Tuesday, March 13, 2018

So General Clapper will not be tried for perjury

The statute of limitations has run out, and so he will remain a free man:
Former intelligence chief James Clapper is poised to avoid charges for allegedly lying to Congress after five years of apparent inaction by the Justice Department. 
Clapper, director of national intelligence from 2010 to 2017, admitted giving “clearly erroneous” testimony about mass surveillance in March 2013, and offered differing explanations for why. 
Two criminal statutes that cover lying to Congress have five-year statutes of limitations, establishing a Monday deadline to charge Clapper, who in retirement has emerged as a leading critic of President Trump. 
The under-oath untruth was exposed by National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who sparked national debate on surveillance policy with leaks to the press.
So Clapper is still free and Snowden is still on the run.  America, you see the rules - one set for them, a different one for you.


1 comment:

  1. Attorney General Sessions seems to be a poster child model for the Peter Principle. Why, oh why hasn't President Trump fired him yet?

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