Edward Snowden asks an embarrassing question: Why hasn’t the Director of National Intelligence been punished for lying to Congress? After all, for the relatively trivial offense of lying to Congress about steroid use, Barry Bonds was convicted of a felony. Meanwhile, Clapper continues in his position as DNI and has not been punished in any way.
It turns out it was all just an honest mistake. At least according to the ODNI General Council Robert Litt. You see, even though Clapper’s office had received an advanced copy of Sen. Wyden’s question, Clapper somehow neglected to look at it and then got confused at Wyden’s complicated question. But here, see for yourself.
Does the question seem complicated? Does Clapper look confused? Does his body language tell you anything about the veracity of his statement? All good questions but not as good as Snowden’s. Why hasn’t Clapper been punished?