[COBOL2Java]

And thus Clapper could tell Chuck Todd with a straight face that he was unaware of any such warrant. Because there wasn’t one.

I think he told F Chuck that he was unaware of a warrant for a wiretap. Nice and lawyerly, since there are many other ways of getting Intel besides via a wiretap.

[whinecountry]

Great point. And “wiretap” is an archaic term regardless. NSA has back-door access to all our communications; no “tapping” is required.