Feinstein: CIA searched Intelligence Committee computers

Re:Feinstein: CIA searched Intelligence Committee computers by a3n on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @10:17AM (#7379285)

> The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday sharply accused the CIA of violating federal law and undermining the constitutional principle of congressional oversight as she detailed publicly for the first time how the agency secretly removed documents from computers used by her panel to investigate a controversial interrogation program.

> Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that the situation amounted to an attempted intimidation of congressional investigators, adding: "I am not taking it lightly."

I guess the outrage, and constitutional protectiveness, depends on which citizens are being spied on.

You know, we mere citizens are supposed to have overall oversight on Congress and the government. Can't we get a little outrage love too?

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Re:Feinstein: CIA searched Intelligence Committee computers by phkn1 on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @10:31AM (#7379362)

Glad to see she has belatedly grown a sense of moral indignation about overreach by intelligence agencies. Once can only hope that this debacle will add credence to the idea that the US clandestine apparatus is in dire need of meaningful reform.

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Re:Feinstein: CIA searched Intelligence Committee computers by voidlogic on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @10:41AM (#7379423)

I understand where you are coming from. But looking at it pragmatically- Citizens will always have right/protection <= to that of Congress. Congress being outraged and defending its rights is at least a step in the right direction that has a realistic chance of leading to the protection of everyones rights.

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