The reports that the U.S. is spying on millions of European citizens are "completely false."<br/> <br />That's what N.S.A. Director General Keith Alexander told the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday.<br/> <br />Alexander said the reporters in France, Spain and Italy breaking these stories simply do not understand the data collected by the N.S.A.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) NSA DIRECTOR GENERAL KEITH ALEXANDER, SAYING:<br/> <br />"They cite as evidence screenshots of the results of a web tool used for data management purposes but both they and the person who stole the classified data did not understand what they were looking at."<br/> <br />Alexander appeared alongside Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who also defended the practices.<br/> <br />The hearing came just hours after European Parliament members met with Alexander to address the issue.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) CLAUDE MORAES, BRITISH MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, HEAD OF THE CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMITTEE DELEGATION SENT TO WAS
