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Earlier Denials Put Intelligence Chief in Awkward Position
- DanielBMarkham 13y agoI'm just flabbergasted at this part of this article: ...At the March Senate hearing, Mr. Wyden asked Mr. Clapper, “Does the N.S.A. collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?” “No, sir,” Mr. Clapper replied. “Not wittingly.” ...In an interview on Sunday with NBC News, Mr. Clapper acknowledged that his answer had been problematic, calling it “the least untruthful” answer he could give. Michael V. Hayden, the former director of both the N.S.A. and the C.I.A., said he considered Mr. Wyden’s question unfair, given the classified subject. “There’s not another country in the world where that question would have been asked and answered in a public session,” he said. Am I to understand that Hayden feels that the public should have no knowledge of the data the country is collecting on them? And this makes sense because the war on terror is so important? Furthermore, is he saying that 1) the question shouldn't have been asked, or 2) more likely, that both the question and answer could have coordinated in such a way to make the public think one thing when in fact the other thing was true? When the American people don't have the right to know what the government is collecting on them, and major officials seem to feel that this is the way it should be, that's some serious institutional rot. Somebody needs to clean it out.
- paulydavis 13y agoHe should be tried for lying under oath.