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A Brief History of the CIA's Unpunished Spying on the Senate
« on: August 17, 2018, 11:25:57 am »
President Obama's choice to lead the intelligence agency has undermined core checks and balances with impunity.


The Atlantic
Conor Friedersdorf
Dec. 23, 2014

This is the story of John Brennan's CIA spying on Congress and getting away with it. 

Last March, Senator Dianne Feinstein accused the CIA of spying on the Senate intelligence committee as it labored to finalize its report on the torture of prisoners. “I have grave concerns that the CIA’s search may well have violated the separation of powers principles embodied in the United States Constitution,” she said. “I have asked for an apology and a recognition that this CIA search of computers used by its oversight committee was inappropriate. I have received neither.”

CIA Director John Brennan denied the charge. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” he said. “We wouldn’t do that. That’s just beyond the scope of reason in terms of what we’d do.” It would be months before his denial was publicly proved false. "An internal investigation by the C.I.A. has found that its officers penetrated a computer network used by the Senate Intelligence Committee in preparing its damning report on the C.I.A.’s detention and interrogation program," The New York Times reported. "The report by the agency’s inspector general also found that C.I.A. officers read the emails of the Senate investigators and sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department based on false information."

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Re: A Brief History of the CIA's Unpunished Spying on the Senate
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2018, 02:06:43 pm »
@endicom

The article is a bit dated but still highly relevant today!

Thanks for digging it up!
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"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
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Re: A Brief History of the CIA's Unpunished Spying on the Senate
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2018, 02:30:50 pm »
@endicom

The article is a bit dated but still highly relevant today!

Thanks for digging it up!


Glenn Reynolds dug it up.


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Re: A Brief History of the CIA's Unpunished Spying on the Senate
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2018, 02:43:54 pm »
And, from The Atlantic!

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Re: A Brief History of the CIA's Unpunished Spying on the Senate
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2018, 02:45:20 pm »
And, from The Atlantic!

But it was democrats whose ox was being gored at the time!
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
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Re: A Brief History of the CIA's Unpunished Spying on the Senate
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2018, 03:04:20 pm »
But it was democrats whose ox was being gored at the time!

I know, but let me have my moment, @Bigun.   :laugh:

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Re: A Brief History of the CIA's Unpunished Spying on the Senate
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2018, 03:34:34 pm »
I know, but let me have my moment, @Bigun.   :laugh:

Take as much time as you need.  Can I get you anything?  Coffee. Tea. Some pound cake. More ammo.   :cool:
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Re: A Brief History of the CIA's Unpunished Spying on the Senate
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2018, 03:37:09 pm »
And, from The Atlantic!


They couldn't know what was coming in 2014.


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Re: A Brief History of the CIA's Unpunished Spying on the Senate
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2018, 03:37:52 pm »

This was 2014. They couldn't know what was coming.

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« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2018, 03:41:00 pm »
Take as much time as you need.  Can I get you anything?  Coffee. Tea. Some pound cake. More ammo.   :cool:

I've got plenty of ammo, but thanks.

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Re: A Brief History of the CIA's Unpunished Spying on the Senate
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2018, 03:52:40 pm »
Question for Senator Feinstein; Is Brennan blackmailing you about your former Chinese agent office manager?
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J. R. R. Tolkien