[Howlin]

Former Sen. Bob Graham (news, bio, voting record), D-Fla., who was part of the Intelligence Committee's leadership after the 9/11 attacks, recalled a briefing about changes in international electronic surveillance, but does not remember being told of a program snooping on individuals in the United States. "It seemed fairly mechanical," Graham said. "It was not a major shift in policy."

Well, Bob sure is changing HIS story. I guess he looked back in one of his daily diaries.

Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle said he, too, was briefed by the White House between 2002 and 2004 but was not told key details about the scope of the program. Daschle's successor, Sen. Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record), D-Nev., said he received a single briefing earlier this year and that important details were withheld. "We need to investigate this program and the president's legal authority to carry it out," Reid said.

Ah, how would they KNOW that they didn't get briefed on all the details if they weren't given "all the details?" What ARE the details?

[Howlin]

recalled a briefing about changes in international electronic surveillance

Could this be what Rockefeller didn't "understand?"

[Cboldt]

Ah, how would they KNOW that they didn't get briefed on all the details if they weren't given "all the details?" What ARE the details?

I suspect those who assert "didn't get all the details" are comparing what they were told in confidence with what was (perhaps illegally) let out of the bag. HEre's one complaint that rings of "we were told of the technology, but not that the targets would be in the US."

Nevermind the fact that the program is classified; with so few words in play in the reports, it isn't possible to discern precisely what was disclosed and what is actually being conducted.

... recalled a briefing about changes in international electronic surveillance, but does not remember being told of a program snooping on individuals in the United States.