Re: [privacy] Did USA Today get the story all wrong?

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 5/18/06, coderman <coderman () gmail com> wrote:

> this needs more explanation.  there are clear indications that not
> even republican senators associated with intelligence oversight were
> fully informed.  the briefings today behind closed doors with a larger
> (but still small subset) of congress is the first time some of these
> details have been presented to law makers.

I believe your wrong on this. The fact that some congress people were
briefed is exactly one of the AG and President's reasoning that it
isn't illegal - they had judicial oversight - that's their "out"
anyway.

<snip>
> (and that said, it is also clear some parts of these programs were
> discussed in bi-partisan environments with nary an objection voiced)

They all have - even if the subset consisted of two congress critters.
I'll even almost guarantee they insisted on it being bipartisan.
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