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Clapper wasn't asked a vague question and he didn't answer ambiguously. There is no room for "how incredibly different human perceptions can be". Clapper was asked a direct question in sworn testimony before Congress and brazenly lied. Repeatedly.

That Clapper faced no real consequences for his perjury and his part in violating the Constitution and the rights and privacy of all Americans simply shows how little power Congress and the American people have over the villains and criminals in the intelligence services.



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