A double standard exists when it comes to violating federal laws on classified intelligence, according to a leading Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

“I particularly focus on when members of the intelligence community go out in public and say stuff that is palpably untrue,” Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden told the Washington Examiner on Thursday. “For example … you can see it on YouTube, the former head of the [National Security Agency], Gen. Keith Alexander, said we don’t hold data on U.S. citizens.