Re:Today I Briefed Congress on the NSA
by Nelson69 on Thursday January 16, 2014 @06:24PM
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Actually, they absolutely should have access. Their staffs? Probably some of their staffers too.
We're talking about people we trust to spend trillions of our dollars, decide if we fight a war, and make decisions that affect the entire country and world. It's some kind of Tom Clancy dream to think that their should legitimately be a higher level of clearance than elected congress and senate.
Oversight without congress? What do you mean, just some executive appointees? Maybe a private contractor bound to secrecy? Can they just be fired if the oversight is not liked?
We're talking about people we trust to spend trillions of our dollars, decide if we fight a war, and make decisions that affect the entire country and world. It's some kind of Tom Clancy dream to think that their should legitimately be a higher level of clearance than elected congress and senate.
Oversight without congress? What do you mean, just some executive appointees? Maybe a private contractor bound to secrecy? Can they just be fired if the oversight is not liked?