Why James Clapper Matters - Too Much

Had composed fully a eulogy to NJ Senator Lautenberg, who was the last WWII veteran serving in the US Senate.  (As my Blog drafting is by pen and paper, the inability to just publish this heartfelt farewell is self-explanatory.)

The events of this past week justify the by-passing of the departed Jerseyan (who most probably was very eloquently eulogized in NYC services - hey, Weehawken just isn't the City that never sleeps.)  Oops, I remember now, Hillary Clinton was the primary orator for Mr. Lautneberg.


Many elite members probably believe that this Blog Post has written itself.  Not so. As you know, the pre-eminent responsibility of the National Government is the national defense.  Therefore, I will withhold judgment on the legality and usefulness of the NSA Prism program in prosecuting the apparently not so ended War on Terror until its parameters are more fully understood.  Of course, I would much prefer hearing that all the electronic and phone surveillance by the NSA is being conducted against our potential adversaries and host nations for terrorists, say Russia, China, Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and France.  Quite possibly they are doing such spying internationally, so this massive domestic snooping is just side hustle for slow weekend duty.


Back to the point here; the Federal Government has the same pre-eminent responsibility to conduct the nation's defense pursuant to the RULE OF LAW, so that security is not pursued at the detriment of either our sacred ideals and/or Constitutional values.  Among those values is that sworn testimony to the United States Congress must be truthful.  It seems that the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, sees himself fully exempt from this mandated standard of lawful conduct applicable to every American witness before the Congress.


In an effort to comprehend this absolute arrogance, this absolute disdain for the Congress and this absolute stupidity, it occurred to me that possibly Clapper had been informed by A.G. Holder that lying to Congress poses no risk of DOJ prosecution, so long as you are a cabinet level federal official.


Anyone who believes that a Government - which will strip our diplomats of all security in Benghazi, and then lie about it, will give thousands of assault weapons to Mexican Drug Cartels, and then lie about it, will target and harass Tea Party groups, and then lie about it - will not abuse our lawful citizens privacy after it collects billions of private, personal information, needs a mental competency examination.


So, of course, National Intelligence Director Clapper lied, indeed bald face lied, to the elected representatives of we the 310 million Americans with no fear of any accountability for that felony.  Anyone taking bets on who gets prosecuted first - Clapper or leaker, Snowden?