WASHINGTON—President Obama’s controversial former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said that he still thinks the government’s mass surveillance of the American people is a necessary measure to safeguard national security. Clapper was recorded lying to the U.S. Congress about such programs in the past.
Clapper said on Tuesday that he thinks the various U.S. intelligence agencies should be more invasive in their global mass surveillance efforts, which include spying on the communications of the American people.
