The NSA does not wittingly collect any type of data on millions of Americans (Clapper, 2013)
Unproven Contradicted by record What these labels mean →The content of DNI Clapper's 12 Mar 2013 answer to Senator Wyden. In a 21 Jun 2013 letter to Chair Feinstein, Clapper called the answer 'clearly erroneous': the NSA was collecting Americans' telephone metadata in bulk.
Evidence
| Relation | Record | Note |
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| contradicts | nbcnews.com | NBC News, Jul 2013: Clapper letter to Feinstein (dated 21 Jun 2013) calls his answer 'clearly erroneous' (metadata, not content) |
Ties
| To | Role | Years | Verdict | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSA mass surveillance (2013) | denial contradicted by the 2013 disclosures and the DNI's own correction | 2013 | Unproven |
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| From | Role | Years | Verdict | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapper told the Senate Intelligence Committee the NSA does not wittingly collect any type of data on millions of Americans (12 Mar 2013) | the content of the statement | 2013 | Structural |
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Claim
The content of DNI Clapper's 12 Mar 2013 answer to Senator Wyden. In a 21 Jun 2013 letter to Chair Feinstein, Clapper called the answer 'clearly erroneous': the NSA was collecting Americans' telephone metadata in bulk.
Original claim: The NSA does not wittingly collect any type of data on millions, or hundreds of millions, of Americans. This is what DNI Clapper told the Senate on 12 Mar 2013: Clapper told the Senate Intelligence Committee the NSA does not wittingly collect any type of data on millions of Americans (12 Mar 2013).
Clapper himself later wrote that the answer was "clearly erroneous." He said he had been thinking of content collection, not the bulk telephone-metadata collection Wyden was asking about.