Monday, January 27, 2014

Darrell Issa: James Clapper lied to Congress about NSA and should be fired

Darrell Issa: James Clapper lied to Congress about NSA and should be fired "A group of congressmen led by Rep. 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."

Huh. Last I heard lying to Congress was a crime and crimes were punishable by more than merely losing your job. Why isn't Issa charging him with perjury? Seems like this is worse than Clinton's perjury and he got impeached for it.

Now I know that Wyden's question to Clapper was a trick question. Clapper couldn't answer honestly in public session because the program was classified. I don't' see Issa talking about these details.

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