>Why would they lie?
Are you joking? Do you not see the massive political motivation there?
And of course, the US government has a great track record with telling the truth about security issues.
Are you joking? Do you not see the massive political motivation there?
And of course, the US government has a great track record with telling the truth about security issues.
No one who gets any position that requires Senate confirmation is "not really a politician" (and, yes, that includes general/flag officers in the military) -- they may be purely bureaucratic rather than electoral politicians, but they are politicians nonetheless.
But, yeah, I don't see a lot of evidence that Clapper is a Democratic (or other) partisan.
> What gives you reason to think they (not the DNC!) be that colossally stupid?
The political motivation is what would make lying here colossally stupid.