Sean Price, the former chief constable, was also sacked after a separate hearing.
If the judge decides the tweet was defamatory, there will be a separate hearing to decide the amount of damages owed.
Earlier, at a separate hearing in Congress, Mr. Clapper played down the latest spate of escalatory talk, suggesting it was bluster.
At a separate hearing in Congress, James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, played down the latest spate of escalatory talk, suggesting it was bluster.
At a separate hearing later on Wednesday, former Chicago Alderman Sandra Stevens Jackson also pleaded guilty in a quavering voice to one count of filing false tax returns in connection with the misuse of her husband's campaign funds.
At a separate hearing Thursday morning in the Senate, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox testified on the effects of the crisis on the economy and the efforts to fix the problems.
He is subject to a separate misconduct hearing which has started in private.
Judge Jerry Smith, a Reagan appointee on the appellate panel, raised the president's remarks Tuesday during a hearing in Houston on a separate case that challenges a portion of the law.
The chief constable of Cleveland Police has failed to get a misconduct hearing postponed until the conclusion of a separate criminal investigation.
In a separate event, Holyrood's public petitions committee is hearing from the John Muir Trust and Scottish Natural Heritage about how best to protect Scotland's wild land.
The panel found all nine separate allegations against him were proved in his absence after a three-day hearing.
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