The opposite of journalism: CNN is encouraging government officials to lie
by Washington Examiner
| August 26, 2019 12:00 AM
In March 2013, U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper lied under oath before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked Clapper, “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions, or hundreds of millions of Americans?†Clapper responded with a flat denial.
“No, sir. … Not wittingly. There are cases where it could, inadvertently perhaps. But not wittingly.â€
This was a blatant lie, told knowingly and willingly, in public and under oath. Just months later, Edward Snowden's leaks proved it. Clapper had been exposed, and he could have been prosecuted, if not for the chummy Washington culture in which the powerful protect one another. Yet, this posed no problem for him after his career in government ended. CNN hired Clapper as a commentator in 2017. As Jonathan Turley pointed out, this was before the five-year statute of limitations had even run out on his perjury.
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