National Intelligence Director James Clapper apologized for false statements he made to Congress earlier this year when asked about National Security Agency data collection programs. Clapper, in a letter to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, said his answer to the question of whether the NSA gathered "any type of data at
Intelligence Chief James Clapper Admits His Testimony On NSA Was ‘Erroneous’
Clapper said his “no” answer to the question of whether the NSA gathered “any type of data at all on … millions of Americans,” was “clearly erroneous.”