On 04/07/2013, at 7:18 AM, "Jordan Hayes" <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
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>> How can anybody, anybody speaking English, that is, misunderstand
>> the words "any type of data AT ALL?"
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> To which Clapper says (I'll paraphrase, I'm sure you're busy): he got led down a path of questioning the culminated with Wyden's zinger, and he bobbled it. It makes enough sense to me, especially since he actively righted it on his own. That it has become a shitstorm when so much more interesting and important things are going on is testament to the farce that we've all become.
That explanation makes sense. (Oh what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive.) I'm unfamiliar with this issue though, you say he actively righted it on his own, how soon did he correct the public record?
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas