DNI James Clapper discusses the daily brief with President Barack Obama as National Security Advisor Tom Donilon follows the discussion. (White House Photo/Peter Souza)
Obama Admits Intelligence Chief Fault Over False Senate Testimony -- The Guardan
President continues to defend James Clapper in the face of calls for his resignation after 'untruthful' statement about bulk collection
President Barack Obama has said his director of national intelligence, James Clapper, ought to have been “more careful” in Senate testimony about surveillance that Clapper later acknowledged was untruthful following disclosures by Edward Snowden.
But Obama signaled continued confidence in Clapper in the face of calls for the director to resign from members of Congress who warn of the dangerous precedent set by allowing an intelligence chief to lie to legislative bodies tasked with overseeing the powerful spy agencies.
“Jim Clapper himself would acknowledge, and has acknowledged, that he should have been more careful about how he responded,” Obama told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview that aired on Friday.
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My Comment: Trying to defend the indefensible.
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