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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1184267" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lawmakers-say-obstacles-limited-oversight-of-nsas-telephone-surveillance-program/2013/08/10/bee87394-004d-11e3-9a3e-916de805f65d_story.html?tid=rssfeed" target="_blank"><strong>Lawmakers say obstacles limited oversight of NSA’s telephone surveillance program - Washington Post</strong></a></p><p></p><p>The Obama administration points to checks and balances from Congress as a key rationale for supporting bulk collection of Americans’ telephone communications data, but several lawmakers responsible for overseeing the program in recent years say that they felt limited in their ability to challenge its scope and legality.</p><p></p><p>Lawmakers: Obstacles limited oversight of NSA "Even if members know about it, they can’t say it..Even when it comes up for renewal, you say, We have to change the law with this language. Why? You can’t say. How do you get political support to change a law when you can’t say the reason?" -Rep. Nadler </p><p></p><p>“In terms of the oversight function, I feel inadequate most of the time,” said Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee and an NSA critic. Bulk surveillance “certainly was approved by Congress. Was it approved by a fully knowing Congress? That is not the case.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1184267, member: 1"] [URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lawmakers-say-obstacles-limited-oversight-of-nsas-telephone-surveillance-program/2013/08/10/bee87394-004d-11e3-9a3e-916de805f65d_story.html?tid=rssfeed"][B]Lawmakers say obstacles limited oversight of NSA’s telephone surveillance program - Washington Post[/B][/URL] The Obama administration points to checks and balances from Congress as a key rationale for supporting bulk collection of Americans’ telephone communications data, but several lawmakers responsible for overseeing the program in recent years say that they felt limited in their ability to challenge its scope and legality. Lawmakers: Obstacles limited oversight of NSA "Even if members know about it, they can’t say it..Even when it comes up for renewal, you say, We have to change the law with this language. Why? You can’t say. How do you get political support to change a law when you can’t say the reason?" -Rep. Nadler “In terms of the oversight function, I feel inadequate most of the time,” said Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee and an NSA critic. Bulk surveillance “certainly was approved by Congress. Was it approved by a fully knowing Congress? That is not the case.” [/QUOTE]
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