Fire Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, six...

Fire Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, six members of the House told President Barack Obama in a letter Monday. Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., led among the letter’s signatories -- all Republicans except Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla. -- and released it (http://1.usa.gov/1i4SfkL). “The continued role of James Clapper as Director of National Intelligence is incompatible with the goal of restoring trust in our security programs and ensuring the highest level of transparency,” the members wrote. Clapper is guilty of “lying to Congress, under oath, about the existence of bulk data collection,” the members said. They called Internet freedom indispensable and mentioned with concern details of the U.S. government’s phone and Internet surveillance. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has denied this charge of lying, with General Counsel Robert Litt stating in early January that Clapper had no intention to lie or misrepresent the government surveillance programs (CD Jan 7 p8).