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Curated research library of TV news clips regarding the NSA, its oversight and privacy issues, 2009-2014

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Primary curation & research: Robin Chin, Internet Archive TV News Researcher; using Internet Archive TV News service.

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James Clapper
Director of National Intelligence
CSPAN2 10/29/2013
Clapper: But what we do not do, is spy unlawfully on Americans or for that matter spy indiscriminately on the citizens of any country. We only spy for valid foreign intelligence purposes as authorized by law with multiple layers of oversight to ensure we don't abuse our authorities.
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James Clapper
Director of National Intelligence
CSPAN2 10/29/2013
Clapper: (we do understand) the concerns on the part of the public. I’m a Vietnam veteran and I remember the congressional investigations of the 1970s later disclosed, and I was in the intelligence community then, that some intelligence programs were carried out for domestic political purposes without proper legal authorization or oversight. But having lived through that, as a part of the intelligence community I can now assure the American people that the intelligence community today is not like that. We operate within a robust framework of strict rules and rigorous oversight involving all three branches of the government.
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Anderson Cooper
Host of CNN Anderson Cooper 360
CNNW 01/23/2014
Cooper: We've taken public servants on their word before only to find out they weren't telling the truth or were exaggerating. Listen to this exchange from senator Ron Wyden and director of national intelligence James Clapper. Wyden: What i wanted to see is if you could give me a yes-or-no answer to the question does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans? Clapper: no, sir. Wyden: It does not? Clapper: not wittingly. There are cases where they could Cooper: Again, when the facts finally came to light, we learned that statement by director Clapper was not true. It was false.
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James Clapper
Director of National Intelligence
CSPAN 01/29/2014
Wyden: Declassified court documents show that in 2011 the NSA sought and obtained the authority to go through communications collected with respect to section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act and conduct warrantless searches for the communications of specific Americans. Can you tell us today whether any searches have ever been conducted? Clapper: Senator Wyden, I think at a threat hearing, this would – I would prefer not to discuss this and have this as a separate subject because there are very complex legal issues here that I just don't think is the appropriate time to discuss them. Wyden: When would that time be? I tried with written questions, Director Clapper, a year ago
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James Clapper
Director of National Intelligence
CSPAN 01/29/2014
Wyden: to get answered. We were stonewalled on that in this committee can't do oversight if we can't get direct answers. When will you give the American people and unclassified answer to that question that relates directly to the privacy? Clapper: As soon as we can. Soon, I can Wyden: What would be wrong with 30 days? Clapper: That's fine.
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James Clapper
Director of National Intelligence
CSPAN 01/29/2014
Clapper: I am speaking about the most massive and damaging theft of our intelligence information in our history by Edward Snowden and the ensuing avalanche of revelations published and broadcast around the world. I won’t dwell on the debate about Snowden’s motives or legal standing or on the supreme ironies associated with his choice of freedom loving nations and beacons of free expression from which to rail about what an Orwellian state he thinks this country has become.
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James Clapper
Director of National Intelligence
CSPAN 01/29/2014
Clapper: As a consequence the nation is less safe and it’s people less secure. What Snowden has stolen and exposed has gone way beyond his professed concerns with so- called domestic surveillance programs. As a result we’ve lost critical foreign intelligence collection sources including some shared with us by valued partners. Terrorists and other adversaries of this country are going to school on U.S. intelligence sources, methods and tradecraft and the insights that they are gaining are making our job much much harder. This includes putting the lives of members or assets of the intelligence community at risk as well as our armed forces, diplomats, and our citizens. We are beginning to see changes in the communications behavior of adversaries which you alluded to particularly terrorists, a disturbing trend which I anticipate will continue.
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James Clapper
Director of National Intelligence
CSPAN 01/29/2014
Clapper: Snowden claims that he’s won and that his mission is accomplished. If that is so I call on him and his accomplices facilitate the return of the remaining stolen documents that have not yet been exposed to prevent even more damage to U.S. security.
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James Clapper
Director of National Intelligence
CSPAN 01/29/2014
Clapper: the major take away for us, certainly for me, from the past several months is we must lean in the direction of transparency wherever and whenever we can. With greater transparency about these programs, the American people may be more likely to accept them. The President set the tone and direction for us in his speech as well as in his landmark presidential policy directive. A major hallmark of which is transparency. I have specific tasking In conjunction with the Attorney General to conduct further declassification to develop additional protections under section 702 of the FISA Act to modify how we conduct bulk collection of telephone metadata under section 215 of the Patriot Act and to ensure more oversight of sensitive collection activities. We will need your support in making these changes. Through all of this, we must and will sustain our professional tradecraft and integrity. We must continue to protect our crown jewel sources and methods…
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James Clapper
Director of National Intelligence
CSPAN 01/29/2014
Mikulski: We need to determine the constitutionality. Would you, cause if it's not constitutional, that’s it. What, General Clapper, would you consulting with the department of justice, the white house, ask for an expedited review by the Supreme Court of the United States to determine the constitutionality of these programs so that we don't continually shop for a legal opinion that we want, either one side or the other. Clapper: I’ll discuss this with the Attorney General. i am not up with the protocol for seeking a reading by the supreme court.
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