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** FILE ** In this Dec. 20, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama laughs as he is asked a question during an end-of-the year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

KNIGHT: Lies, lies and more presidential lies

By Robert Knight

FILE - In this Oct. 29,2013 file photo, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration will continue the National Security Agency's surveillance programs and cyber command operations under the direction of a single military commander, the first move in advance of what published reports described Friday as limited changes proposed by a task force that deliberated for months in secrecy. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Secret court approves three more months of NSA phone snooping

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

KEENE: James Clapper should resign for lying to Congress

By David Keene - The Washington Times

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., Wisconsin Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Patriot Act author on James Clapper: Fire, prosecute him

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper (left), accompanied by Army Gen. Keith B. Alexander, National Security Agency director, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. U.S. intelligence officials say the government shutdown is seriously damaging the intelligence community's ability to guard against threats. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Shutdown furloughs 70 percent of U.S. intelligence workers

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat (Associated Press)

Congress takes action against NSA phone snooping; security argument fails

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Probe deeper into NSA leaks

Clapper expects curbs, or outright ban, on snooping

The Washington Times

**FILE** James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, listens March 12, 2013, to testimony at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, where he testified about worldwide threats. (Associated Press)

Congress will rein in NSA’s domestic snooping, predicts top U.S. intel official

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner "is using a procedural trick called 'deem and pass' to pass a continuing resolution defunding Obamacare in the House," says Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: 4,383 days after 9/11

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

** FILE ** National Intelligence Director James Clapper testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 18, 2013. Clapper is apologizing for telling Congress earlier this year that the National Security Agency does not collect data on millions of Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

McClatchy asks whether U.S. spied on its reporter and his sources in Afghanistan

Associated Press

**FILE** James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, listens March 12, 2013, to testimony at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, where he testified about worldwide threats. (Associated Press)

Eric Holder prodded by ethics group to probe Clapper claims

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** National Intelligence Director James Clapper testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 18, 2013. Clapper is apologizing for telling Congress earlier this year that the National Security Agency does not collect data on millions of Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Heck no, Clapper won’t go: DNI refuses to quit over misleading Congress on NSA spying

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

** FILE ** National Intelligence Director James Clapper testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 18, 2013. Clapper is apologizing for telling Congress earlier this year that the National Security Agency does not collect data on millions of Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Clapper apologizes for ‘erroneous’ answer on NSA

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

**FILE** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

Sen. Rand Paul on NSA surveillance: ‘I’m not sure when I’m being lied to’ now

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

**FILE** James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, listens March 12, 2013, to testimony at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, where he testified about worldwide threats. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Fearless Fosdick at work

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

**FILE** James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, listens March 12, 2013, to testimony at the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, where he testified about worldwide threats. (Associated Press)

Officials say Americans protected by Prism surveillance program

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper said over the past week "we have seen reckless disclosures of intelligence community measures used to keep Americans safe."

Inside the Beltway: Clapper on the record

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times