Mueller misleads the public in the senate, responds differently in secret hearing to congress

[Monkie]

Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York accuses Mueller of giving a misleading answer to a question about whether agents need to seek further permission before examining individual calls.

Mueller said that agents need to do so. But Nadler says that answer conflicts with an answer given in a private hearing to Congress on Tuesday.

from todays guardian live blog http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/13/fbi-director-mueller-senate-nsa-live

more lies!

[dgibby]

1. Love it!

Good for Nadler-hope he keeps calling out these liars.

[limpyhobbler]

2. oh my. What else are they hiding....

[xiamiam]

3. so much for the congressional oversight committee monitoring them

good for Nadler. Now we've got 2 liars on record...Clapper and Mueller

[Catherina]

4. So many people lying and no central script, no time to properly coordinate

Thank you Edward Snowden!

"Only when there is probable cause given by a federal judge can they go into the content of phone calls and emails," Nelson tells Spencer. But he sidesteps a question about whether analysts need individual court orders to query the database for metadata, saying he's said all he can say.

http://www.c-span.org/Events/House-Senate-Intel-Cmtes-Receive-NSA-Briefings/10737440047-1/

[cherokeeprogressive]

5. Nadler's a right wing shill.

Everyone knows that.

[Autumn]

14. Yeah, he breast feeds pit bulls and has boxes in his garage

lots and lots of boxes.

[A Simple Game]

6. I think it's time we ask if they ever

took steroids, then maybe we can at least threaten them with some jail time for lying.

[roamer65]

7. Mueller is a Bu$h appointee.

Definitely time for a change at the FBI.

[theplanfor2016]

8. It's sad we have to read a newspaper from the UK..

to get important news about our own country. Thanks for the link.

[Monkie]

10. to give the US some kudos, these are mainly US journalists reporting on the issue

the guardian has had a US (online) edition for some years now, there is quite a bit of crossover between the UK and US editions online.

[theplanfor2016]

11. Thank you for the clarification.

It's always important to give credit where credit is due.

[Warren DeMontague]

9. Is someone going to ask them why the Patriot Act has been used primarily to go after drug users?

I won't hold my breath.

http://aclu-wa.org/blog/mission-creep-patriot-act-and-war-drugs

[reusrename]

12. Doesn't this mean that Snowden was being factual about this?

[Autumn]

13. These people can't be trusted.

our government is trashed and broken. One answer is public, a different in private. Was he under oath? Not that it matters for people like him.

[Savannahmann]

15. I've been asked by an apologist who is unable to post today due to conflicting schedule issues.

So I'll go ahead and post what I think he would say.

Mueller said. "Look, we're not spying on the American Citizens. But Mr. Harold G. Thustars of Omaha Nebraska should call home immediately, apparently the cat got into the dishwasher, and it's a real mess in the kitchen."

[Monkie]

16. and now the same apologists are forgetting this was posted HERE FIRST

doh