Here's Why Snowden Plea Negotiations Are Going Nowhere

[grasswire]

21. that is not true

1. Wyden submitted the question in advance.

2. Wyden has stated that he would not have asked the question if Clapper's staff had asked him not to do so.

3. Clapper refused to correct the record when given the opportunity to do so., and finally was forced to do so after the Snowden revelations.

4. Clapper declined to answer other questions in the hearing.


"It’s very hard to misinterpret the question," Wyden said. "But let’s give somebody some slack if you want to. I don’t find that credible, but let’s say somebody does. What’s more troubling is after the hearing was over, they made a conscious and deliberate decision not to correct the record."

"They chose to make these statements in public that weren’t accurate," Wyden added. "They could have declined to answer the question in an open hearing. They have declined to answer questions in an open hearing before. At that hearing, he declined to answer other questions."