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Commission or this group is caving in to political correctness. the fact is there are no americans that have had their rights violated, no ones calls -- no american citizens calls are being listened to unless theyre in contact with terrorists. no ones name or address is on file. this is a phony issue and when i say someone like rand paul, a member of my party, somehow comparing snowden and general clapper, what is happening to our country when the united states senator compares a traitor with an...

For the world which clapper denied that any of this was taking place. today house republicans demanded an immediate investigation, a director of national intelligence james clapper for, quote, lying to congress. in march, when asked if -- >> the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? >> he respond -- >> no, sir. >> reporter: after edward snowden revealed mass surveyian clapper retracted the response, saying my response was clearly erroneous. rand pa...

Because clapper has damaged the credibility of the entire intelligence apparatus and im not sure what to believe anymore when they come to congress. >> hes a fellow republican. what do you say to him? >> that is absolutely disgraceful to compare general clapper with a traitor. the fact is general clapper was put in an impossible position because the senator who asked the question had already gotten the information in a classified setting. he knew general clapper could not give the full answer...

Update. well stay in close contact. dozens of recommendations for sweeping changes to the nsa, but how many if any will the obama administration heed? the uproar over the agencys most controversial surveillance program is heating up with some lawmakers calling for a high-level resignation. jim scuitto is joining us with the latest. jim? >> reporter: the white house says its open to all 46 of these recommendation, but we have an early sense of the ones they are going to accept and not accept. w...

Preventing attacks and the reality of that information can be gathered in other ways. >> inspector general joel brenner sharply disagrees. >> if these recommendations were accepted in bulk, we would be back to a pre-9/11 situation. >> reporter: now, the spokesman for the director of national intelligence gave us a statement in response to the renewed pressure on clapper. he said that james clapper has been it was for more than 20 years and a well-earned reputation as an honorable public servant ...

Dee and i, director of national intelligence clapper, had been testifying before members of congress for more than two decades and enjoys a well-earned reputationand honorable public . positively jiezed for the confusion caused by his response and is focused on working with the intelligence committees to increase transparency. a lot of republicans want him -- apparently theres a letter out there as you well know, including members of the house republicans who want clapper to resign. you totally ...