I would be interested in the details of what law enforcement/surveillance methods are actually useful for counterterrorism and which ones simply make things more convenient but aren't really needed. It sounds to me like one side says they're all desperately needed and the other side says that they're all useless. Somehow I don't think the answer is either one of those.

But this bill looks like a great first step, and Rep. Holt makes a lot of great points about the role of oversight, the need for overseen agencies to buy into oversight, and the need for IC whistleblower protections that don't force well-intentioned staff to have to dump things to the media to avoid being treated like Thomas Drake.