Posted on 02/07/2018 5:49:05 AM PST by MarvinStinson
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.) discussed his push for making the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court more transparent in 2013 on the Kremlin-funded media outlet RT, a channel he has since criticized for being a Russian propaganda network.
Schiff's RT interview on July 31, 2013, came on the heels of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's massive leak of classified information on U.S. surveillance systems and methods, touching off an explosive debate on privacy and security and whether Snowden was a whistleblower or a traitor.
Schiff discussed his proposed FISA reforms in an eight-minute interview.
"I think they'll have the cumulative impact of making the FISA court much more transparent, so the American people can understand what's being done in their name in the name of national security, so that we can have a more informed debate over the balance between privacy and security," Schiff said. "I think this can be accomplished while also maintaining sources and methods, and not compromising some of the very real national security concerns at stake."
Schiff said there should be a debate over how to reform the FISA court, although he said he did not feel he had been misled by the NSA or other agencies when they had testified before the House Intelligence Committee.
Asked at the conclusion of the interview what he made of Snowden and his leaks, Schiff, now the ranking member of the committee, said he could not condone people deciding for themselves what to declassify.
"That would not allow us to have any kind of a national security system, so I think we have to take that very seriously, just as we took the [Bradley] Manning case very seriously," Schiff said. "So, we need to find other mechanisms to raise these issues. I think bringing more transparency to the FISA court will allow us to do that … We have to condemn these leaks, take them very seriously, and find a better way to raise these substantive issues."
When this dam breaks I want to be on very high ground as the wave will be massive.
Carter Page was a Comey plant.
Absolutely stunning revelation. The guy is a da.
Carter W. Page’s only political contribution ever was $2,300 to John McCain’s Presidential campaign, according to the FEC.
Page did not even CONTRIBUTE to Trump.
I smell a swamp creature planted by 0bama in the Trump camp for the purpose of opening up a wiretap on Trumps entire operation for Hillary.
http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/qind/
The Libtard media will surely want to “cover” this bit of hypocrisy by Schiff (as in cover-up). They are essentially “guardians of truth”... to make sure it never sees the light of day!
See #6 above. Carter W. Page never contributed to Trump. He did CONTRIBUTE to McCain. SWAMP CREATURE PLANTED BY 0BAMA!?
Well isn’t that interesting.
BTW, I can’t get the link to work.
And RT is exactly the same as BBC, And many others.
He was a Comey plant. It is one of the sloppiest setups in history.
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