"Clapper said he was "loathe" to pick one country, but said Russia and China have the "capability."He said he could not get into "gauging intent."" James Clapper
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I don't like this man, never liked him and to the extent that he remembers me I am sure that he has no warm feelings for me, but he really is trying to distinguish here between the reality of the lethal nuclear capability of Russia and China and the much amaller capabilities of countries like Iran and North Korea who do not constitute an existential threat to the United States.
Nevertheless, Clapper's ineptitude in public speech is strange. This is particularly strange in a man who has testified so many times before Congress. He no longer seems to comprehend that one must "play the game" in dealing with the political realities of Congressional desire to see the world in simplistic terms as well as media driven obsession with the "devils on the wall" created by information operations.
Leave before they throw you out, James. pl
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/10/dni-clapper-claims-russia-china-pose-mortal-threat/
