Trump wire-tap claim denied by ex-intelligence chief Clapper

[BeckyDem]

39 minutes ago.

The director of national intelligence at the time of the US election has denied there was any wire-tapping of Donald Trump or his campaign.

James Clapper also told NBC that he knew of no court order to allow monitoring of Trump Tower in New York.

Mr Trump had accused President Barack Obama of ordering the wire-tap, but offered no evidence.

Mr Trump says an inquiry into alleged Russian interference should also probe potential abuse of executive power.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39172719

[yallerdawg]

1. There's a big world out there!

Are we to think the US and Russia are the only ones recording phone calls, emails and texts?

[BeckyDem]

2. The big guns are out and Trump once again is proven a liar. Where is he going to go with this now?

[Homeoutside]

3. I wonder

if our intelligence agencies are dealing with info they've received from foreign agencies. The "transcripts" purportedly in hand were given from those foreign intelligence agencies. Seems plausible.

But, if that's the case, THAT means that other countries(our allies) were "wiretapping" on American soil.

[BeckyDem]

4. Issue right now is Trump's claim that its Obama. Clapper just shot him down. There are no IF

anything for Trump that I can see because he already boxed himself in by blaming Obama.