White House insists James Clapper will not lead NSA surveillance review

Officials stress director of national intelligence will have limited role after Obama seemed to imply Clapper would head panel The White House has moved to dampen controversy over the role of the director of national intelligence James Clapper in a panel reviewing NSA surveillance, insisting that he would neither lead it nor choose the members. Statements by Barack Obama and Clapper on Monday night were widely interpreted as the director of national intelligence being placed in charge of the inq...