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The most interesting takeaway from the data in this spreadsheet: every single member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence voted to reject the
by codex 13y ago
The most interesting takeaway from the data in this spreadsheet: every single member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence voted to reject these limits, regardless of party affiliation. This committee is responsible for intelligence oversight and is briefed on all intelligence activities by the executive branch--mostly classified information. In other words, these are the House members which are most familiar with how the NSA operates, its oversight (or lack thereof), the intelligence it obtains, and the action taken on that intelligence. By virtue of sitting on this committee, they are also likely to receive political contributions from the defense industry.
- wavesounds 13y agoAnd the people in congress who get the most access to all that data. Perhaps they should have recused themselves?
- codex 13y agoAre you suggesting that they use this data for personal gain? Who better to judge the tradeoffs than those who have seen the data? Someone who hasn't seen it, perhaps?
- tzs 13y agoNot every single one. Schiff and Pastor voted yes. For the Democrats on the committee, it was 2 yes, 8 no. It was 0 yes, 13 no for Republicans. Overall, 2 yes, 21 no.