The announcement comes as Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, has faced a drum beat of questions over the foundation's donors, including their access to her when she served as secretary of State.
When Andrea Mitchell, of NBC, asked him about his response after the leaks, Clapper said that he'd thought it was a " 'When are you going to start — stop beating your wife' kind of question" — that is, somehow cheap.
"I thought, though in retrospect, I was asked 'when are you going to start stop beating your wife' kind of question, which is, meaning not answerable necessarily, by a simple yes or no.
When Andrea Mitchell, of NBC, asked him about his response after the leaks, Clapper said that he'd thought it was a " 'When are you going to start stop beating your wife' kind of question"—that is, somehow cheap.
And anyway, he told Andrea Mitchell, it was sort of Wyden's fault: the Senator was being "too cute by half" and had asked a " 'when are you going to start — stop beating your wife?' kind of question".
Clapper's letter does not acknowledge that he had earlier told Andrea Mitchell of NBC News that he provided Wyden with the "least most untruthful" answer he could publicly offer, likening the question "in retrospect" to a "stop beating your wife kind of question".
"I thought, though in retrospect, I was asked -- 'When are you going to start -- stop beating your wife' kind of question, which is meaning not -- answerable necessarily by a simple yes or no," Clapper said in the interview, which aired Sunday.
That means that plenty of women could beat her… QUESTION FROM GUEST: How often were you traveling to South Africa?
Forget the beat, beat, beat of the tom-tom.
