Monday, June 10, 2013

JAMES CLAPPER TRIES TO DOWNPLAY HIS LIE TO SEN. WYDEN

Instead of saying something like "Senator, that question is best left to a closed session," Clapper thought he could play Dr. Semantics:
Intelligence chief Clapper: I gave ‘least untruthful’ answer on U.S. spying
By Olivier Knox, Yahoo! News | The Ticket – 12 hrs ago

Clapper suggested that the senator's question was unfair.

"As I said, I have great respect for Sen. Wyden. I thought, though in retrospect, I was asked [a] 'When are you going to stop beating your wife' kind of question, which is ... not answerable necessarily by a simple yes or no," Clapper said.

"So I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful, manner by saying 'no,'" Clapper said, indicating that he did not consider it "collection" unless government officials actually reviewed the content of the communications.

2 comments:

Ken Hoop said...

I see dual loyalist Debbie Wassermann Schulz has echoed John Boehner (a leading recipient of AIPAC money) in calling for hero Snowden's indictment as a traitor.

Neolibs are just as owned as neocons.

Steve J. said...

Neolibs are just as owned as neocons.

I REALLY hope you are wrong....