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 paul told cnn's wolf blitzer that clapper should pay. >> i think in order to restore confidence in our intelligence community, i think james clapper should resign. >> the growing calls for the director of national intelligence to resign come as the white house begins pushing back on some of the recommendations to reform, on independent panel reviewing the