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MNBrewer

(8,462 posts)
Wed Jun 12, 2013, 05:58 PM Jun 2013

How 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 isn’t as straightforward as it appears to be. As a practical matter, however, it’s the wrong question to be asking about Clapper’s 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
. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #1
Ask yourselves if we would get away with perjury LittleBlue Jun 2013 #2
They all get away with whatever they want to get away with. There is no accountability. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #3
Of course Crapper will get away with it. Obama has already Autumn Jun 2013 #4
If I'm ever called by Congressional subpoena MNBrewer Jun 2013 #5
 

LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)
2. Ask yourselves if we would get away with perjury
Wed Jun 12, 2013, 06:04 PM
Jun 2013

The 1% always get their way, the laws only exist for the 99%.

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
4. Of course Crapper will get away with it. Obama has already
Wed Jun 12, 2013, 06:16 PM
Jun 2013

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
Wed Jun 12, 2013, 06:19 PM
Jun 2013

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).

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