This is why the makeup of the committee is so important. The Chair controls the witness list and the order of questioning - and gets to ask a lot of questions.

This is why the makeup of the committee is so important. The Chair controls the witness list and the order of questioning - and gets to ask a lot of questions. So, since Mike Rogers supports the NSA, there aren't any civil liberties witnesses; and 75 minutes into a 2 hour hearing we still haven't heard any skeptical questions at all, or anything that deals with the excellent points being brought up by those watching on Twitter.