Frank Church would like a word with them. Kurt
On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 6:25 PM jim bell <jdb10...@yahoo.com> wrote: > https://news.yahoo.com/senators-cia-secret-program-collects-011409001.html > > The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information > collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee > said ... > > > Thursday. While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics > about the data, the senators alleged the CIA had long hidden details about > the program from the public and Congress. > > Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico sent a letter to > top intelligence officials > <https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HainesBurns_WydenHeinrich_13APR21%20-FINAL.pdf> > calling for details about the program to be declassified. Large parts of the > letter and documents released by the CIA were blacked out. Wyden and Heinrich > said the program operated “outside the statutory framework that Congress and > the public believe govern this collection.” > > There have long been concerns about what information the intelligence > community collects about Americans. The CIA and National Security Agency have > a foreign mission and are generally barred from investigating Americans or > U.S. businesses. But the spy agencies’ sprawling collection of foreign > communications often snares Americans' messages and data incidentally. > > > >
