James R. Clapper
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James R. Clapper
James Robert Clapper, Jr. is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and is currently the Director of National Intelligence. He served as director of the Defense Intelligence Agencyfrom 1992 until 1995. He was the first Director of Defense Intelligence within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and simultaneously the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Clapper has held several key positions within the United States Intelligence Community. He served as the director of the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth14 March 1941
CountryUnited States of America
In the end, we will never, ever be able to guarantee that there will not be an Edward Snowden or another Chelsea Manning because this is a large enterprise composed of human beings with all their idiosyncrasies.
What I said was, the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens' e-mails. I stand by that.
Some of you expressed surprise that I showed up-so many emails to read!