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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow James Clapper will get away with perjury
http://www.salon.com/2013/06/12/how_james_clapper_will_get_away_with_perjury/Did National Director of Intelligence James Clapper commit perjury when he testified before the Senate in March? The answer to this question isnt as straightforward as it appears to be. As a practical matter, however, its the wrong question to be asking about Clappers behavior.
Clapper was asked by Sen. Ron Wyden, Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans? Clapper responded, No, sir not wittingly.
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How James Clapper will get away with perjury (Original Post)
MNBrewer
Jun 2013
OP
They all get away with whatever they want to get away with. There is no accountability.
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#3
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)1. .
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LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)2. Ask yourselves if we would get away with perjury
The 1% always get their way, the laws only exist for the 99%.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)3. They all get away with whatever they want to get away with. There is no accountability.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)4. Of course Crapper will get away with it. Obama has already
defended him. Now if you or I commit perjury, we're fucked.
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)5. If I'm ever called by Congressional subpoena
I'll take the 5th even if I'm asked to state my name. Because I'm a nobody, I have no powerful friends, I'm not useful to anyone with influence (except every 2-4 years as a source of $ and 1 vote).