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History has demonstrated that activities performed in any particular program the NSA claims has been discontinued is typically replaced in another program. The
by __jal 11y ago
History has demonstrated that activities performed in any particular program the NSA claims has been discontinued is typically replaced in another program.
Then Spokesmuppets in front of congress can claim "we do not X under this program", or make similarly carefully-parsed statements, and not technically be lying.
This has happened repeatedly.
- lawnchair_larry 11y agoNot wittingly.
- anonbanker 11y agothe interesting part about that quote is that he then sent a letter to congress telling them that it was "the least untruthful" thing he could say at the time. And got their agreement to that narrative, which got him out of lying under oath to congress. There will be stories written about this man someday. the way we write about Goebbels.
- ossreality 11y ago.... wait what? I mean, I fully assumed this was happening, but your post implies a certain public acceptance of that that I did /not/ expect. I'm very, very intrigued...
- wooter 11y agoIs it not still perjury? http://www.hasjamesclapperbeenindictedyet.com http://www.hasjamesclapperbeenindictedyet.com
- anonbanker 11y agono. it stops being perjury when the agreement of all parties is that his testimony was truthful enough.
- bigtones 11y agoSpokesmuppets - awesome description for them.