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>However they damn well better submit to oversight James Clapper lied to the Senate intelligence committee about the existence of NSA bulk data collection. Inf
by equalunique 9y ago
>However they damn well better submit to oversight
James Clapper lied to the Senate intelligence committee about the existence of NSA bulk data collection. Infuriating.
- dopamean 9y agoI'm normally not in the business of defending government agencies but wasn't that interview done in an open forum? Perhaps he would have been more honest if the information wasn't going to be immediately reported on in the media.
- merpnderp 9y agoHe was testifying in front of Congress. Perjury is what he did. He later waffled about not being able to answer truthfully because of the surveillance being classified - yet he answered.
- gizmo385 9y agoI'm legitimately curious here: Is it possible that he submitted additional testimony after the fact to the committee that he was testifying before? Or discussed the issue in a closed setting where classified material could be discussed?
- dopamean 9y agoI'm wondering the same thing. It seems to me that people who have classified information that shouldn't be released to the public shouldn't be put in a position to have to lie about it under oath.