Stop the Lies - "Clapper lied to Congress"

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4. Clapper also explains their definition of "collect."

"Collect" would mean store the entire message, not just metadata.

He said they collected some phone calls unwittingly; they gather all the metadata, but do not collect the phone calls.

It's jargon. And he did the right thing by using his terms and defining them.

He "lied" only if you think he used the words with the usual sense. If he didn't use the words in the common, everyday meaning then he didn't lie but has been widely misunderstood.

However, to claim he lied you have to have proof that he used the word in a way other than according to his defintion. Again: He said they gathered metadata, but only collected--stored the content of--phone calls "unwittingly."

If you like Snowden, one of his slides says the same thing. And others have said that any phone calls so collected could be accessed but only by court order. It's consistent.