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"Going to NSA IG or the PSCI's in Congress are protected" Protected and utterly pointless. Congress already knew what was happening. The NSA's IG is not an u
by betterunix 13y ago
"Going to NSA IG or the PSCI's in Congress are protected"
Protected and utterly pointless. Congress already knew what was happening. The NSA's IG is not an unbiased observer.
Unfortunately, the official channels are broken here. You have members of Congress talking about how these revelations are just the tip of the iceberg. That means that they know more, that they know details that will shock people, and that they are doing nothing about it. What good would it do to go to them with this information?
- rdl 13y agoNot everyone in Congress knows everything; nor do all federal judges. I agree the NSA IG and PSCI's are essentially insiders, but "deal with this or I will go public" would give the minority members some cover.
- res0nat0r 13y agoDo we know for sure that the charges he is alleging are actually illegal? That I think is the crux of this whole situation. Many people in Congress might know about it and not be doing anything because like we've seen with 'enhanced interrogation techniques', is that the law has been interpreted such that all of this is technically lawful. That looks to be the real problem here.
- timdev2 13y ago> Do we know for sure that the charges he is alleging are actually illegal? No. We don't know their legality. As far as I can tell, there have been pseudo-legal rulings on the subject. But the existence, never-mind the substance, of those rulings are classified. Some people have a problem with that.