Senators want public answers on government surveillance

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Senators want public answers on government surveillance

WASHINGTON | Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:24pm EDT

(Reuters) - More than a quarter of the Senate's members asked the top intelligence official on Friday to release more information on the government's bulk collection of data on Americans' communications.

Led by Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who has long hinted at the broad scope of the classified surveillance, the group of 21 Democrats, four Republicans and one independent sent a letter to James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, requesting public answers to a series of questions about how the data is collected and used.

Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden faces espionage charges in the United States for taking records about secret surveillance of Internet and phone traffic and releasing them to the Guardian and The Washington Post.

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"Reliance on secret law to conduct domestic surveillance activities raises serious civil liberty concerns and all but removes the public from an informed national security and civil liberty debate," the senators said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/28/us-usa-security-snowden-senators-idUSBRE95R0VT20130628

[SmittynMo]

1. Senators want what?

We all want the information!!!!! But then it wouldn't be such a secret, now would it. And Snowden wouldn't be a problem, would he? If you want secrecy, you have to take it to the grave with you. Do not even attempt to use your land line, cell phone, computer, TV, or even drive a car. Anything electronic has the potential to be your enemy. Bush stood by his word.... "9/11 changed everything", and he made sure it would change. Pretty damn sad, isn't it?