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06-08-2013, 10:16 AM
FLASHBACK: INTEL CHIEF TOLD SENATE IN MARCH THE NSA DOES NOT ‘WITTINGLY’ COLLECT ANY DATA ON AMERICANS
by Madeleine Morgenstern
Jun. 6, 2013 6:00pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v7YtTnon90
A top U.S. intelligence chief said he stands by his Senate testimony that the National Security Agency does not collect data on Americans.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s comments in March that the NSA does not “wittingly” collect data on Americans have been called into question following the bombshell report that the government has been secretly collecting the phone records of millions of Americans.
“What I said was, the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens’ emails. I stand by that,” Clapper told the National Journal.
Clapper had been asked directly whether the NSA collects “any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans.”
“No sir,” Clapper told Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). “Not wittingly. There are cases where they could inadvertently, perhaps, collect but not wittingly.” He did not say he was specifically referring to email.
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read more:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/06/flashback-intel-chief-told-senate-in-march-the-nsa-does-not-wittingly-collect-any-data-on-americans/
by Madeleine Morgenstern
Jun. 6, 2013 6:00pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v7YtTnon90
A top U.S. intelligence chief said he stands by his Senate testimony that the National Security Agency does not collect data on Americans.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s comments in March that the NSA does not “wittingly” collect data on Americans have been called into question following the bombshell report that the government has been secretly collecting the phone records of millions of Americans.
“What I said was, the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens’ emails. I stand by that,” Clapper told the National Journal.
Clapper had been asked directly whether the NSA collects “any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans.”
“No sir,” Clapper told Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). “Not wittingly. There are cases where they could inadvertently, perhaps, collect but not wittingly.” He did not say he was specifically referring to email.
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read more:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/06/flashback-intel-chief-told-senate-in-march-the-nsa-does-not-wittingly-collect-any-data-on-americans/