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Spy Chief Pressed For Number Of Americans Ensnared In Data Espionage (reuters.com)
Dustin Volz, reporting for Reuters: U.S. lawmakers are pressing the nation's top intelligence official to estimate the number of Americans ensnared in email surveillance and other such spying on foreign targets, saying the information was needed to gauge possible reforms to the controversial programs. Eight Democrats and six Republicans made the request to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper in a letter seen by Reuters on Friday, reflecting the continued bipartisan concerns over the scope of U.S. data espionage. "You have willingly shared information with us about the important and actionable intelligence obtained under these surveillance programs," wrote the lawmakers, all members of the U.S. House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee. "Now we require your assistance in making a determination that the privacy protections in place are functioning as designed." They requested that Clapper provide the information about data collected under a statute, known as Section 702, by May 6.
All of them
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
Zero Americans have been caught. As once you look at a terrorist you become a terrorist to and instantly become unamerican. Since you are no longer an American those rights no longer apply to you. /knee jerk sarcasm might be in the above viewpoint
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
What does it matter? This man is just going to lie before congress, and nobody will challenge any statement he makes.
This is grandstanding. Unless this information is released to the public and/or affects actual policy change, neither of which is likely, this reflects the desire of Congress to get attention in an election year.
They're asking a known liar who lied UNDER OATH to congress to supply them with information in order to make a decision?
If I was in congress, I would demand this man be replaced with someone who can at the very least tell the truth UNDER OATH.
I don't know about you, but I read this as: "We're thinking about punishing you, but we don't know what you've done wrong. Can you make us a list of everything you've done wrong so we can determine how much to punish you? Thanks!" And you expect an unbiased answer?
Clapper went on to tell the old joke about the old national intelligence director and the young national intelligence director. The young ones says, "Hey, look at that bunch of Americans down there. Let's run down and spy on that one."
The old national intelligence director replied, "No son, let's walk down and spy on them all.
You are welcome on my lawn.
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH! Next question, please. Seriously, though, even the NSA admitted that their "threshold" on their software was 51%. Clapper could always say "yes, the privacy protections in place are functioning as designed. We never designed any or put any in place, so everything is functioning quite well."
I think Clapper should be fired, he has already lied under oath, Do we need a compulsive liar in a job like that? Point is, asking him questions is stupid, what makes you think he is going to answer truthfully? I think we need to replace him, for national security purposes.
The word you're looking for is "realism", previously known as "cynicism".
Just liek he knows that you fantasize about getting spit-roasted in your parent's basement you neck-bearded troll
https://vid.me/O6Bq
It's a double.
Comey and Clapper in a tree
L-Y-I-N-G
...after he lied the last time. http://thehill.com/policy/tech... Since he didn't, why would he tell the truth now?