of also, a major development, sara carter reporting an exclusive revelation about james clapper. apper allegedly leaked a fake news cnn information that then t donald trump and president barack obama were briefed about a phony dossier. the claims of course that russians have compromising information on president-elect trump. sources are also telling sara carter tonight that clapper was in contact with cnn's jake tapper at roughly the same time that cnn published a report about president-elect trump and president obama being briefed about the dossier.t if you remember, this created a huge, massive fire storm and it helped to lay the groundwork for the medias never ending hysteria, breathless, trump-russia collusion conspiracy theory that they have been pushing ever since. sourcess are also telling us tonight, clapper was either cnn's original source or the confirming source about the report of my dossier. what's even more pathetic and more sleazy is that after allegedly leaking information tn cnn, clapper then put out a statement back in january of 2017. it reads in part, "this eve

the show an explosive revelation about the former obama former director of national intelligence james clapperho allegedly leaked to fake news cnn that president obama was briefed about the phony dossier. they are saying that clapper was in contact with tapper at the same time that cnn published report about president-elect trump and president obama being briefed about the dossier. if you will remember, this created a huge massive firestorm. this led to the breathless trump conspiracy theory that they have been pushing ever since. sources are telling us tonight that clapper was either cnns original source or the con personalling source about the report on the dossier. what is even more pathetic and more sleazy is that after allegedly leaking information to cnn, well, clapper then put out a statement in january of 2017 that reads in part this everything i had the opportunity to speak with president-elect trump to discuss recent media reports about our briefing last friday. i express my profound dismay at the leaks that have been appearing in the press. we both agree they are extreme liquor rose

three, obama's director of national intelligence james clapper provided inconsistent testimony on media contacts.

intelligence chief james clapper expires on monday despite calls from both parties to prosecute him illegibly lied to congress under oath about mass domestic surveillance does the n.s.a. collect any type of data of a millions or hundreds of millions of americans. no sir. it does not. not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps worked but not not willingly or clapper statement there was revealed to be erroneous just months after the testimony with edward snowden's revelations about mass u.s.

joining us on the phone, former director of national intelligence, james clapper. general, thanks very much for joining us. there's a lot we need to discuss. let me get your immediate reaction to news, this conclusion from the republican majority in the house intelligence committee. >> well, wolf, thanks for having me. i guess i'm not surprised and this is not bipartisan by any stretch. i was just by way of review by how the report was put together, we assembled a couple dozen of the best experts across three agencies, cia and fbi, put together this report. we have very high confidence level in our three principal findings, which were that the objective of the russians was to sew discord and discontent, to hurt hillary clinton, and help now president trump. i stand on the findings and i think the intelligence community today stands on those findings. >> the house republican majority on the house intelligence committee disagree with the last part of it. let me read what your conclusion came to after saying the russians wanted to sew dissent at the orders of putin, w

just like they did in the gulf war. >> with me now is director james clapper. in a position to read raw data and interpret it more accurately than the officers or analysts? >> he is certainly entitled to access to anything he sees the need for. the report we did, the highly classified version in january of 2017. and i don't agree with his feignedin findings here. and i take a moment to say how this was done. we took a team from the three agencies, nsa, fbi and cia who are steeped in russia and understand what goes on in russia and understands putin. that was augmented by two or three people from my staff. this was not done by gjim clapper, and mike rogers. these are professional civil servants career officers in the intelligence committee. i don't know how he knows what i read or what i was exposed to 14 or 15 months ago and to say i didn't read anything. i reviewed this reporting in depth with john brennan, the director of the cia at the time. it was a compilation of not just one reporting stream but a compilation of information drawn from all sources. but let

intelligence chief james clapper expires on monday despite calls from both parties to prosecute him he allegedly lied to congress under oath about mass domestic surveillance. does the n.s.a. collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans. no sir. it does not. not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps collect but not not willingly. clappers statement was revealed to be erroneous just months after the testimony of edward snowden's revelations about mass u.s. surveillance american lawmakers have criticized the justice department for failing to open clappers case he and others who have held administrative power must be held accountable to the same laws that govern the people of the united states he admitted to lying to congress and was an remorseful in flippant about it the integrity of our federal government is at stake because his behavior sets the standard for the entire intelligence community.

intelligence chief james clapper for allegedly lying to congress under oath expire is without charges being pressed. can you watching our international this monday afternoon it's just turned two o'clock here in moscow. the british prime minister to resign may is facing pressure from some in her cabinet over the poisoning of a former russian spy on u.k. soil they want her to adopt a tougher stance on the case investigators think that's a good script and his daughter were deliberately targeted with a nerve agent traces of the substance of being detected at the restaurant where the to wait before they were found unconscious on a nearby park bench or so the case got a pal is a former russian intelligence agent and he was stripped of his rank over spying for the u.k. and then jailed for thirteen years for espionage though he was released early in a high profile spy swap between the u.s. and russia but we can get more details now on what's happening with and see through our correspondent in the k. good afternoon to just bring us up to date then what's the latest in this case well andrew the

this was not done by jim clapper, james comey, john brennan, and mike rogers. -- and these are professional civil servants, career officers in the intelligence community. and i don't know quite how congressman stewart, whom i respect, former air force veteran like myself -- but i don't know how he knows what i read or what i was exposed to 14 or 15 months ago to say that i didn't read anything. i reviewed this reporting in depth with john brennan, the director of the cia at the time. and so it was the compilation of not just one reporting stream, which he seems to have focused on, but a compilation of information drawn from all sources. but let's just, for the sake of -- >> so when he says he went to the cia and read the raw data there -- the raw intelligence there, you're saying his access was only to cia information that would have been at langley, not necessarily nsa information or fbi information? >> well, that's what he said. i don't know. he may have gone to nsa or fbi or gained access to that information. i don't know. i believe the committee staff did a

for example, the inspector general has no authority currently over john brennan or james clapper or even because those people have all left the department. he can't interview any of the people from the department of state. there has to be a grand jury with a prosecutor who has authority to subpoena all of those people. and the key to this, the key to the lie eang the misrepresentations to the fisa court is going to be john brennan, james clapper, james comey and the senior officials at the justice department. lou: this is not i hope extraneous but it just strikes me that james comey fired for a host of reasons, but certainly fired, has a book coming out. and i can't even understand why -- part of his responsibility, of course, the national security interest of the fbi, counter intelligence and who approved his writing of that book despite being fired? who approved the book itself and where is that process? do either of you. >> yes, we know. i've done this before with other clients. it goes through what's called a prepublication review board. for example if you work for the cia, you have

lou: the justice department failing to charge former intelligence chief james clapper. statute of limitations running out today. the issue his testimony five years ago that even clapper admit was erroneous. >> does the nsa collect any data at all on hundreds of millions of america? >> no, sir. in the wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently collect, but not wittingly. lou: pretty straightforward, isn't it. joining us, chris farrell. we just listened to the former dni, james clapper, lie to congress straight up. >> and he takes a walk which is the ever frustrating point of the disparity of treatment and prosecutorial indiscretion the american people are so fed up with. lou: in this two-tier system of justice is enough to leave all of us news yows. it -- all of us nauseaous. >> i saw a published report that indicates clapper was leak together news media about the phoney dossier. so now there is another round of clap her related selective leak and lying. he's a national security problem on two feet. lou: you can add a couple other pair, james comey, the fi

outfront now is james clapper. i want to start with the breaking news.course we know the president ignored advisers advice to condemn putin for the poisoning on the phone call this week. now, someone is leaking that his own national security counsel wants him to take bold and serious action against putin by expelling these diplomats. does the president have a choice given that this has leaked? >> well, it certainly puts him in ha tough place, i think. first of all, this recommendation, if it has in fact been formulated by the national security counsel is exactly the right thing to do, and just regrettable it's a bit late. i think then much more timely had it been done right after the u.k. expelled or declared png russian diplomats in britain. but never too late, i guess. but, yeah, it would be interesting to see now how he reacts. and also clear that someone or some group of people in the national security council that are exposing these deliberations are very committed to kind of forcing the president's hand. >> right. and certainly not happy with him.

intelligence chief james clapper for allegedly lying to congress under oath. without any charges being pressed. welcome to the program here on r.t. international on this monday we do begin this hour with breaking news straight from syria we understand now terrorist and rebel groups occupying the enclave of east and just outside damascus have reportedly started fighting each other that's according to the russian reconciliation center for syria which says the conflict began after the rebel groups were called to separate from the terrorists in exchange for a safe escape from the war ravaged area. in the meantime fifty two civilians half of them children have passed from the war ravaged enclave of eastern ghouta occupied as we know by various rebel and terror groups they've now crossed over to the government controlled side it is the first time civilians have been able to use the humanitarian corridor or intended previously they were either fired at by militants or resorted to using a pasta aid convoy as. the latest exodus was made possible after russia's reconcil

edward snowden revealed james clapper had not told the truth to congress and the fact he's stating lack of credibility doesn't pass. >> bill: clapper said he didn't talk or leak or speak with the media until after january 20 -- 2017, the day after the left the obama -- >> and that may well be true. there were plenty of people in the -- others who might have been leaking to the media and ended up being reports that james comey after the briefing of president trump on the dossier may have had some hand in this. joe di genever who just joined trump's legal team laid out what he suggests is a rather extraordinary and incredibly damning conspiracy campaign within the services to go after president trump. and when james clapper is on the television and is talking about this, there's quite a lot that are disliked by him. >> bill: adam schiff who has been a favorite guest of news corporations calls this a sad chapter. where is his proof of collusion? where is his hint of collusion? show us one card. we don't need 52. >> that's a great question, bill. there is no proof of collusion. there's a lo

now we believe it's james clapper. that's the information that i received, james clapper leaked it to cnn and the president was briefed. that gave it legs of its own. this was an unverified and salacious document. this is former comey's own words. that's the difference between a solid leak because somebody tried to get information out there and a false like. >> laura: hold on. i want you to continue this thought but i want to remind our viewers, andrew mccabe, the reason his credibility was called into question is because in 2015 his wife was running for state office in virginia. at the time he was leading up the investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server. why did she have the server? why did we lose all these e-mails? he did not reveal his wife having received several hundred thousand dollars from the pact closely associated with terry mcauliffe who is like this with the clintons. if you're as experienced and credible as andrew mccabe was and you don't reveal this, you do not belong in the position of

and apparently the house intelligence committee believes that jaim clappe james clapper n involved inak. >> and james comey is the instrument of whatever purpose, that briefing gave it a standing that then could be leaked. there's all sorts of questions about who was responsible for what and i suspect we're going to have questions for some time. but it is, it is just awful what is happening in this country. and frankly what the democratic party has become and what the deep state has become. we're also looking at the very real possibility that we're incapable in the media of asking appropriate questions. why did no one -- it seems no one at all asked in 2016 how is it that all of our intel jenningintelligenceagencies coue fact about meddling by the russians but the fbi never personally individually up close and personally investigated the servers of the dnc. no one questioned why there wasn't a scintilla of evidence produced by all of these 16 intelligence agencies that quote unquote agreed on everything but not one part of evidence to support their concurrence. >> a couple of things.

we have new information on president obama's national security director of intelligence, james clapperlegedly he made to the media while still in office. let's bring in chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. >> earlier today republicans on the house intelligence committee posted online broader series of findings from the probe. the official document, about 150 pages, going for declassification. what's online now is the most fulsome view we've had of their findings. if you go go to finding 44 on e website, the allegation is that the director of national intelligence, james clapper, this is a person who oversees all the intelligence agencies and whose primary responsibility is the protection of classified information. they say the following "that he provided inconsistent testimony about contacts with the media, including cnn." he is now a cnn contributor. based on our reporting, the line of questioning by the committee focused on the trump tower briefing in january of 2017 which is when the president was told for the first time about the unverified trump dossier. as you rem

. >> sandra: former dni james clapper making headlines for providing misleading testimony. what do we know about that? >> the up in finding from the house russia investigation. they found that james clapper whose job included protecting classified information "provided inconsistent testimony about his contact with the media including cnn." a senior republican said he wants allegations explored by a second special counsel after andrew mccabe was fired about his actions during the clinton e-mail investigation. >> mr. mccabe lost his job for things like this. this is yet another reason to have somebody outside the political world look at all things associated with the 2016 campaign. >> fox is reporting lawmakers questioned clapper about the january 2017 briefing on the unverified jump dossier to the incoming president and it was after that trump tower briefing a leak got the dossier story into the mainstream media. in a tweet this morning, the president said the house report found no evidence of collusion and he singled out the former director of national intelligence who over

everyone from leon panetta to james clapper that have praised her work and support her in this process. sorry. reporter: brief committees whatever they want to know about -- black night. the white house is going to be fulfilling the request regarding of c.i.a. [inaudible] sarah: we will be as cooperative as we can but we want to make sure people have an accurate reflection which i know some of the senators, including rand paul, make comments off incorrect information so we certainly want to make sure they actually have accurate information, particularly before they go out and speak on behalf of their constituents. as a member of the united states senate, we hope they take that role very seriously and get accurate information before they peddle it out in ront of the american people. trey. reporter: you said you spoke to the president about potential staff turnover at the -- [inaudible] share rhode island -- sarah: specifically to mcmaster. the president said it was not accurate and he had no intention of changing, that they had a great working relationship and he looked forward to conti

i'll talk to former director of national intelligence, james clapper. peter stris is also joining us, the lawyer for the former playmate, karen mcdougal who claims she, too, had an affair with mr. trump. and correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, let's go to michelle kosinski. the u.s. getting ready to expel 60 russian diplomats. >> this was a big coordinated effort, wolf, and the scope of it surprised many. we know some u.s. allies thought maybe the u.s. would match or nearly match what the uk did by expelling 23 russian diplomats and the attack happened on their soil but instead we saw this administration nearly triple that number and they hardly did this in the kindest, gentlest way possible flat out calling these russians intelligence agents saying this is going to significantly hurt russia's ability to spy on american soil. 60 russian diplomats. according to the trump administration, aggressive spies, have one week to pack their bags and get out. a dozen russians will be kicked out of new york at the u.n. 48 others at embassies and con

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the allegation says, i'm reading from the former director of national intelligence, james clapper, theerson that runs the intelligence community and charged with protecting classified information. republicans found that he provided inconsistent testimony about his contacts with the media, including cnn. he works as an analyst for cnn. based on our reporting, we believe the incident at issue here is that january 2017 trump tower briefing where the incoming president was told for the first time about this unverified dossier. it was the leaking of that briefing that took the dossier story into the mainstream, which hadn't happened in the fall of 2016, neil. >> neil: what is interesting, you think of clapper around you think of brennan, these former higher ups and the various intelligence agencies, we now know how they feel about the president. brennan over the top criticism over the president. the president has argued they're biased against me. turns out he was right. so what are we to make of their prevailing view over president trump and that in one way shape or form, any of these intel

fisa abuse, and blasts the former director of national security, james clapper, for giving inconsistent testimony like mccabe about contacts with the media. is that lying you understand oath a stunning investigative report from sarah carter, robert mueller and his top propertior, the guy that they say is the pit bull for mr. mueller, andrew weiseman, tied to one of the biggest scandals in u.s. history. the media ignoring this. an exclusive, you heard about the iranian one informant, speaking on camera right here tonight, for the first time about being enter viewed by the fbi as part of the investigation into the clinton foundation. yeah, there's a real investigation going on, the media talking about stormy. the hill's john solomon has that report and those details. that and so much more in breaking news opening monologue. >> sean: we dwin with more fake news from cnn, it is spewing from the news of the clinton news network president, mark zucker. he blasted fox news's propaganda machine and statement-run tv. guy the way, fox news like every newspaper in the country have a sports page, n

what has come to light is more information on the suggestion that james clapper was misleading in histhe house intel committee when he talked about his leaks, you know, or his decision to share information, however you want to put it, with cnn and other media outlets. what is your reaction to that part of this just-released information from the republican side of the memo? >> in fairness to clapper, we haven't heard his position. he was accused of false testimony before congress with regard to the surveillance program. he admitted that he did not tell the truth at that point. this would be a serious question about when he would be a cnn contributor, when the leaks occurred. we're really seeing a very transparent and not always pleasing view of how washington works. >> martha: james comey admitting that he leaked information that may have contained classified information as you pointed out here, also andrew mccabe being assessed, charged, however you want to put it with the same suggestion that he was leaking to newspapers as well and now james clapper is on the list. we'll see where t

intelligence chief james clapper expires on monday despite calls from both parties to prosecute him he allegedly lied to congress under oath about mass domestic surveillance does the n.s.a. collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans. no sir. it does not. not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps collect but not not willingly. stapling was revealed to be erroneous just months after the testimony with edward snowden's revelations about mass u.s. surveillance american lawmakers have criticized the justice department for failing to open clappers case he and others who have held administrative power must be held accountable to the same laws that govern the people of the united states he admitted to lying to congress and was an remorseful in flippant about it the integrity of our federal government is at stake because his behavior sets the standard for the entire intelligence community. political analyst at charles alltel says that this case reveals political bias in the us federal system it can be taken very seriously but to

understand it, but the dossier until january 25th 2070 and after donald trump had been elected , james clappercomey and others then briefed the president and vice president. you have something interesting, though, that i think is new. you write, "a few days earlier, race, susan rice, had encouraged clapper during the daily intelligence briefing to tell obama about the "golden showers" allegation. obama turned to race and said, why am i hearing this? he was incredulous. what's happening, he asked? he said the intel committee had no idea what was .. aware it was circulating. you don't really expect to hear the term "golden showers" in the daily report that the guy who ..ly report that the guy who a manchurian candidate. right in the world was susan rice putting something that was unverified into the presidential daily brief? and are you suggesting that days before that generate for the oval office meeting, barack obama did hear about the dossier? >> no, there is no evidence that until early january that then-president obama knew anything about the dossier, but susan rice was saying it should be

intelligence chief james clapper expires on monday despite calls from both parties to prosecute him illegibly lied to congress under oath about mass domestic surveillance does the n.s.a. collect any type of data of a millions or hundreds of millions of americans. no sir. it does not. not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps worked but not not willingly or clapper statement there was revealed to be erroneous just months after the testimony with edward snowden's revelations about mass u.s. surveillance american lawmakers have criticized the justice department for failing to open clappers case he and others who have held administrative power must be held accountable to the same laws that govern the people of the united states he admitted to lying to congress and was an remorseful in flippant about it the integrity of our federal government is at stake because his behavior sets the standard for the entire intelligence community political analyst charles or tail says that clapper is case does fit into a larger pattern of failures to prosecute. it can be taken very seri

intelligence chief james clapper for allegedly lying to congress under oath expires without charges being pressed. just turning midday here in moscow on this monday we have your latest world news headlines. terrorists and rebels occupying the enclave of eastern just outside the capital damascus reportedly started fighting each other that's according to the russian reconciliation center for syria and says the infighting began after one of the rebel groups was urged to separate from al nusra terrorists in exchange for negotiations on conditions for their safe passage. out of the war ravaged area now earlier the reconciliation center struck a deal with some rebels which allowed fifty two civilians half of the children to safely leave the enclave through a humanitarian corridor it's the first time civilians have been able to use the corridor as intended previously they were either fired out by militants or resorted to using up posturing aid convoy of some form of government we can start to show you what the situation that looks like now what the syrian government has regained a large portion

intelligence chief james clapper expires on monday despite calls from both parties to prosecute him he allegedly lied to congress under oath about mass the mess dick surveillance does the n.s.a. collect any type of data of a millions or hundreds of millions of americans. no sir. it does not. not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps worked but not not willing one book after statement there was revealed to be erroneous just months after the testimony with edward snowden's revelations about mass u.s. surveillance american lawmakers have criticized the justice department for failing to open clappers case he and others who have held administrative power must be held accountable to the same laws that govern the people of the united states he admitted to lying to congress and was an remorseful in flippant about it the integrity of our federal government is at stake because his behavior sets the standard for the entire intelligence community but if the analyst charles or tell says that clapper is case does fit into a larger pattern of failures to prosecute. it can

talk about lies as well i'll tell you one the department of justice our prosecutor right now mr james clapper then yes director of national intelligence yes tells a lie to the senate intelligence committee that he is not gathering data on millions of americans i guess there were hundreds of millions of his statutes of limitation. needs to be prosecuted the statute of limitations and all he was promoted you know he got a pay i would actually be hazardous is passion here steve let me go to steve here could say you know bruce brings up a really good point and i think steve and i agree. on this point here where is the will power i mean the i mean we don't know what's going to happen after the midterms but between now and the midterms just exactly what bruce said is true you know we could get a church committee together but why don't the republicans get their act together go ahead steve the republican the republican leadership is feckless now and it's always been feckless they're the worst of group i've ever seen at communicating there should be a press conference held every day with every revelat

talk about lies as well i'll tell you one the department of justice our prosecutor right now mr james clapper then yes director of national intelligence yes tells a lie to the senate intelligence committee that he is not gathering data on millions of americans i guess there were hundreds of millions of his statutes of limitation have been retired that needs to be prosecuted the statute of limitations and all he was promoted you know he got a pay i would actually be hazardous is tension here steve let me go to steve here could say you know bruce brings up a really good point and i think steve and i agree. on this point here where is the will power i mean the i mean we don't know what's going to happen after the midterms but between now and the midterms just exactly what breaux said is true you know we could get a church committee together but why don't the republicans get their act together go ahead steve the republican the republican leadership is feckless now and it's always been feckless they're the worst of group i've ever seen at communicating there should be a press conference held every

talk about lies as well i'll tell you one the department of justice our prosecutor right now mr james clapper then yes director of national intelligence yes tells a lie to the senate intelligence committee that he is not gathering data on millions of americans i guess they were hundreds of millions of his statutes of limitation one hundred fifty firefighters needs to be prosecuted to the statute of limitations and all he was promoted you know he got a pay i would actually be hazardous is passion here steve let me go to steve here could say you know bruce brings up a really good point and i think steve and i agree. on this point here where is the will power i mean the i mean we don't know what's going to happen after the midterms but between now and the midterms just exactly what bruce said is true you know we could get a church committee together but why don't the republicans get their act together go ahead steve they're republican the republican leadership is feckless now and it's always been feckless they're the worst of group i've ever seen at communicating there should be a press conferen

talk about lies as well i'll tell you one the department of justice our prosecutor right now mr james clapper then yes director of national intelligence yes tells a lie to the senate intelligence committee that he is not gathering data on millions of americans i guess there were hundreds of millions of a statute of limitations. that needs to be prosecuted the statute of limitations and all he was promoted you know he got a pay i would actually be hazardous is passion here steve let me go to steve here could say you know bruce brings up a really good point and i think steve and i agree. on this point here where is the will power i mean the i mean we don't know what's going to happen after the midterms but between now and the midterms just exactly what breaux said is true you know we could get a church committee together but why don't the republicans get their act together go ahead steve the republican the republican leadership is feckless now and it's always been feckless said the worst of group i've ever seen at communicating there should be a press conference held every day with every revela