Is a threat to democracy . Well, to our system, you know, the assaults on the institutions starting with my own, the Intelligence Community and his characterization of us as nazis. The commentary he has made about the judiciary, and individual judges. The assault on the bureau are examples which are not constructive for our country. General clapper, i appreciate your time. Thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Very tough words from General Clapper there. If you are just joining us now, lets quickly lay out the top story tonight. The riveting testimony, did he make the case for the Obstruction Of Justice . And well get reaction from the
Intelligence Community, and first, dana bash with all the key moments. Reporter the former fbi director under oath and unvarnished, called the president who fired him, a liar. The administration then chose to defame me by saying that the organization was in disarray. That it was poorly led, that the work force had lost confidence in its leaders. Tho
stunningly, comey s testified showed that he asked about realtime conversations. i woke up on monday night, it didn t dawn on me, there may be corroboration for our conversation, there could be a tape. and the judgment was i needed to get that out into the public square. so i asked a friend of mine to share the content with a reporter, i thought that may prompt conversation with counsel. that is a stark illustration of how seasoned he is in the ways of washington. what was not standard washington behavior, argued comey, was a president asking an fbi director for what he took as a loyalty pledge. and i could be wrong, but my common sense told me what is going on here is he is looking to get something in exchange for granting my request to stay on