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The NSA refuses to deny spying on members of Congress
Washington Post ^ | 1/4/2014 | BRIAN FUNG

Posted on 01/04/2014 7:50:37 PM PST by markomalley

"Has the NSA spied, or is the NSA currently spying, on members of Congress or other elected officials?"

That's the question Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) put to the National Security Agency's chief in a bluntly worded letter Friday. It seems, however, that the agency cannot categorically say no.

Sanders didn't use the word "spy" lightly. He was careful to define his terms, indicating he meant the collection of phone records from personal as well as official telephones, "content from Web sites visited or e-mails sent," and data that companies collect but don't release to the public.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 0homocare; 0homospy; berniesanders; clapperiscrap; gogetthembernie; impeachnow; nsa; nsacongress; nsascandals; nsaspying; vermont
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1 posted on 01/04/2014 7:50:37 PM PST by markomalley
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I’m sure they spied on them.

They just didn’t find any intelligence.


2 posted on 01/04/2014 7:53:19 PM PST by maine yankee (I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
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To: markomalley

Well Yeah Bernie!


3 posted on 01/04/2014 7:53:20 PM PST by vette6387
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To: markomalley

How ‘bout Supreme Court Justices?


4 posted on 01/04/2014 7:55:01 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: markomalley

The best quote was “Members of congress are entitled to the same privacy protection as all Americans.”

HAHAHAAHHA. Welcome to the party Bernie.


5 posted on 01/04/2014 7:55:26 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: markomalley

“We wouldn’t want to leave you out, Bernie.”


6 posted on 01/04/2014 7:57:34 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: markomalley

Didn’t Trey Gowdy ask almost that exact same question?


7 posted on 01/04/2014 7:58:00 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: markomalley

Welcome to American Deception.

http://www.americandeception.com/index.php?page=usercat&catid=10


8 posted on 01/04/2014 8:00:43 PM PST by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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>> The NSA refuses to deny spying on members of Congress

Good. The idiotic facilitators in Congress don’t deserve to know.

Now, when will Snowden release the devastating documents that show how the citizens have been betrayed by their so-called representatives that fund and create law enabling the alleged violations?


9 posted on 01/04/2014 8:03:23 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: markomalley
I know for a fact they're spying on Peter Florick.
10 posted on 01/04/2014 8:03:46 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: markomalley

Person of Interest tv show opening voice over first few lines...

“You are being watched. The government has a secret system: a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know, because I built it. I designed the machine to detect acts of terror, but it sees everything.


11 posted on 01/04/2014 8:07:34 PM PST by xp38
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To: markomalley

Good!


12 posted on 01/04/2014 8:10:19 PM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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To: markomalley

Of course they are spying on members of congress.


13 posted on 01/04/2014 8:12:16 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: maine yankee

LOL


14 posted on 01/04/2014 8:12:45 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: Gene Eric
Good. The idiotic facilitators in Congress don’t deserve to know.

I think a lot of them do know. Some are benefiting from the info being collected, and some are probably being blackmailed with the info.

15 posted on 01/04/2014 8:16:53 PM PST by Cementjungle
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16 posted on 01/04/2014 8:21:59 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ( a Safe..and Sane....2014 To All!)
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To: markomalley

WARNING FOLKS....

Every single Republican candidate in 2014/2016 is going to have to assume that every phone call they make, their tax records, their medical history, every Email they send, everything they and their staffers access on the internet, and everywhere they are, at any given moment is being tracked, and made available to the Democrat opponent.

All of this, and an openly hostile mainstream media ready to pounce on the info, as well.

This going to be like campaigning in 1936 Nazi Germany. Are we really ready for it?


17 posted on 01/04/2014 8:30:58 PM PST by tcrlaf (Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
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To: markomalley

They don’t want to add perjury to the rest of their crimes.


18 posted on 01/04/2014 8:32:16 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: markomalley

Documentation File for the Impeachment of Speaker John “Doormat” Boehner for refusing to appoint a Special Prosecutor for the NSA Scandal.

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Impeachment File for “B. Hussein Obama,”aka Barry Soetoro, a legal, registered, citizen of the Sovereign Nation of Indonesia.


19 posted on 01/04/2014 8:35:26 PM PST by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: markomalley
Spying on Congress? Kind of like putting a skylight on a septic tank.
20 posted on 01/04/2014 8:36:27 PM PST by CrazyIvan (Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
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