Is there anything they won't lie about?

I'll let this speak for itself:

Attempting to convince Congress to make permanent updates to a US surveillance law, the nation's top intelligence official said the government's expanded spy powers contributed to German terror arrests this month. But some doubt whether the investigation hinged on the newly approved warrantless wiretapping authority.

Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell credited updates to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which were approved by Congress in August, with allowing the United States to obtain information that led to the arrests of three Islamic militants suspected of planning attacks in Germany.

A government official who was briefed on the arrests cast doubt on McConnell's assessment. The official, who requested anonymity to discuss classified information, told the New York Times that information leading to the arrests was collected last year, before the law was updated.