(Written on July 2nd, 2013)
"Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?" asked Senator Wyden.
He responded: "No, sir, not wittingly. There are cases where they could inadvertently, perhaps, collect, but not wittingly."
In
his MSNBC interview, Clapper said he believed Wyden's question was
unfair, akin to asking him when he was going to stop beating his wife.
"So I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least
untruthful manner by saying no," Clapper said.
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So
Klapper perjured himself and it goes practically unreported in the
papers. The NYT, for instance, could spare the space they spend writing
*every day* about Snowden to actually inform people about the substance
of the programs he exposed - let alone reporting that the head of the
NSA straight-up lied to Congress under oath - but they would prefer to
report on narratives that are inconsequential enough to keep their
access or whatever other reason they have to justify their
spinelessness. I shouldn't have to read a British paper to find out what
really goes on in Washington.
