“When the final accounting is done, 2014 will have been the most lethal year for global terrorism in the 45 years [since] such data has been compiled,” intoned National Intelligence Director James Clapper, speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week. Of course, the director may have been lying, something Big Jim does on…
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Emily Bazelon, treading lightly
Over at Slate, Emily Bazelon, speaking of le affaire Snowden, minces a few mots while remarking that “Snowden’s revelations seem to catch Director of National Intelligence James Clapper in misleading testimony.” Here’s the testimony that, to Bazelon, “seems” to be “misleading.” “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds…