House intel committee opens probe of eavesdropping on Congress

Politico ^ | 30 Dec 2015 | Nolan D. McCaskill

[amorphous]

A House panel on Wednesday announced it is opening an investigation into U.S. intelligence collection that may have swept up members of Congress.

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence's announcement of the probe comes after a Wall Street Journal report that the U.S. collected information on private exchanges between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of Congress during ongoing negotiations for nuclear deal with Iran.

[amorphous]

"We didn't say, 'Do it,'" one senior U.S. official recalled in an interview with the Journal. "We didn't say, 'Don't do it.'"

Now WHY didn't Nixon think of that?!

[Paladin2]

Ho hum. There will be nothing in the way of action coming out of this.

[amorphous]

Rubio: US snooping on allies 'might be worse' than reported

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/264432-rubio-spying-on-allies-might-be-worse-than-reported

[Reno89519]

I don’t know. Spying on members of congress might be enough to stir them up to action as they are protective of their turf.

[Regulator]

Yeah. Fun how they describe how they skirt the laws, ain’t it?

Wish the rest of us could take other people’s money and have fun like that.

[Cheerio]

Oh goodie - another F&F, IRS, Benghazi, PP type 'investigation'!!!!! What difference does it make? Impeachment, power of the purse, and the debt ceiling are ALL off the table.

WITH THIS GOPe LEADERSHIP AND A BOY KING IN THE WH, CONGRESS IS COMPLETELY IRRELAVANT.

[SunkenCiv]

"Death to America!"

[NTHockey]

Ho hum, more bread and circuses. Nothing will happen anyway.

Nothing but a bunch of spineless liars, thieves and perverts showing off and accomplishing nothing.

[Wolfie]

Hey Congress, how does it feel when it happens to you?

[parmamenian]

Gosh...I wonder if they had the audacity to check out Netanyahu’s Facebook page?

[Eddie01]

100% Meaningless Kabuki Theater

jmho

[Joe Boucher]

You are right,
About as much as Mr. Gowdy’s Benghazi committee,
Squat.
Cause they gots no back bone, no balls, no chutzpa.

[Norm Lenhart]

Maybe they can get Gowdy and Issa to head it up.

[Old Sarge]

I’m sure Gowdy Doody will get right on this...

[combat_boots]

I wonder how many Congressmen have been turned.

[LS]

What did Rubio know and when did he know it?

[Shadow44]

Congratulations, the deep state has become entrenched.

Welcome to serfdom fellow peasants!

[Uncle Miltie]

Hey! Trey Gowdy might be in charge.

[ColdOne]

Why is this even coming out now? Who here didn’t think this was going on with Israel? teamobama wants Israel gone.

[Mariner]

“NSA and Obama officials need to be investigated and prosecuted if any truth to WSJ reports,”

I am perplexed and disappointed at how few here on FR see this as a major Constitutional issue and one that warrants prison and firing squads.