Analysis: How Intelligence Officials Used Word Games to Mislead Congress About NSA Surveillance
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Summary
The article examines how U.S. intelligence officials, particularly Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, used deceptive language and word games to mislead Congress about the NSA's surveillance programs. It focuses on Clapper's misleading testimony to Senator Ron Wyden about whether the NSA collects data on millions of Americans, and how officials later defended their statements by claiming they gave the 'least untruthful' answer possible. The piece analyzes the deliberate obfuscation in government testimony regarding mass surveillance programs.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledDoes the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?
Well, you have to start someplace.
I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful, manner by saying 'no.'
The NSA's Word Games Explained: How the Government Deceived Congress in the Debate over Surveillance Powers
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