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> 1. James Clapper is not in the NSA. It's true that James Clapper was not employed by the NSA at the time the question was asked. Are you suggesting that ther
by keketi 8y ago
> 1. James Clapper is not in the NSA.
It's true that James Clapper was not employed by the NSA at the time the question was asked. Are you suggesting that therefore he does not know the answer? If he does not know the answer then why did he answer the question?
> 2. The NSA never recorded all domestic phone calls, and there is no evidence that they ever did, so neither Clapper nor the NSA lied about that.
The question posed in the linked video clip is "Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions, or hundreds of millions of Americans?".
- lern_too_spel 8y ago> Are you suggesting that therefore he does not know the answer? No, I'm asserting that any statements by Clapper can't show the NSA lying about anything any more than statements by Trump can show the NSA lying about anything because neither is part of the NSA. > The question posed in the linked video clip is "Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions, or hundreds of millions of Americans?". And the video is irrelevant to the discussion both due to the point above and due to the discussion being about recording content of conversations, as I said in GGP.
- lesss365 8y agoClapper was Director of National Intelligence, head of all American intelligence agencies. He may not have been in the NSA, but he definitely had the responsibility of oversight.
- lern_too_spel 8y agoSo does Trump, who lies more often and more egregiously. That doesn't change the fact that the NSA did not lie about its data collection practices.