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Poor Sen Feinstein. The CIA is snooping on her computer and she thinks its a violation of the 4th Amendment.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...2cbc2c-a923-11e3-8599-ce7295b6851c_story.html
"The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday sharply accused the CIA of violating federal law and undermining the constitutional principle of congressional oversight as she detailed publicly for the first time how the agency secretly removed documents from computers used by her panel to investigate a controversial interrogation program.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that the situation amounted to attempted intimidation of congressional investigators, adding: I am not taking it lightly.
What you need to know about the dispute over an investigation into the agencys interrogation program.
Let me say up front that I come to the Senate floor reluctantly, she said.
The confirmed that an internal agency investigation of the action has been referred to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution. And she said that the CIA appears to have violated the Fourth Amendment, which bars unreasonable searches and seizures, as well as various federal laws and a presidential executive order that prevents the agency from conducting domestic searches and surveillance.
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But the NSA snooping on everyone elses' computers.. that just fine.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/...ive-snooping-operations-are-not-surveillance/
http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/18/nation/la-na-adv-feinstein-profile-20140119
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...2cbc2c-a923-11e3-8599-ce7295b6851c_story.html
"The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday sharply accused the CIA of violating federal law and undermining the constitutional principle of congressional oversight as she detailed publicly for the first time how the agency secretly removed documents from computers used by her panel to investigate a controversial interrogation program.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that the situation amounted to attempted intimidation of congressional investigators, adding: I am not taking it lightly.
What you need to know about the dispute over an investigation into the agencys interrogation program.
Let me say up front that I come to the Senate floor reluctantly, she said.
The confirmed that an internal agency investigation of the action has been referred to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution. And she said that the CIA appears to have violated the Fourth Amendment, which bars unreasonable searches and seizures, as well as various federal laws and a presidential executive order that prevents the agency from conducting domestic searches and surveillance.
"
But the NSA snooping on everyone elses' computers.. that just fine.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/...ive-snooping-operations-are-not-surveillance/
http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/18/nation/la-na-adv-feinstein-profile-20140119
