The Intercept
The Inverse of Oversight: CIA Spies On Congress
Dan Froomkin
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Dan Froomkin — The Inverse of Oversight: CIA Spies On Congress
The Intercept
The Inverse of Oversight: CIA Spies On Congress
Dan Froomkin
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Congress of course has the power of the purse and sets the rules for these agencies. Congress can change the rules or the funding at any time for any reason or no reason. Nothing scares a career bureaucrat like the budget axe and layoffs. If they pass a few cuts and add a few criminal penalties, the intelligence goons will come squealing out of their wallows like little pigs.
That's why J. Edgar Hoover had them all believing that he had a file on them. Wonder if it is any different now.
"Congress of course has the power of the purse and sets the rules for these agencies. Congress can change the rules or the funding at any time for any reason or no reason."
Of course this assumes that NSA/CIA doesn't have compromising photos on enough Congressional members to keep them in check.
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