He should have added *But if it happens, it happens*.
Carefully chosen weasel words and note, he used the word "is" and not was.
Interesting the choice of "is".
Do we need to refer to Bill for the proper definition of “is”?
The weasel word here will be the one used by Kirk, spy. To spy can be very narrowly defined to permit Holder to say there was/is no spying. Yet surveillance, observation, listening will occur and will.do so behind the “that’s not spying” facade.