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In reply to the discussion: LOL, Tell me again how SNOWDEN did not make any difference...... [View all]Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)President Obama said that there was no spying on Americans going on. That claim went over like the proverbial lead balloon.
At the time, I suggested that this might be true using particular definitions of the word spying.
There are m any lies. Some are the least untruthful lie that is possible, as in what James Clapper told the Senate when Senator Wyden went off script and asked an actual question.
There are lies of omission, lies which are technically true if you go by whatever definition of the word they think they are using.
An example I gave was Delta Force. For years after Chuck Norris made his infamous movies, the Army continued to deny that Delta Force existed. Later they explained that they told the technical truth. The group which was called Delta Force in the movies, was officially known as Special Operations Detachment Delta. You see, it was absolutely true that no group existed known as Delta Force.
So before you jump to asinine conclusions that any of us who question the President's statements are daring to call him a liar, know that we are far more acquainted with the nuances of this, and many other stories, than you appear to be.