Caught Lying About The NSA, James Clapper Tries To 'Clarify' — Transcript

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1. 0:00james clapper is the director of national intelligence and uh... when he
2. 0:03wouldn't go testify uh... earlier this year
3. 0:06uh... ron wyden that's very good questions by the data that he was
4. 0:09collecting over at that and say
5. 0:11and in of the of course national intelligence overall clapper give an
6. 0:16answer that appeared to be false and we call the balcony falls on this program
7. 0:20remember this
8. 0:21does the n_s_a_ collect any type of data at all
9. 0:26on millions for hundreds of millions of americans
10. 0:30no sir
11. 0:32it does not
12. 0:35not willingly
13. 0:37there are cases where they could inadvertently
14. 0:40perhaps
15. 0:41uh... collect
16. 0:42but not not willingly
17. 0:45now we don't know what the lion on the slide given that
18. 0:48they are collecting all the phone information
19. 0:52inundate inadvertence update catch on
20. 0:55to present which is the mails
21. 0:57and your website
22. 0:58as that you visited a set of the things he did on internet
23. 1:01you can't deny it
24. 1:03that they're definitely purposely collecting the phone records
25. 1:08and they would cut that akeli collecting the content of those
26. 1:12uh... privacy issues
27. 1:13but what do you believe them on that are not it doesn't matter
28. 1:16because he lied there he said they're not purposely go like the any of the
29. 1:19data
30. 1:20not true right
31. 1:21and we should have been here before an arm and every tell-tale sign of a liar
32. 1:25like are not looking
33. 1:26scratching their heads blum went on a gambling right
34. 1:30well don't take my word for it because circumstance clapper zoos and national
35. 1:33television
36. 1:35well i wasn't as truthful as i put a bit
37. 1:38and resources in the morning
38. 1:40knife a goal in retrospect
39. 1:43i was asking when you starts from being away from the question which is
40. 1:47meaning not
41. 1:50answerable necessarily but a simple yes or no
42. 1:54so i responded in what i thought was the
43. 1:57most true for at least on truthful manner by saying no
44. 2:01there are love that
45. 2:03means untruthful manner
46. 2:06and is on the tribune of that question
47. 2:08the question is are used by americans
48. 2:11and now what you can say no and inline
49. 2:14or incomplete interview below
50. 2:17you know whatever you like but that's a very fair question
51. 2:20and i'm glad at least soloing congress was doing their job
52. 2:23and holding you accountable
53. 2:25and by the way u
54. 2:27violated the law there that's
55. 2:29clearly a violation it's perjury in front of progress
56. 2:33factor uh... congressman ahmad shah who is a republican
57. 2:36saying that he he sent resign immediately
58. 2:39desi committed perjury committed a crime
59. 2:42now of course if you're powerful in this country
60. 2:44you're never held accountable whether your bankers you bush administration you
61. 2:48james clapper you're free to go
62. 2:50forward you dare break a law you don't have power you question
63. 2:54the people in power than they will hunt you down all across the globe
64. 2:57uh... and how about his excuse of off
65. 3:00ron wyden what our unfair question n
66. 3:02i mean east one that i mean what they do twin
67. 3:05senator ron wyden was asked about it he said quote
68. 3:08so that he would be prepared to answer
69. 3:11i sent the question to director clockers office
70. 3:14engane advance
71. 3:16after the hearing was over
72. 3:17by staff and i gave his office and chance
73. 3:19to and mendez answer
74. 3:21and apparently he did not
75. 3:24so
76. 3:25at clear clear ly
77. 3:27clear perjury
78. 3:29and even admits it
79. 3:31and the words he used oracle aris
80. 3:33he was the least
81. 3:34untruthful answer i could do
82. 3:37apparently he's got a lot of one triple answers
83. 3:40hearings that was the least of it