's fault. it can't be. >> you're right. nothing ever is ever going to be president obama's fault. as soon as i learn about that, i can tease, because the president used one of president reagan's favorite lines, are you better off since he's been in office? >>> the midterm elections are just five weeks away and president obama can feel it. his party is not going to lose control of the senate. >> do you think you can hold the senate? >> yes. i do. >> do you think you can sell this? >> you know what? -- >> you think you can convince people that they aring the fine economically? >> hopefully they get a chance to hear the argument. because all i'm doing is presenting the facts. >> president obama says he will hope in -- then he admitted some serious shortcomings. >> ronald reagan used to ask the question, are you better off than you w
>> if people in the intelligence community come to him and say clapper's wrong. >> i said clapper made the presidential analysis for him, nobody said clapper was wrong. this went on for four years, clapper. >> don't you understand, that can't be president obama's fault. it can't be. >> you're right. nothing ever is ever going to be president obama's fault. as soon as i learn about that, i can tease, because the president used one of president reagan's favorite lines, are...
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>> if people in the intelligence community come to him and say clapper's wrong. >> i said clapper made the presidential analysis for him, nobody said clapper was wrong. this went on for four years, clapper. >> don't you understand, that can't be president obama's fault. it can't be. >> you're right. nothing ever is ever going to be president obama's fault. as soon as i learn about that, i can tease, because the president used one of president reagan's favorite lines, are you better off since he's been in office? os and fewer choices in retirement. know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. know the right financial planning can help you save for college and retirement. know where you stand with pnc total insight. a new investing and banking experience with personalized guidance and online tools. visit a branch, call or go online today. ♪ want to change the world? create things that help people. design safer cars. faster computers. smarter grids and smarter phones. think up new ways to produce energy. ♪ be an engineer. solve problems
>> if people in the intelligence community come to him and say clapper's wrong. >> i said clapper made the presidential analysis for him, nobody said clapper was wrong. this went on for four years, clapper. >> don't you understand, that can't be president obama's fault. it can't be. >> you're right. nothing ever is ever going to be president obama's fault. as soon as i learn about that, i can tease, because the president used one of president reagan's favorite lines, are...
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and james clapper says he and the president are in perfect sync. if you compare what the president said on "60 minutes" to the sound bite from jay carney almost a year ago from the white house podium, isil is gaining strength. they could launch serious attacks. and he was pointing out the threat in iraq. where did jay carney get that from? clearly the intelligence community briefed the white house and given him various talking points, briefing papers, and that's what they are basing it on. to suggest the community did not give him a heads-up may not stand up. and new republican lindsey graham wants to get a look at the presidential daily brief. the intelligence document the president gets every day. you've been reporting on it, our katherine harris first breaking that, look, she was told over a year ago in that pdb as its known, the president was warned that isis is gaining steam. lindsey graham firing off this letter tonight to the president saying, turn these over just like president bush did after the 9/11, he turned over some of his pdbs to the
and james clapper says he and the president are in perfect sync. if you compare what the president said on "60 minutes" to the sound bite from jay carney almost a year ago from the white house podium, isil is gaining strength. they could launch serious attacks. and he was pointing out the threat in iraq. where did jay carney get that from? clearly the intelligence community briefed the white house and given him various talking points, briefing papers, and that's what they are basing...
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. >> what director clapper said is i'm proud of the work the intelligence community has done over thears to monitor and call attention to the expansion of isis, and i know the president has found that work to be critical in developing his strategy. >> the letter came out from clapper saying i'm proud of our work, we tried to warn everybody got this threat, but we didn't know how strong the threat was going to be, how quickly it was going to grow. clearly there will be more questions about this in the days ahead. >> the president was quoting clapper technically accurately on that subject. how did it get this out of control? >> because you're right, he was quoting clapper telling "the washington post" earlier this month, we underestimated the threat, but we left out that clapper said back in february during open testimony in the senate that the threat was isis was growing u there were other terror groups they were worried about as well. so, yes, part of what the president said was true but he left out some of the details in which clapper and other officials were raising the alarm bells.
. >> what director clapper said is i'm proud of the work the intelligence community has done over thears to monitor and call attention to the expansion of isis, and i know the president has found that work to be critical in developing his strategy. >> the letter came out from clapper saying i'm proud of our work, we tried to warn everybody got this threat, but we didn't know how strong the threat was going to be, how quickly it was going to grow. clearly there will be more questions...
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singled out his director of national intelligence james clapper. watch. >> i think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper, has acknowledged i think they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. >> he didn't say that, just say that we underestimated isil? he said we overestimated the ability and the will of our allies, the iraqi army to fight. >> that's true. that is absolutely true. bill: byron york, chief political correspondent, "washington examiner," fox news contributor to take us through it. how are you this morning, byron. good monday to you. he admitted to not one but two major failures in that interview. how so. >> absolutely. he his administration failed to detent the growth of isis, the power of isis, spreading throughout territory and iraq and syria failed to do that but he also said they failed, they overestimated the strength of the iraqi army. if you listen to that interview the president threw out, a very big question mark whether the iraqi army will end up actually fighting in this whole affair. so those are
singled out his director of national intelligence james clapper. watch. >> i think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper, has acknowledged i think they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. >> he didn't say that, just say that we underestimated isil? he said we overestimated the ability and the will of our allies, the iraqi army to fight. >> that's true. that is absolutely true. bill: byron york, chief political correspondent, "washington...
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james clapper comparing the khorasan threat to the dangers of isis. >> perhaps they do. the khorason group is potentially left another threat to the homeland. >> meantime, president obama blaming the unchecked rise of isis at least in part on bad u.s. intelligence. throwing clapper under the bus saying theytheyundere underesti, not we. >> so possibly giving the administration options for the last 18 months to potentially take out isis and khorasan, even though clapper made it seem like khorasan made it seem like that little group over there was no big deal. >> i personally gave the administration something of a pass initially on the story because it seems to me they didn't want to give too much of heads-up, or telegraph to much to the khorasan group and be a surprise, and it sounds like air strikes killed the leader of the group. the problem is, we talk about the khorasan group, as my colleague, andy mccarthy likes to put it, like it is a real thing. but it isn't a real thing. it is another name nor core al qaeda. the administration wanted to rebrand this group, the khor
james clapper comparing the khorasan threat to the dangers of isis. >> perhaps they do. the khorason group is potentially left another threat to the homeland. >> meantime, president obama blaming the unchecked rise of isis at least in part on bad u.s. intelligence. throwing clapper under the bus saying theytheyundere underesti, not we. >> so possibly giving the administration options for the last 18 months to potentially take out isis and khorasan, even though clapper made it...
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i thought the blaming of clapper, what a contrast to john kennedy after the bay of pigs saying i'm the responsible officer, i am the one who is to blame. if there's to be blame, put it on me, when the cia had totally screwed that up and misled him. but, you know, this is the other thing that struck me is his wanting to keep saying we're not at war with isil, even the use of that when everyone else uses isis bothers me. but it was the tone of the transcript. >> what was the tone? >> the tone i thought was detached and basically, i have nothing to do with any of this and it's a wonderful thing. by the way, and i want to say this, because i have been very critical. i think the president putting together an arab coalition, that's a great thing, but in the end, how are you going to take mosul back or any of our ground troops. >> ed, forgive me, as we come to you, i first want to bop this up because we do have some of that interview with the president. let's watch. >> i think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper has acknowledged that i think they underestimated what had been t
i thought the blaming of clapper, what a contrast to john kennedy after the bay of pigs saying i'm the responsible officer, i am the one who is to blame. if there's to be blame, put it on me, when the cia had totally screwed that up and misled him. but, you know, this is the other thing that struck me is his wanting to keep saying we're not at war with isil, even the use of that when everyone else uses isis bothers me. but it was the tone of the transcript. >> what was the tone? >>...
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clapper underestimated. what was the president trying to say? >> well, look, the kurds were also warning the united states and britain long, long ago of the isis threat coming out of syria and into iraq. the problem with this administration is two-fold. they have a history of politicizing foreign policy and just before the election we were told al qaeda is decimated and russia is not a threat and iraq is sewn up and they have a history of getting foreign policy wrong on isis, russian reset or syria. it's difficult to trust what's coming out of the administration whether that's president obama or the cia when it comes to these dual shissues. the information and spin hasn't been credible. that hurts the american public when we decide what to do and our global allies. >> larry, i want to make sure you can respond to that. i want to play something about warnings over the course of the year. roll it. >> syria has become a huge magnet for extremists. first, those groups who are engaged in syria itself some 1,600 different groups. we estimate somewhere
clapper underestimated. what was the president trying to say? >> well, look, the kurds were also warning the united states and britain long, long ago of the isis threat coming out of syria and into iraq. the problem with this administration is two-fold. they have a history of politicizing foreign policy and just before the election we were told al qaeda is decimated and russia is not a threat and iraq is sewn up and they have a history of getting foreign policy wrong on isis, russian...
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the general relations of reproductive rights, and benjamin clapper of the louisiana right to life, and elizabeth nash for the good macher institute. benjamin, what was the impetus for this law, and what do you think that it accomplishes? >> what's interesting louisiana, every outpatient facility in our state if not an abortion facility, has to have privileges at hospitals to practice there. we saw that abortion facilities had a loophole and they didn't have to have these privileges. we thought it was important for the health and safety of the women in our state to ensure that there's a continuity of care that continues from an abortion facility to when complications your. when they're protected and if it's legal, we need it make sure that the women get the highest standard of care in the state. >> is it occurring that women are having the kinds of troubles that are sending them to hospitals to continue their care? >> certainly complications do exist. and they will continue to happen. complications exist in all forms of out patient procedures, and we should make sure even if one complic
the general relations of reproductive rights, and benjamin clapper of the louisiana right to life, and elizabeth nash for the good macher institute. benjamin, what was the impetus for this law, and what do you think that it accomplishes? >> what's interesting louisiana, every outpatient facility in our state if not an abortion facility, has to have privileges at hospitals to practice there. we saw that abortion facilities had a loophole and they didn't have to have these privileges. we...
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>> yeah, absolutely, the disclosures as you saw right there said by clapper really led a lot of american companies to reevaluate what their cooperation is with companies and if it raises their bottom line, it raises questions about the companies' responsibilities are to law enforcement and intelligence and to the united states versus to their customers. >> what is corporate america's obliga customers? >> you know, there is a legal answer to that question, which is that they have to follow the letter of the law and if they get a warrant and have the ability to turn over the information they have to do that. and then there is sort of a moral and political and ideological answer to the question that i'm not qualified
>> yeah, absolutely, the disclosures as you saw right there said by clapper really led a lot of american companies to reevaluate what their cooperation is with companies and if it raises their bottom line, it raises questions about the companies' responsibilities are to law enforcement and intelligence and to the united states versus to their customers. >> what is corporate america's obliga customers? >> you know, there is a legal answer to that question, which is that they...
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but this is the director of national intelligence, james clapper. he's also criticizing the united states' ability to estimate the will of isis. effectively saying they may have made a miss stake. he told "the washington post" this. "what we didn't do was predict the will to fight." that's always a problem. we didn't do it in vietnam. we underestimated the viet cong and the north vietnamese and overestimated the with of the south veet na me. in this case, we underestimated isil and overestimated the fighting capability of the iraqi army. >> the reason that i think the president's strategy to combat isis has a chance to succeed is that the iraqi government finally includes sunnis who were representing those tribal leaders who are moderate and without whom isis cannot be defeated. we can't wind a land war in iraq. we've proved that. but they can. and we can help them win it. >> let's bring in cnn's national chief correspondent jim sciutto, pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara starr, first to you. there are a lot of critics that are making a l
but this is the director of national intelligence, james clapper. he's also criticizing the united states' ability to estimate the will of isis. effectively saying they may have made a miss stake. he told "the washington post" this. "what we didn't do was predict the will to fight." that's always a problem. we didn't do it in vietnam. we underestimated the viet cong and the north vietnamese and overestimated the with of the south veet na me. in this case, we underestimated...
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but i think general clapper who's a previous head of the national security agency as well as being the current director of national intelligence brings an enormous amount of experience to the job. my guess is the president does not want to simply let that go at a critical moment like this. >> a syrian isis fighter told cnn that the coalition air strikes so far in serious are not working, they will not stop isis from advancing. do you think that he's grandstanding? what are you hearing from the military community about how effective the strikes in syria have been so far? >> i think they're starting to bite. any kind of campaign like this where you're really going after the resources, the logistics, really knocking down that supporting infrastructure, takes time to build momentum. i saw the same report and the individual making the report was wearing a mask that covered everything september a tiny slit over his eyes. if isis is so bold and so fearless and so invulnerable, i'm not sure why everybody i see talking for them is wearing a mask. so i'd say, let's give it some time. and as we b
but i think general clapper who's a previous head of the national security agency as well as being the current director of national intelligence brings an enormous amount of experience to the job. my guess is the president does not want to simply let that go at a critical moment like this. >> a syrian isis fighter told cnn that the coalition air strikes so far in serious are not working, they will not stop isis from advancing. do you think that he's grandstanding? what are you hearing...
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. >> well, i think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper, has acknowledged that i think they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. >> he didn't say that -- just say that we underestimated isil. he said "we overestimated the ability and the will of our allies, the iraqi army, to fight." >> that's true. that's absolutely true. >> that was the president last night on "60 minutes," placing the blame for isis 'un expected growth right on the shoulders of his director of national intelligence, claims clapper. you remember it was clapper who told the "washington post" this month earlier this "we underestimated isil and overestimated the fighting capability of the iraqi army. i didn't see the collapse of the iraq security force in the north coming. i didn't see it." to talk more about this, i'm joined by tennessee come wo congresswoman marcia black burn. the president admits to underestimating isis. you heard it on "60 minutes." they have a plan in place which you supported. what more do you want them to do? >> well, first of all, i think it's important that we ack
. >> well, i think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper, has acknowledged that i think they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. >> he didn't say that -- just say that we underestimated isil. he said "we overestimated the ability and the will of our allies, the iraqi army, to fight." >> that's true. that's absolutely true. >> that was the president last night on "60 minutes," placing the blame for isis 'un expected growth...
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so the fact that he's now trying to blame clapper and others saying he wasn't aware, we know that's not the truth. because a new government account -- president obama has only attended 42% of his daily intelligence briefings. he never misses a golf outing, but these are things he should be paying attention to, especially during this heightened state of terror. it's just another one of those missed opportunities. >> i read up on all the terror reports. it's fascinating, i'll pass them on to you. >> if you're telling me the president of the united states and the intelligence community angtd the military knew that this bombmaker who has been highly sought, and was known to be in that compound, then i'll go over to your side. i do not believe that for one single minute. >> i want to respond to bob, because you're saying why didn't anyone speak up when they have this information? why didn't anybody say anything about the syria issue or the isis issue or the white house briefs or benghazi or doj? the white house is always off duty. how is that possible? how come nobody says anything, it's bec
so the fact that he's now trying to blame clapper and others saying he wasn't aware, we know that's not the truth. because a new government account -- president obama has only attended 42% of his daily intelligence briefings. he never misses a golf outing, but these are things he should be paying attention to, especially during this heightened state of terror. it's just another one of those missed opportunities. >> i read up on all the terror reports. it's fascinating, i'll pass them on...
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even jim clapper said that. and they were 35 miles away. i think it was slow on the part of the entire administration to assess that they -- what they had to do in order address the threat. >> and explain that. take me into that a little bit. you're saying that the intention community did not get it wrong? yet we're dealing with a situation now where it seems as though there was a delay. >> yes. if you remember jim clapper said that the they underestimated their will to fight. but he said they have the prowess in order to do what they actually did. and the capability. and the general in charge actually said they would see significant areas in iraq in 2014. and when you have this force occupy back in january, well, 35 miles from baghdad, it's pretty over something -- all the media and everyone was calling al qaeda then they changed their name. i think at that time thinking through what the implications might be, might have better addressed the issue where we are today. >> and admiral, let's put up the nbc news poll again. it shows 72% of fol
even jim clapper said that. and they were 35 miles away. i think it was slow on the part of the entire administration to assess that they -- what they had to do in order address the threat. >> and explain that. take me into that a little bit. you're saying that the intention community did not get it wrong? yet we're dealing with a situation now where it seems as though there was a delay. >> yes. if you remember jim clapper said that the they underestimated their will to fight. but...
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clapper is the person he says underestimated this intelligence.der if that doesn't constitute given a couple other missteps by james clapper, a reason to let him go. >> in our system of government if you are publicly castigated by the head of state it destroys your creditability and clapper himself should consider resigning because he lost the president's confidence. cia director brennan, given the apologies he had to issue with the warrantless wiretapping, with the obvious failures of intelligence, he might consider leaving as well. so what bret suggests makes good sense. i'm not sure all 6 have to go because that would create a crisis in governance. but if we can get petraeus and stan mcchrystal -- martha: it would show a real understanding of what's going on on the ground. i'm remind of george tenant's words. he says i was running around with my hair on fire. i wonder if clapper and brennan have been running around with their hair on fire saying, mr. president, you need to listen to us. this is an urgent situation. if they have and they are he'
clapper is the person he says underestimated this intelligence.der if that doesn't constitute given a couple other missteps by james clapper, a reason to let him go. >> in our system of government if you are publicly castigated by the head of state it destroys your creditability and clapper himself should consider resigning because he lost the president's confidence. cia director brennan, given the apologies he had to issue with the warrantless wiretapping, with the obvious failures of...
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there's blow black from the intelligence community. >> clapper and other intelligence officials wereounding alarm bells in senate testimonies. with clapper talking about apocalyptic disaster brewing in syria because of the humanitarian crisis. there were groups of insur grents r gepts taking advantage of the vacuum. >> teven though the president ws asked if he was surprised white house officials trying to deny his shift in the answer was assigning blame. >> why did he use they? why not we? >> everybody in the government was surprised at that. nobody failed nobody is going to be held accountable? >> predicting we will of foreign security forces to fight for their country is difficult at the white house. >> ed henry, fox news. >> thank you, it is 18 minutes after the top of the hour. want a discount? is bring your gun. the louisiana restaurant encouraging patrons to pack heat. florida school clapping students weight with wait bands. fast moving mystery virus affecting children in 46 states. colorado health officials have young victims suffering from a respiratory illness also resulted
there's blow black from the intelligence community. >> clapper and other intelligence officials wereounding alarm bells in senate testimonies. with clapper talking about apocalyptic disaster brewing in syria because of the humanitarian crisis. there were groups of insur grents r gepts taking advantage of the vacuum. >> teven though the president ws asked if he was surprised white house officials trying to deny his shift in the answer was assigning blame. >> why did he use...
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. >> well, i think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper has acknowledged that i thinky underestimated, what had been taking place in syria. >> i mean, he-- he didn't just say that, "we underestimated isil." he said, "we overestimated the ability and the will of our allies, the iraqi army, to fight." >> that's true. that's absolutely true. and i-- and-- and-- >> and these are the people that we're now expecting to carry on the fight. >> well, here's what happened in iraq. when we left, we had left them a democracy that was intact, a military that was well-equipped, and the ability then to chart their own course. and that opportunity was squandered over the course of five years or so. >> woodruff: but republican critics sharply disagreed. on c.n.n. today, arizona senator john mccain blamed the president by singling out the failure to get an agreement with iraq's former prime minister, to keep some u.s. troops in iraq. >> we predicted this and watched it. it was like watching a train wreck, and warning every step of the way that this was happening because a residual force
. >> well, i think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper has acknowledged that i thinky underestimated, what had been taking place in syria. >> i mean, he-- he didn't just say that, "we underestimated isil." he said, "we overestimated the ability and the will of our allies, the iraqi army, to fight." >> that's true. that's absolutely true. and i-- and-- and-- >> and these are the people that we're now expecting to carry on the fight....
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if this president continues to blame clapper for not knowing about it, malcan i for not allowing him to stay, as one ex-intel person said, either he's not reading the reports, or he's lying kneale you can make the argument. he's late on america's exceptionalism. he's late responding to isis now. but he's now on board. let's just follow his actions. it would be seem to be pro announced. so do we let bygones be bygones. or are we still nervous. >> i hope he's being honest. the world right now needs leadership. >> neil: they're following him right now. i wonder whether his heart is in it. so far the world against a lot of predictions -- >> but are they really following, neil? go back to the second world war. remember when fdr had his meeting with churchill. he made it clear, i'm going to lead here. churchill moved to the white house, and mr. fdr said i'm making this crystal clear. you're not going to colonize. we are going to lead. you're going to take our directions from us. i don't see that happening with this president with the coalition. he's like, what do you guys think we should d
if this president continues to blame clapper for not knowing about it, malcan i for not allowing him to stay, as one ex-intel person said, either he's not reading the reports, or he's lying kneale you can make the argument. he's late on america's exceptionalism. he's late responding to isis now. but he's now on board. let's just follow his actions. it would be seem to be pro announced. so do we let bygones be bygones. or are we still nervous. >> i hope he's being honest. the world right...
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. >> i think the head of the intelligence community jim clapper has acknowledged that. i think they estimated what had been taking place in syria. essentially what happened with isil was that you had al-qaeda in a lock which was a vicious group, but all marines were able to quash with the help of sunni tribes. they went back underground but over the past couple years during the chaos of the syrian civil war where essentially you have huge slots of a country that are completely ungovernorred. they were unable to reconstitute themselves and take advantage of that chaos. and trapped foreign fighters who believed in their jihadist nonsense and traveled everywhere from europe to the united states to australia to other parts of the muslim world converging on syria. so this became ground zero for jihadists around the world. and this is one of the challenges that we're going to have generally is where you get states that are failing or in the midst of civil war. these kinds of orgainizations thrive. that's why it's so important for us to recognize part of our solution here is g
. >> i think the head of the intelligence community jim clapper has acknowledged that. i think they estimated what had been taking place in syria. essentially what happened with isil was that you had al-qaeda in a lock which was a vicious group, but all marines were able to quash with the help of sunni tribes. they went back underground but over the past couple years during the chaos of the syrian civil war where essentially you have huge slots of a country that are completely...
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obama has confidence in the intelligence community and director jim clapper. there could be another two weeks of delays in flights in chicago a offa suicidal man set fire to a control center friday. 400 flights were canceled and twice as many delayed and since friday nearly 4,000 flights have been canceled. here's transportation correspondent jeff pegues. >> reporter: there was progress today in chicago's midway and o'hare airports. fewer cancellations and delays, but still enough to significantly disrupt air travel. ian purganan and mariane escalona are trying to get to seattle. when you look up there, what do you see? >> looks like there's a ton of cancellations. a little alarming. >> reporter: air travel across the country hasn't been the same since friday morning when investigators say a suicidal 36-year-old man set fire to and destroyed critical air traffic control equipment inside a chicago area control center. brian howard made his first appearance in federal court in hospital scrubs with a bandage covering his neck. he was overherd telling family membe
obama has confidence in the intelligence community and director jim clapper. there could be another two weeks of delays in flights in chicago a offa suicidal man set fire to a control center friday. 400 flights were canceled and twice as many delayed and since friday nearly 4,000 flights have been canceled. here's transportation correspondent jeff pegues. >> reporter: there was progress today in chicago's midway and o'hare airports. fewer cancellations and delays, but still enough to...
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clapper told the washington post earlier this month, quote, we underestimated isil and overestimated fighting capability of the iraqi army. i didn't see the collapse of iraqi security force in the north coming. i didn't see it. michelle, what do you have for us? >> remarkable to hear the president say. that yes they underestimated on one hand and overestimated on the other. what he didn't explain is how and why that was able to happen, what led up to that? that's contributing to plenty of concern about the current assessments guiding the u.s. response to isis. >> speaking on 60 minutes, president obama acknowledging what the u.s. head of intelligence has said that the government absolutely underestimated isis. >> they were able to reconstitute themselves and take advantage of that chaos and attract foreign fighters who believed in their jihadist non sense and traveled everywhere from europe, to united states, to australia, to other parts of the muslim world converging on syria. >> the u.s. and arab allies continue hitting isis from the air in both syria and iraq will through the week
clapper told the washington post earlier this month, quote, we underestimated isil and overestimated fighting capability of the iraqi army. i didn't see the collapse of iraqi security force in the north coming. i didn't see it. michelle, what do you have for us? >> remarkable to hear the president say. that yes they underestimated on one hand and overestimated on the other. what he didn't explain is how and why that was able to happen, what led up to that? that's contributing to plenty of...
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the president told 60 minutes sunday night when he said this was the intelligence community, james clapper and others, have who acknowledged they didn't tell him enough soon enough. and jay carney the former white house press secretary about a year ago at the white house podium said there is a growing threat from isis and they could carry out sophisticated attacks. so just pressed carney's successor about that. listen. >> the white house didn't just pay attention to it. they were preoccupied with other crises. this was not a big priority. sounds a lot different what the intelligence community is saying and what this white house is saying. >> well, the leader of the intel against community is jim clapper. and today he put out a message to the intelligence community that directly contradicts the anonymous individual quoted in the "new york times" today. >> reporter: and in that message, james clapper says he's proud of their work this trying to identify this threat, but says they could not have known that the iraqi forces weren't able to stand up to them. >> ed, thanks a lot. let's get conte
the president told 60 minutes sunday night when he said this was the intelligence community, james clapper and others, have who acknowledged they didn't tell him enough soon enough. and jay carney the former white house press secretary about a year ago at the white house podium said there is a growing threat from isis and they could carry out sophisticated attacks. so just pressed carney's successor about that. listen. >> the white house didn't just pay attention to it. they were...
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isn't jim clapper part of it? >> of course, he is. >> everybody is surprised that the.y failed, nobody is going to be held comfortable? >> well ed, predicting the will of forces to fight for their country is difficult this is something that director clapper himself has acknowledged. >> not surprising that republicans saying the president didn't take the campaign, calling the dog ate my homework. >> at president with the obvious contradiction in syria. >> he did, on "60 minutes," sure, he understands if we take out isis inside syria, that may only strengthen bashar al assad when it's stated u.s. policy for several years now that we want assad to go. this is why re cans like paul ryan say, and he said this earlier on fox business that the president should have backed the rebels a long time ago. listen. >> we could have helped in the presyrian army at a much earlier stage in this crisis when it was so much easier to separate the good guys from the bad guys and the president chose not to do that. even though a lot of experts suggested he's not doing these thing. >> now also
isn't jim clapper part of it? >> of course, he is. >> everybody is surprised that the.y failed, nobody is going to be held comfortable? >> well ed, predicting the will of forces to fight for their country is difficult this is something that director clapper himself has acknowledged. >> not surprising that republicans saying the president didn't take the campaign, calling the dog ate my homework. >> at president with the obvious contradiction in syria. >> he...
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something that director clapper has repeated on a couple of occasions. it's that it is very difficult to assess the will of in this case the iraqi security forces to fight for their country. >> so two days on "60 minutes" the president seemed to be pointing the finger at swramz clapper trying to say all is forgiven. >> very interesting. ed henry, thank you, sir. >> growing mystery now along a busy interstate. jesse matthews accused of abducting a uva student, but could he be lirnked to other missing women in the area? if you suffer from constipation, you will likely also suffer from gas. introducing new dulcogas, which starts working to eliminate gas bubbles in minutes for effective relief. dulcogas, from the makers of dulcolax- nothing relieves gas faster. dulcogas, from the makers of dulcolax- extra curricular activities help provide a sense of identity and a path to success. joining the soccer team. getting help with math. going to prom. i want to learn to swim. it's hard to feel normal, when you can't do the normal things. to help, sleep train is col
something that director clapper has repeated on a couple of occasions. it's that it is very difficult to assess the will of in this case the iraqi security forces to fight for their country. >> so two days on "60 minutes" the president seemed to be pointing the finger at swramz clapper trying to say all is forgiven. >> very interesting. ed henry, thank you, sir. >> growing mystery now along a busy interstate. jesse matthews accused of abducting a uva student, but...
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. >> well, i think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper, has acknowledged that i think they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. i recognize the contradiction in a contradictory land and a contradictory circumstance. >> are we saying that -- >> we are not going to stabilize syria under the rule of assad. because the sunni areas inside of syria view assad as having carried out terrible atrocities. the world has seen them. hundreds of thousands of people have been killed. millions have been -- >> in an interview on "60 minutes" the president said american intelligence agencies were surprised by the rapid advances made by isis and that the iraqi army's willingness to fight them is a lot weaker than originally thought. meanwhile in an interview with abc, house speaker john boehner said the president's plan to take on isis is insufficient. >> i think it's going to take more than air strikes to drive them out of there. at some point, somebody's boots have to be on the ground. that's the whole point. >> when asked if should those boots be american boots on the g
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clapper said he'd never seen the environment like we have now. and that it's a bigger challenge because the threat is far dispersed when you have someone like james clapper saying he hasn't seen a threat environment like this in 50 years, you think does the president think things improved? nobody else does. >> politics and next >>> i made it clear we'll hunt down terrorists that threaten our country. that means i will not hesitate to take action in syria as well as iraq. this is a core principle of my presidency. if you threaten america you will find no save haven. >> what the president did is layout his answer to himself. he said i do have a strategy. here it is. he gave us this battle plan. it's time to take a look at the military axes yom and what happensr2v if this doesn't work question. learn something about this in syria. >> yes. >> we have viciousness not on the scale we've seen with isil but ethnic cleansing and massacre in europes. well, international community and in the form of dutch . we tried to cope with this from 15,000 feet. for 7
clapper said he'd never seen the environment like we have now. and that it's a bigger challenge because the threat is far dispersed when you have someone like james clapper saying he hasn't seen a threat environment like this in 50 years, you think does the president think things improved? nobody else does. >> politics and next >>> i made it clear we'll hunt down terrorists that threaten our country. that means i will not hesitate to take action in syria as well as iraq. this is...