21-06-2013, 09:31 AM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is openly accusing the nation's chief intelligence officer of lying to lawmakers in statements earlier this year. James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, told a Senate hearing in March that the National Security Agency does not "wittingly" amass the personal data of millions of Americans. Speaking to CNN, Paul said Clapper lied outright.Sen. Rand Paul: "What I'm saying is that the director of national intelligence, in March, did directly lie to Congress, which is against the law. He said that they were not collecting any data on American citizens, and it turns out they're collecting billions of data on phone calls every day. So it was a lie. What I'm saying is that by lying to Congress, which is against the law, he severely damaged the credibility of the entire intelligence committee community."After the recent NSA revelations emerged, Clapper said his answer was the "least untruthful" response he could provide at the time.
"Least untruthful". Hhmm.
Judge: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Clapper: I almost do, your Honour.
Judge: That's almost good enough for me. But not quite. Will you tell the whole truth?
Clapper: Let me reply this way your Honour. I'll endeavour to answer in the least untruthful way.
Judge: Oh, okay.
Anyway, I have a question. If he lied to Congress and this is a criminal offence, are we going to see him being arrested and charged? I mean it is an offence, openly admitted.
Nah.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14