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Lawmakers Pretty Upset the CIA Spied on Them
Mar 13, 2014 16:04:03   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
It isn't easy to find bipartisanship these days in Washington, but new revelations that the CIA has spied on members of Congress has outraged lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

California Senator and Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Dianne Feinstein took to the Senate floor last night to rip the intelligence agency for tapping into Congressional computers.

“The C.I.A. just went and searched the committee’s computers,” Senator Dianne Feinstein said on Tuesday, in a speech on the Senate floor. She accused the Agency of sabotaging the oversight efforts of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which she chairs, and thus the separation of powers; engaging in “a potential effort to intimidate this staff,” by accusing them of “hacking”; breaking its word; and maybe breaking the law. “Besides the constitutional implications, the C.I.A. search may also have violated the Fourth Amendment, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, as well as Executive Order 12333, which prohibits the C.I.A. from conducting domestic searches or surveillance,” she said. The C.I.A. spied on the Senate, and the senator is angry.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa told Breitbart's Kerry Picket that he shares Feinstein's outrage and went so far as to call the CIA spying "treason."

“I think Senator Feinstein is as outraged as anyone and I share her outrage. I think the violation of the Constitutional separation of powers should be an offense of the highest level—virtually treason,” Issa told Breitbart News on Tuesday.

“Spying on the executive branch—spying on Congress or violating the separation of powers as to the Supreme Court or as to Congress is effectively treason. Treason—it’s written up in the Constitution,” Issa said of Feinstein’s revelations, adding, “I don’t know who gave the orders, but to spy on other branches is in fact a constitutional violation at the level of high crimes and misdemeanors and certainly should cause the removal of anyone involved.”


Is the CIA spying on Congress outrageous? Maybe. It's too bad Feinstein isn't as outraged when it comes to the NSA spying on Americans. When Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA is collecting phone records and information belonging to millions of Americans, Feinstein defended the agencies actions by saying, "It's called protecting America." Republican Senator Linsdsey Graham, who too shares Feinstein's outrage about CIA spying, also strongly defends NSA programs spying on Americans.

It seems lawmakers expect the government to trust them, why shouldn't the same trust be afforded to the American people as well?

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/03/13/lawmakers-pretty-upset-the-cia-spied-on-them-n1808422?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm

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Mar 13, 2014 16:15:37   #
Armageddun Loc: The show me state
 
bmac32 wrote:
It isn't easy to find bipartisanship these days in Washington, but new revelations that the CIA has spied on members of Congress has outraged lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

California Senator and Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Dianne Feinstein took to the Senate floor last night to rip the intelligence agency for tapping into Congressional computers.

“The C.I.A. just went and searched the committee’s computers,” Senator Dianne Feinstein said on Tuesday, in a speech on the Senate floor. She accused the Agency of sabotaging the oversight efforts of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which she chairs, and thus the separation of powers; engaging in “a potential effort to intimidate this staff,” by accusing them of “hacking”; breaking its word; and maybe breaking the law. “Besides the constitutional implications, the C.I.A. search may also have violated the Fourth Amendment, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, as well as Executive Order 12333, which prohibits the C.I.A. from conducting domestic searches or surveillance,” she said. The C.I.A. spied on the Senate, and the senator is angry.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa told Breitbart's Kerry Picket that he shares Feinstein's outrage and went so far as to call the CIA spying "treason."

“I think Senator Feinstein is as outraged as anyone and I share her outrage. I think the violation of the Constitutional separation of powers should be an offense of the highest level—virtually treason,” Issa told Breitbart News on Tuesday.

“Spying on the executive branch—spying on Congress or violating the separation of powers as to the Supreme Court or as to Congress is effectively treason. Treason—it’s written up in the Constitution,” Issa said of Feinstein’s revelations, adding, “I don’t know who gave the orders, but to spy on other branches is in fact a constitutional violation at the level of high crimes and misdemeanors and certainly should cause the removal of anyone involved.”


Is the CIA spying on Congress outrageous? Maybe. It's too bad Feinstein isn't as outraged when it comes to the NSA spying on Americans. When Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA is collecting phone records and information belonging to millions of Americans, Feinstein defended the agencies actions by saying, "It's called protecting America." Republican Senator Linsdsey Graham, who too shares Feinstein's outrage about CIA spying, also strongly defends NSA programs spying on Americans.

It seems lawmakers expect the government to trust them, why shouldn't the same trust be afforded to the American people as well?

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/03/13/lawmakers-pretty-upset-the-cia-spied-on-them-n1808422?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm
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Mar 13, 2014 16:30:13   #
petertimber
 
Armageddun wrote:
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This all is the result of entrenched politicans walking the halls of congress for decades after decades reaping ill gotten gains like ghosts haunting the seat of government. Were there term limits there would be term stealing,corruption which would be easy to curb since they wouldn't have time to emulate the Senators of ancient Rome who turned over all their power over to an emperor and built up huge estates that became feudal states as the world slid into the dark ages which is where we are headed these days.

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Mar 13, 2014 18:31:41   #
The Dutchman
 
bmac32 wrote:


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Gotta love it!

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Mar 13, 2014 19:35:57   #
saveamerica Loc: Texas
 
bmac32 wrote:
It isn't easy to find bipartisanship these days in Washington, but new revelations that the CIA has spied on members of Congress has outraged lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

California Senator and Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Dianne Feinstein took to the Senate floor last night to rip the intelligence agency for tapping into Congressional computers.

“The C.I.A. just went and searched the committee’s computers,” Senator Dianne Feinstein said on Tuesday, in a speech on the Senate floor. She accused the Agency of sabotaging the oversight efforts of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which she chairs, and thus the separation of powers; engaging in “a potential effort to intimidate this staff,” by accusing them of “hacking”; breaking its word; and maybe breaking the law. “Besides the constitutional implications, the C.I.A. search may also have violated the Fourth Amendment, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, as well as Executive Order 12333, which prohibits the C.I.A. from conducting domestic searches or surveillance,” she said. The C.I.A. spied on the Senate, and the senator is angry.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa told Breitbart's Kerry Picket that he shares Feinstein's outrage and went so far as to call the CIA spying "treason."

“I think Senator Feinstein is as outraged as anyone and I share her outrage. I think the violation of the Constitutional separation of powers should be an offense of the highest level—virtually treason,” Issa told Breitbart News on Tuesday.

“Spying on the executive branch—spying on Congress or violating the separation of powers as to the Supreme Court or as to Congress is effectively treason. Treason—it’s written up in the Constitution,” Issa said of Feinstein’s revelations, adding, “I don’t know who gave the orders, but to spy on other branches is in fact a constitutional violation at the level of high crimes and misdemeanors and certainly should cause the removal of anyone involved.”


Is the CIA spying on Congress outrageous? Maybe. It's too bad Feinstein isn't as outraged when it comes to the NSA spying on Americans. When Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA is collecting phone records and information belonging to millions of Americans, Feinstein defended the agencies actions by saying, "It's called protecting America." Republican Senator Linsdsey Graham, who too shares Feinstein's outrage about CIA spying, also strongly defends NSA programs spying on Americans.

It seems lawmakers expect the government to trust them, why shouldn't the same trust be afforded to the American people as well?

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/03/13/lawmakers-pretty-upset-the-cia-spied-on-them-n1808422?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm
It isn't easy to find bipartisanship these days in... (show quote)




Our politicians shouldn't be Mad, they have just joined rest of Americans. So tell me, how does it feel???

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Mar 13, 2014 23:08:58   #
lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas
 
bmac32 wrote:
It isn't easy to find bipartisanship these days in Washington, but new revelations that the CIA has spied on members of Congress has outraged lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

California Senator and Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Dianne Feinstein took to the Senate floor last night to rip the intelligence agency for tapping into Congressional computers.

“The C.I.A. just went and searched the committee’s computers,” Senator Dianne Feinstein said on Tuesday, in a speech on the Senate floor. She accused the Agency of sabotaging the oversight efforts of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which she chairs, and thus the separation of powers; engaging in “a potential effort to intimidate this staff,” by accusing them of “hacking”; breaking its word; and maybe breaking the law. “Besides the constitutional implications, the C.I.A. search may also have violated the Fourth Amendment, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, as well as Executive Order 12333, which prohibits the C.I.A. from conducting domestic searches or surveillance,” she said. The C.I.A. spied on the Senate, and the senator is angry.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa told Breitbart's Kerry Picket that he shares Feinstein's outrage and went so far as to call the CIA spying "treason."

“I think Senator Feinstein is as outraged as anyone and I share her outrage. I think the violation of the Constitutional separation of powers should be an offense of the highest level—virtually treason,” Issa told Breitbart News on Tuesday.

“Spying on the executive branch—spying on Congress or violating the separation of powers as to the Supreme Court or as to Congress is effectively treason. Treason—it’s written up in the Constitution,” Issa said of Feinstein’s revelations, adding, “I don’t know who gave the orders, but to spy on other branches is in fact a constitutional violation at the level of high crimes and misdemeanors and certainly should cause the removal of anyone involved.”


Is the CIA spying on Congress outrageous? Maybe. It's too bad Feinstein isn't as outraged when it comes to the NSA spying on Americans. When Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA is collecting phone records and information belonging to millions of Americans, Feinstein defended the agencies actions by saying, "It's called protecting America." Republican Senator Linsdsey Graham, who too shares Feinstein's outrage about CIA spying, also strongly defends NSA programs spying on Americans.

It seems lawmakers expect the government to trust them, why shouldn't the same trust be afforded to the American people as well?

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/03/13/lawmakers-pretty-upset-the-cia-spied-on-them-n1808422?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm
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The Senate committee responsible for spying oversight goes to "spy central" and gets spied on? Go figure.

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Mar 13, 2014 23:45:00   #
Armageddun Loc: The show me state
 
lpnmajor wrote:
The Senate committee responsible for spying oversight goes to "spy central" and gets spied on? Go figure.


That's what happens when you live in a country where the tail has started wagging the dog.

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Mar 14, 2014 00:01:03   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
That is basically what I asked both of my state Senators tonight. The republican will answer as he always goes but the democrat may or may not, am betting he won't.



saveamerica wrote:
Our politicians shouldn't be Mad, they have just joined rest of Americans. So tell me, how does it feel???

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Mar 14, 2014 06:24:41   #
lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas
 
Armageddun wrote:
That's what happens when you live in a country where the tail has started wagging the dog.


Yep.

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Mar 14, 2014 23:41:44   #
grace scott
 
[quote=bmac32]It isn't easy to find bipartisanship these days in Washington, but new revelations that the CIA has spied on members of Congress has outraged lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

California Senator and Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Dianne Feinstein took to the Senate floor last night to rip the intelligence agency for tapping into Congressional computers.

“The C.I.A. just went and searched the committee’s computers,” Senator Dianne Feinstein said on Tuesday, in a speech on the Senate floor. She accused the Agency of sabotaging the oversight efforts of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which she chairs, and thus the separation of powers; engaging in “a potential effort to intimidate this staff,” by accusing them of “hacking”; breaking its word; and maybe breaking the law. “Besides the constitutional implications, the C.I.A. search may also have violated the Fourth Amendment, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, as well as Executive Order 12333, which prohibits the C.I.A. from conducting domestic searches or surveillance,” she said. The C.I.A. spied on the Senate, and the senator is angry.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa told Breitbart's Kerry Picket that he shares Feinstein's outrage and went so far as to call the CIA spying "treason."

“I think Senator Feinstein is as outraged as anyone and I share her outrage. I think the violation of the Constitutional separation of powers should be an offense of the highest level—virtually treason,” Issa told Breitbart News on Tuesday.

“Spying on the executive branch—spying on Congress or violating the separation of powers as to the Supreme Court or as to Congress is effectively treason. Treason—it’s written up in the Constitution,” Issa said of Feinstein’s revelations, adding, “I don’t know who gave the orders, but to spy on other branches is in fact a constitutional violation at the level of high crimes and misdemeanors and certainly should cause the removal of anyone involved.”


Is the CIA spying on Congress outrageous? Maybe. It's too bad Feinstein isn't as outraged when it comes to the NSA spying on Americans. When Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA is collecting phone records and information belonging to millions of Americans, Feinstein defended the agencies actions by saying, "It's called protecting America." Republican Senator Linsdsey Graham, who too shares Feinstein's outrage about CIA spying, also strongly defends NSA programs spying on Americans.

It seems lawmakers expect the government to trust them, why shouldn't the same trust be afforded to the American people as well?

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/03/13/lawmakers-pretty-upset-the-cia-spied-on-them-n1808422?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm[/quo


Researching this should prove interesting.

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Mar 15, 2014 08:46:16   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
Researching this should prove interesting.[/quote]

Isn't it, both sides were ok with regular folks bring spied on but when it comes to them that seems to be a different story.

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