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James Clapper denies lying to Congress about NSA surveillance program | AP News
August 13, 2021 - James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, denied Tuesday that he lied to Congress when he falsely testified during the Obama administration that the government does "not wittingly" collect the telephone records of millions ...
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4th Director of National Intelligence In office
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James Clapper - Wikipedia
4 days ago - When Edward Snowden was asked during a January 26, 2014, television interview in Moscow on what the decisive moment was or what caused him to whistle-blow, he replied: "Sort of the breaking point was seeing the director of national intelligence, James Clapper, directly lie under oath to Congress.
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What prevents James Clapper from being punished for deliberately lying to Congress?
He may yet be prosecuted for perjury. However it is very rare because it is hard to prove. There is some "wiggle room" in how he interpreted the question and his answer. Perjury is difficult because you have to prove that he lied willingly with the intent to deceive. Wyden put him in a tough spot, if he answers with 100% honesty he is breaking the law by releasing classified information. If he lies he is committing perjury. If he refuses to answer it could be seen by the public that he is acknowledging the program. So it seems like he chose the route of lying as little as possible and hoping for the best. Part of the reason Congress doesn't like to prosecute perjury is that a lot more people would refuse to answer questions at all for fear that an honest answer would be seen as perjury and they would be punished. More on reddit.com
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Do you think James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, should be charged with perjury for lying under oath during Senate intelligence hearings?

yes, if Manning/Snowden are traitors for breaking the law then he should be measured with the same yardstick.

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Why was James Clapper not prosecuter for lying to Congress?

I think he explains it right here.

https://icontherecord.tumblr.com/post/139489829858/why-did-you-lie-about-nsa-surveillance-in-front-of

"When Senator Wyden asked me the question I simply didn’t think of the business records telephony metadata, at the time stored by NSA and governed by Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Instead, I thought of content - given his reference to “dossiers” - which, in my mind, meant Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act which governs collection on non-U.S. persons overseas.
My statement about inadvertent collection could only apply when we incidentally collect on U.S. persons who are communicating with non-U.S. persons overseas. The statement makes no sense in the context of Section 215, which he was asking about, and only makes sense in the context of Section 702, which is what I was thinking about.
Even if I had been on the same page with Senator Wyden, I would have still been in an awkward position because the existence of the program that he was asking about was classified. We were in an unclassified hearing, and I thought we were talking about an unclassified program.
So, yes, I made a mistake. But I did not lie. There’s a big difference.
J."

It seems ridiculous to prosecute him over this but you can be the judge.

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James Clapper of NSA lied to congress about surveillance. Is this illegal? And if so, what will happen to him?
If James Clapper had admitted it he would have been committing a crime to answer since it would have disclosed classified information. As a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Senator Ron Wyden would have been given briefings on the program and would have known the answer to this question before asking it. More on reddit.com
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ABC News
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America's Top Spy James Clapper: 'I Made a Mistake But I Did Not Lie' - ABC News
February 21, 2016 - ... — -- America’s top intelligence official said that while he “made a mistake” when describing the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance programs to a Senate committee, he maintains that he “did not lie.”
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Reddit
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r/a:t5_jiy3y on Reddit: James Clapper Admits He Lied To Congress; His Punishment Will Likely Be A High Paying Private Sector Job
May 25, 2018 - Clapper said he thought Wyden was referring to NSA surveillance of e-mail traffic involving overseas targets, not the separate program in which the agency is authorized to collect records of Americans' phone calls that include the numbers and duration of calls but not individuals' names or the contents of their calls. Referring to his appearances before Congress over several decades, Clapper concluded by saying that "mistakes will happen, and when I make one, I correct it."
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Techdirt
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James Clapper Admits He Lied To Congress; His Punishment Will Likely Be A High Paying Private Sector Job | Techdirt
January 1, 2021 - That said, what may be most interesting is the revelation that James Clapper has now admitted to lying to Congress, in responding to Ron Wyden’s questions: In early June, after the NSA leaks had brought renewed attention to Clapper’s “No, ...
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Michigan Legislature
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A resolution to urge the Congress ... Security Agency's collection of data on U.S. citizens. Whereas, On March 12, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper lied to Congress while under oath....
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Slate
slate.com › news-and-politics › 2013 › 06 › fire-dni-james-clapper-he-lied-to-congress-about-nsa-surveillance.html
James Clapper Lied to Congress About NSA Surveillance. He Should Be Fired.
June 11, 2013 - Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) asked Clapper, “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?” Clapper replied, “No sir … not wittingly.” As we all now know, he was lying.
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House
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James Clapper Not Charged with Lying to Congress - Jim in the News - Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner
March 13, 2018 - Former intelligence chief James Clapper is poised to avoid charges for allegedly lying to Congress following five years of apparent inaction by the Justice Department.
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The Guardian
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Clapper did not lie to Congress on NSA, says national intelligence counsel | Surveillance | The Guardian
March 6, 2018 - Robert Litt, the general counsel ... director of national intelligence, lied to Congress about the collection of bulk phone records by the National Security Agency (NSA)....
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American Thinker
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James Clapper poised to get away with lying to Congress - American Thinker
March 12, 2018 - The following year, Edward Snowden's document dump revealed that Clapper had lied to Congress about the extent of the program. Clapper admitted that his testimony was "clearly erroneous."
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Washington Times
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James Clapper denies lying to Congress about NSA surveillance program - Washington Times
March 6, 2019 - James Clapper, the former director ... denied Tuesday that he lied to Congress when he falsely testified during the Obama administration that the government does “not wittingly” collect the telephone records of millions of Americans...
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House
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Prosecute Former Spymaster James Clapper for Lying to Congress Now. Time is Running Out. - Jim in the News - Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner
January 17, 2018 - "James Clapper lied to Congress, and to the American people, about U.S. government surveillance programs that allow agencies like the NSA and FBI to constantly monitor all of us without due process or any suspicion of wrongdoing.
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USA Today
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James Clapper's perjury, and why DC made men don't get charged for lying to Congress
January 19, 2018 - When an official like Clapper or Nielsen is accused of lying to Congress, Congress first has to refer a case to federal prosecutors and then the administration makes the decision whether to prosecute its own officials for contempt or perjury.
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The Hill
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Clapper on ‘The View’ fires back at Trump: ‘I didn’t lie’
May 22, 2018 - James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, denied that he had misled Congress when he testified on the spying activities of the National Security Agency in 2013.
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Prosecute Director of National Intelligence James Clapper for lying to Congress. | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government
June 14, 2013 - Clapper willfully and knowingly broke the law when he lied to Congress in an attempt to hide the truth about the NSA’s domestic data-collection from the American public.
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The Federalist
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4 Different Lies James Clapper Told About Lying To Congress
March 6, 2019 - Five years ago to this month, former director of national intelligence James Clapper lied to Congress, and he has been scrambling to make excuses for the ongoing lies and leaks ever since.
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ABC News
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Did Intel Dir. James Clapper Lie to Congress? It's Complicated - ABC News
June 13, 2013 - Ron Wyden asked Clapper at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in March whether the government collected data on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans, and Clapper said, "no," or at least "not wittingly."