Unconstitutional Practices Quotes
The reason this quotation is famous is that Clapper answered “No, Sir”. 3 months later Edward Snowden disclosed the fact that the NSA was collecting some information from EVERY telephone call and e-mail made or sent in the United States. The colloquy became famous when the government tried to capture Snowden and try him for illegally revealing classified information when others saw him as a whistle blower who had told the truth and the guys who lied to Congress and the American people wanted to prosecute him.
He had won the previous election but the old ruler and dictator, Robert Mugabe, refused to relinquish power. After massive economic boycotts that hurt the nation badly, Tsvangirai and Mugabe agreed to a power sharing model where Tsvangirai would be the prime minister but Mugabe would be president with the military, police, and justice departments reporting directly to the President, so Tsvangirai ended up as no more than a figure head. He and his followers reasoned that at the next election Mugabe would be ousted. But Mugabe with the police and military did not allow Tsvangirai to campaign in the rural areas where Mugabe had most of his voting strength. And then on the day of the election, Mugabe’s henchmen disenfranchised over 1 million voters in the cities where Tsvangirai had his voting strength. So Tsvangirai could not improve in the country side and his vote count in the cities was much less than previously, so Mugabe claimed to have won the election.
