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The Hill
Jonathan Easley
1/11/13
Sen. Wyden presses Clapper for ‘straight answers’ on NSA
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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Tuesday called for public hearings to investigate
the scope of the National Security Agency’s electronic surveillance of Americans,
questioning if Director of National Intelligence James Clapper
had provided “straight answers” to lawmakers about the programs.
The Oregon senator pointed to Clapper’s testimony during a March 12 hearing,
where Wyden asked if the NSA collects “any type of data at all on millions of Americans.”
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“No, sir,” Clapper had responded. “There are cases where they could
inadvertently perhaps collect [intelligence on Americans], but not wittingly.”
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“When NSA Director Alexander failed to clarify previous public statements about domestic surveillance,
it was necessary to put the question to the Director of National Intelligence,” he [Wyden] said.
“So that he would be prepared to answer,
I sent the question to Director Clapper’s office a day in advance.
After the hearing was over my staff and I gave his office
a chance to amend his answer,” he continued.
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Clapper tried to clarify the remarks while speaking to MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Monday,
arguing that he meant to convey that the NSA doesn’t “voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens' emails.”
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