WASHINGTON (AP) — James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, denied Thursday that he lied to Congress about government surveillance last year, and he rolled out a new national intelligence strategy that includes principles of ethics for intelligence officers. "With all due respect for Director Clapper's feelings, the rights of the American people and constitutional oversight of our intelligence programs are more important," Wyden spokesman Keith Chu said by email Thursday. In a question and answer session afterward, Clapper said the disruption of a plot to behead people by supporters of the Islamic State group in Australia underscored the threat posed by homegrown sympathizers of the group, which he said is adept at motivating and recruiting followers. [...] Clapper became the first U.S.