He didn't take the Fifth. He just said he wouldn't reveal classified information. On the same show, James Clapper make it crystal clear a few minutes later that the President's accusations never happened. He said so flat out.
And he's a flat out proven liar.
James Clapper Lied to Congress About NSA Surveillance. He Should Be Fired.
Fire James Clapper
The Director of National Intelligence lied to Congress about NSA surveillance. What else will he lie about?
Back at an open congressional hearing on March 12, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
asked Clapper, “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?” Clapper replied, “No sir … not wittingly.” As we all now know, he was lying.
We also now know that Clapper
knew he was lying. In an
interview with NBC’s Andrea Mitchell that aired this past Sunday, Clapper was asked why he answered Wyden the way he did. He replied:
“I thought, though in retrospect, I was asked [a] ‘when are you going to … stop beating your wife’ kind of question, which is … not answerable necessarily by a simple yes or no. So I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful, manner by saying, ‘No.’ ”