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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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Jim Clapper
4th Director of National Intelligence In office
August 9, 2010 – January 20, 2017
August 9, 2010 – January 20, 2017
President Barack Obama
Jim Clapper
4th Director of National Intelligence In office
August 9, 2010 – January 20, 2017
August 9, 2010 – January 20, 2017
President Barack Obama
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1 week ago - On June 12, 2013, Representative ... his resignation. In a series of tweets he stated: "It now appears clear that the director of national intelligence, James Clapper, lied under oath to Congress and the American people", and "Perjury is a serious crime ......
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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August 8, 2013Do 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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August 5, 2013Why 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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December 8, 2023James 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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June 13, 2013Videos
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Paul: Intel. Chief James Clapper "lied" - YouTube
Edward Snowden on Petraeus | I spoke with Edward Snowden in Moscow.
'Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds ...
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DNI Clapper tells Wyden the NSA does not collect data on millions ...
Citizens' Dawn
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James Clapper leaked information about the Dossier to CNN and then lied to Congress!
James Clapper instructed Comey ... the "Russian Collusion" investigation! Clapper later lied under oath to Congress, telling them he had never talked to the press about the Dossier!...
Peoplespunditdaily
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House Intel Report Indicates James Clapper Lied to Congress, Leaks "Potentially Endangered Lives" | People's Pundit Daily
August 15, 2018 - He made an admittedly false statement to the U.S. Congress in March 2013, when he responded, “No, sir” and “not wittingly” to a question about whether the National Security Agency was collecting “any type of data at all” on millions ...
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 - James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, participated in a live Q&A through Tumblr earlier today in which he fielded several questions from Tumblr users. While some of them were silly (he said the Intelligence Community has “high confidence” the earth is round, sorry, B.o.B), one in particular was blunt: “Why did you lie about NSA surveillance in front of Congress?”
RedState
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James Clapper. He Lied To Congress Why Would We Believe Him Today? – RedState
March 6, 2017 - So I see we're all taking James Clapper's word despite the fact that actually admitted to lying to Congress under oath. Fascinating. — Jeff B, fightin' the COVID one bootleg at a time (@EsotericCD) March 5, 2017 · Clapper says no wiretapping ...
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Resolved by the House of Representatives, That we urge the Congress of the United States and the U.S. Attorney General to prosecute Director of National Intelligence James Clapper for lying to Congress about the National Security Agency's collection of data on U.S.
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.
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 - Clapper replied, "No sir. Not wittingly." The fact that Clapper had wittingly lied to Congress was made clear just three months later by whistleblower and patriot Edward Snowden's revelations of the vast extent of the NSA's warrantless electronic spying on Americans.
Daily Kos
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DISGRACED Former DNI James Clapper is a lying liar who lied before Congress.
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,...
American Thinker
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James Clapper will skate on his perjury to Congress if not charged by March 13 - American Thinker
January 20, 2018 - Deep State stalwart James Clapper provably lied to Congress on a matter of substantive importance, yet he was never charged with perjury. In less than two months, the statute of limitations will excuse him from any criminal liability if he...
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.
C-SPAN
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User Clip: Disgraced Former DNI Director James Clapper Lies to Congress about NSA Surveillance | Video | C-SPAN.org
June 7, 2017 - MyC-SPAN users can download four Congressional hearings and proceedings under four hours for free each month.
GW Law
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"Jonathan Turley: Clapper Most Certainly Lied to Congress about Leaking Russian Dossier Information to the Media – He Could Be Accused of Perjury" | GW Law | The George Washington University
Jonathan Turley speaks to Fox News about James Clapper and whether he leaked information to CNN about the Trump-Russia dossier.
The Gateway Pundit
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James Clapper Misled Congress or Perjured Himself Claiming There Was No Release of Republican Data (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila
August 2, 2018 - Former DNI under Obama, James Clapper said today in a testimony that there was no release of Republican data, insinuating hackers specifically targeted Democrats and Hillary Clinton.
The Guardian
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Clapper did not lie to Congress on NSA, says national intelligence counsel | Surveillance | The Guardian
March 6, 2018 - Among such violations, the editorial said: “His leaks revealed that James Clapper Jr, the director of national intelligence, lied to Congress when testifying in March that the NSA was not collecting data on millions of Americans.
Washington Post
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Darrell Issa: James Clapper lied to Congress about NSA and should be fired - The Washington Post
December 6, 2021 - Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is pushing for President Obama to fire James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, who they say misled Congress about the extent of the NSA's surveillance activity.
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, ...
Archives
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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.
Reddit
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r/Ask_Politics on Reddit: What prevents James Clapper from being punished for deliberately lying to Congress?
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James Clapper, the current director of national intelligence, lied to Congress about NSA surveillance ("not wittingly"), which is a felony, despite Senator Wyden giving him the question a day in advance. In a nation of laws, anyone else that did what he did would be charged and likely sent to prison. Why isn't he being punished?
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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.
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So, the way the law is constructed, it is still technically and semantically foreign surveillance. The people they surveil have to be foreign with 51% certainty . Moreover, they can look into records of 3rd degree connections of this person (friend of a friend of a friend). So, if you are a friend of a friend of a friend of someone who the NSA is 51% sure is foreign under suspicion of the NSA, they can look into your metadata, email, etc. Edit 1: This is basically why many people preferred Rep. Amash's amendment to Rep. Pompeo's. While Pompeo's amendment "ensure[s] none of the funds may be used by the NSA to target a U.S. person or acquire and store the content of a U.S. person’s communications, including phone calls and e-mails.” , that would not have actually changed anything the NSA was doing, because they already justify their actions by saying they target foreigners. Edit 2: Added a source