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THE HILL: Rogers defends candor of Obama?s intel chief. ?In an interview, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mi?

By Glenn Reynolds

THE HILL: Rogers defends candor of Obama?s intel chief. “In an interview, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, told The Hill that James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, was doing his job and giving senators the most accurate information when he told them that the forces backing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi would likely ‘prevail’ over rebel factions in the long term. ??. . . Rogers said Clapper?s job is to answer lawmakers as accurately and truthfully as possible, and not to give them responses that are politically preferable or diplomatic in nature.” That’s true, though maybe this discussion should have been in closed session?

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