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It could have included one more fact: the director of National Intelligence, James R. Clapper, told NBC News that he had given Senator Ron Wyden the "least most untruthful" answer during a hearing.
Agliotti's testimony was problematic, however.He admitted to being a habitual liar, and it sometimes seemed this confession was the only credible statement he made.In his final judgment, Judge Joffe called Mr. Agliotti "one of the most untruthful and unreliable witnesses to testify in this court".
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".
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So I responded in what I thought was the most truthful or least untruthful manner, by saying, 'No.'" Mr. Clapper further explained his least-untruthiness by saying he thought Mr. Wyden was asking whether the N.S.A. was actually listening to phone conversations (which Mr. Wyden clearly was not).
"So I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful, manner by saying 'no'".
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