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http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/22436-cia-investigates-itself-for-spying-on-senateBy Agence France-Presse
07 March 14
The CIA's internal watchdog is investigating allegations that the agency improperly spied on Senate staffers probing secret details of a now-defunct interrogation program.
Senator Dianne Feinstein acknowledged Wednesday the existence of the probe, which highlights a rare public clash between lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee she chairs and the US espionage community it oversees.
"The IG is taking a look at the situation," Feinstein told reporters, referring to the Central Intelligence Agency's inspector general, after a New York Times report exposed Capitol Hill anger at CIA staffers' behavior.
According to the Times, the probe began when members of Congress complained that agency employees were inappropriately monitoring intelligence committee staffers.
The paper cited an official, who insisted on anonymity because the investigation was ongoing, as saying CIA officers managed to gain access to computer networks used by committee staffers probing the agency's detention and interrogation program.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)RC
(25,592 posts)Sinking like a rock...
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)woo me with science
(32,139 posts)that it's hard even to know what to say anymore.
The system is rotten to the core.
SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)Or has any real significance or importance drops like a stone.
I tried calling some attention to the anti-veterans vote the Republicans laid down last week and I got less than 10 responses. But a thread on Daylight Savings Time had over 100.
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)"Managed to gain access" is hacking, if I remember my NCIS re-runs.
Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)Snowden is a traitor for exposing CIA/NSA/FBI/GCHQ/Does it ever really end/DHS spying programs. Just saying.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Inspector General
Created in 1989, the statutory Inspector General (IG) is responsible for independent oversight of the CIA. The IG is nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate, and may only be removed from office by the president. The IGs authorities and responsibilities are provided in 50 U.S.C. §403q. Although the IG reports to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the statute creates obligations and responsibilities to both the Director and to the Congress.
The CIA Office of Inspector General (OIG) is an independent office of the CIA that is headed by the Inspector General and promotes economy, efficiency, effectiveness and accountability in the management of CIA activities by performing independent audits, inspections, investigations, and reviews of CIA programs and operations. The OIG also seeks to detect and deter fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement. The OIG advances the Agencys mission by providing findings and recommendations expeditiously to the Director, the Agency and the Congressional intelligence committees. The OIG works directly with the Department of Justice and other appropriate federal agencies when investigating alleged violations of law.
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The parts I bolded in the second paragraph are things that the CIA IG is doing constantly, every day. This investigation they now have to do is not particularly different from the things they do on an everyday basis. If you have ever served in any kind of government capacity, military, etc, than this is very familiar to you. IG's are set up in such a way that they have nothing to fear from the organization they are supposed to oversee.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Who gives a shit they got spied on. Feinstein of all people to complain.
It seems to me they gave up oversight... some time around Iran Contra.
After more than 20 years of being losers, the temerity of complaining now is amazing.
After all these corrupt congress members have said about snowden.
Fuck them, rotten to the core.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)It will be as effective as ' a bunch of rope pushing''
SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)Not really news..
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)with enough spare heads to put up everyone else's ass too.
SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)Can never have enough "meta data"...