The Director of National Intelligence lied to Congress about NSA surveillance. What else will he lie about?
Back at an open congressional hearing on March 12, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) asked Clapper, “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?” Clapper replied, “No sir … not wittingly.” As we all now know, he was lying.
We also now know that Clapper knew he was lying. In an interview with NBC’s Andrea Mitchell that aired this past Sunday, Clapper was asked why he answered Wyden the way he did. He replied:
“I thought, though in retrospect, I was asked [a] ‘when are you going to … stop beating your wife’ kind of question, which is … not answerable necessarily by a simple yes or no. So I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful, manner by saying, ‘No.’ ”
Nor was this a spontaneous lie or a lie he regretted making. Wyden revealed in a statement today that he’d given Clapper advance notice that he would ask the question and that, after the hearing, he offered Clapper a chance to revise his answer. Clapper didn’t take the offer.
...if President Obama really welcomes an open debate on this subject, James Clapper has disqualified himself from participation in it. He has to go.
Why would Obama fire him... Clapper is doing just what the administration wants him to do and say. Clapper is not some maverick or wild stallion gone amok... he answers to the Obama administration.
Live right now... one of those committee hearings that in the past "Something The Dog Said" has suggested that you don't waste your time watching... that means watch it...
