So many times, the Chinese and others get access to our systems just by pretending to be someone else and then asking for access, and someone gives it to them. James Clapper More Quotes by James Clapper More Quotes From James Clapper Even Secretary Mattis, as dedicated as Secretary Mattis is to this country and particularly to the men and women of the armed forces that Secretary Mattis leads, even Secretary Mattis would at some point I think would have a tipping point if Secretary Mattis's completely cut out of things. James Clapper politics I saw a Dennis Rodman that I have never seen before on the course of that interview, and you drew that out of him. James Clapper top-news Cuomo Prime Time, i've long been an advocate of involving Dennis Rodman. James Clapper politics United States has no permanent enemies. James Clapper top-news It wasn’t my place to do that, i was reporting to the then-government, the executive branch policymakers. But for me to pick up the phone and call a political candidate would not have been appropriate. James Clapper latest-headlines I prefer to remember Rusty Giuliani that way than the way Rusty Giuliani's conducting Rusty Giuliani now. James Clapper top-news I support the letter that President Donald Trump sent to Kim Jong Un, I think it was a good thing to do. James Clapper top-news I think there's value having gone this far, there's value in meeting and greeting, gripping and grinning, and just establishing a rapport. I think yes, it would be important to have the summit. James Clapper top-news The parallelism between what the Donald Trump campaign was doing and saying and what the Russians were doing and saying was remarkably parallel, particularly when it came to attacks on Hillary Clinton, all Hillary Clinton alleged physical and mental maladies, and there was almost an echo chamber between the two. James Clapper politics No, they were not, they were spying on -- a term I don't particularly like -- but on what the Russians were doing. Trying to understand were the Russians infiltrating, trying to gain access, trying to gain leverage or influence which is what they do. James Clapper politics To me, it stretches logic and credulity to think that there was no impact. James Clapper politics That is kind of in my mind, and maybe I'm a traditionalist, violates a norm and standard of behavior that's long been abided by previous presidents and to me that's bothersome and I think another sign of some erosion of our institutions and our norms and standards. James Clapper politics No, they were not, they were spying, a term I don’t particularly like, on what the Russians were doing, trying to understand, were the Russians infiltrating? James Clapper politics I didn’t have any contact with media until after I left the government on the 20thof January. James Clapper politics It speaks well of him for picking a seasoned veteran of the agency who is widely and deeply respected by the workforce as well as those outside the agency, she has also been a strong proponent for integration, not only within CIA, but across the intelligence community. James Clapper politics I was told by senior officials to keep [Clapper] out of it. James Clapper latest-headlines This behavior and this divisiveness, intellectual and moral and ethical void that the president of the United States exhibits, and how much longer does the country — to borrow a phrase — endure this nightmare ? Trump’s remarks in Phoenix were reminiscent of candidate-Trump on the campaign trail, slamming the media over its coverage of his presidency — specifically noting his response to recent violence in Charlottesville, Va. James Clapper politics I don’t know when I’ve listened and watched something like this from a president that I’ve found more disturbing. James Clapper politics I think in many ways our institutions are under assault both externally -- and that's the big news here is the Russian interference in our election system -- and I think as well our institutions are under assault internally. James Clapper top-news You could rationalize that it helps the Russians by obfuscating who was actually responsible. James Clapper top-news
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