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What would I expect him to do? Either answer honestly, or not answer the question. Instead he lied, definitively, under oath. Are you really suggesting that his ONLY option was to lie to Congress?

"I cannot answer this question in an open session, for reasons of national security". Was that not an option?

Comey seemed to have no problem giving that answer. So it is definitely valid.

The problem with that answer is that it means yes in the context he was asked it.

If the answer was no, he could say no.

There are ways he can inform Congress after the fact. He did not. This whole “secret law” thing is illegitimate anyways.