President Obama’s spokesman defended the intelligence official who told Congress that the government does not collect data on the American people, a comment that has proven irritating to lawmakers given the revelation that the National Security Agency (NSA) collects phone records.
“[Obama] certainly believes that Director Clapper has been straight and direct in the answers he’s given,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters today.
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