House has tough questions about secret surveillance programs

[steve2470]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/11/politics/nsa-snowden-leaks-manhunt/

Washington (CNN) -- House members from both political parties Tuesday raised concerns and tough questions for administration officials who briefed the entire chamber (emphasis mine) on the government's recently revealed top secret surveillance programs.

While Peter King, a Republican member of the House Homeland Security Committee, complimented the briefing team, some of his colleagues said some questions remain unanswered.

"I was very impressed by it," said King, of New York. "I thought they laid out all the protections (which) are there, and I support what they are doing."

But Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, said the briefing "raises plenty of more questions that all members I'm sure are going to be asking."


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It's great but extraordinary they briefed the entire House. I would have loved to be a bug on the wall.

[Autumn]

1. Did they give them the ‘least untruthful’ answers?

Yeah I would have loved to have had a "bug" on that wall too.

[BenzoDia]

3. Consider the article a bit of 'metadata'

[FarCenter]

2. What did Maxine Waters say?

[choie]

4. I know many don't respect him anymore but

it's times like these that I wish Anthony Weiner was still in congress. I would have loved to hear his response to this "presentation".

[steve2470]

5. AP report of the event:

http://www.necn.com/06/11/13/Wyden-cites-contradiction-in-eavesdroppi/landing_scitech.html?&apID=85c620aabca149ac876ff13f7f13e1c9

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"Really it's a debate between public safety, how far we go with public safety and protecting us from terrorist attacks versus how far we go on the other side," said Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland, top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. "Congress needs to debate this issue."

He said his panel and the Judiciary Committee would examine what has happened and see whether there are recommendations for the future.

Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., like many members, said he was unaware of the scope of the data collection.

"I did not know 1 billion records a day were coming under the control of the federal executive branch," Sherman said.

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