James Clapper lied before Congress. We know this.
James Clapper is a lying liar who refused to tell the truth about the unconstitutional spying that the NSA performs on innocent Americans.
Unless Clapper presents EVIDENCE to support his claims, there is no reason to believe him, on absolutely anything.
Yes, he is a former DNI, a fucking DISGRACED former DNI. Never, ever forget that.
Look at what some past diaries published on Daily Kos have to say about Clapper:
77 recs — It depends on the definition of 'collect'
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has had some explaining to do now that the NSA wiretapping program has been exposed and declassified and totally admitted to by no less than President Obama. Here's what he told Sen. Ron Wyden, under oath, about that program just a few short months ago.
x YouTube Video Wyden: [...] So, what I wanted to see is if you could give me a yes or now answer to the question: "Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?"Clapper: No, sir.
Wyden: It does not.
Clapper. Not wittingly. There are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps collect, but not, not wittingly.
Now, most people would look at that exchange, in light of recent revelations, and see a bold-faced lie. No, Clapper assures us. He didn't lie. He was asked an unfair question and it's all in the semantics.
His latest take: It's an unfair question, he said, like "When are you going to stop beating your wife?" And it seems to depend on the meaning of "collect.""I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful, manner by saying 'no,'" Clapper told NBC News on Sunday. [...]
On Sunday, Clapper elaborated: "This has to do with of course somewhat of a semantic, perhaps some would say too cute by half. But it is—there are honest differences on the semantics of what—when someone says 'collection' to me, that has a specific meaning, which may have a different meaning to him."
254 recs — The NSA - Hiding a Shadow Government Behind a Haystack, "To Keep Us Safe"
The enormous service that a certain whistleblower has provided to Americans and the world at large, is becoming clear even in the face of shrill cries of "traitor" and histrionic accusations of "aiding the enemy."
That certain whistleblower (who will not be named, in hopes of avoiding comments about personalities rather than revelations) has shone a light on a shadow government, a set of parallel institutions that operate without democratic controls. It is a government-corporate warren of institutions that uses secrecy and the application of large amounts of cash to avoid democratic control by the people and has allied with corporate chieftains and hijacked large corporations, defying the "discipline of the market" and the democratic controls of shareholders and chartering states.