Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)This may be as close as a sitting U.S. senator comes to publicly calling the director of national intelligence a liar.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a Senate Intelligence Committee member and sharp critic of government domestic surveillance programs, warned DNI James Clapper on Tuesday that he must give "straight answers” to lawmakers about the extent of spying on Americans. Wyden also made it plain that
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WASHINGTON — For years, intelligence officials have tried to debunk what they called a popular myth about the National Security Agency: that its electronic net routinely sweeps up information about millions of Americans. In speeches and Congressional testimony, they have suggested that the agency’s immense power is focused exclusively on terrorists and other foreign targets, and that it does not invade Americans’ privacy.
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of Americans. In speeches and Congressional testimony, they have suggested that the agency’s immense power is focused exclusively on terrorists and other foreign targets, and that it does not invade Americans’ privacy. 
