Intelligence Chiefs Say They Are Open to Increased Oversight
Clapper accepts there has been a "lowering of trust"
(Reuters)—U.S. lawmakers and intelligence chiefs, facing an outcry over the government's collection of personal communications data, said on Thursday they were open to measures tightening oversight of the government's sweeping electronic eavesdropping programs.
At a hearing on how to change the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to balance security and privacy concerns, the Senate Intelligence Committee unveiled provisions of proposed legislation to set new controls on government surveillance.
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Sure. Go ahead. We hid this from you suckers for years; think we can’t do the same again?
“James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said he would consider measures including limiting how long data is kept and releasing more information about how it is used.”
Thank you General. Its very kind of you to the plebes see what you’re doing.
They are open? How nice. I thought these goons worked for us, not the other way around.