Democrat Senate Intelligence Chair Dianne Feinstein Calls For 'Major Review' Of NSA Spying And Says It's A 'Big Problem' If Obama Was Unaware -- Daily Mail
The U.S. Senate's top foreign intelligence official said Monday in a scathing statement that she is 'totally opposed' to spying of the sort that has gotten the Obama administration into hot water this week.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat who chairs the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee, seemed miffed at the idea that she and her colleagues were out of the loop when the president's men conducted surveillance on foreign leaders in Europe and Latin America.
And she said President Obama's lack of knowledge about monitoring of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's phones going back to 2002 posed 'a big problem.'
So she's tightening the leash.
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Update #1: 'We're Really Screwed Now': NSA's Best Friend Just Shivved The Spies -- The Cable/Foreign Policy
Update #2: White House sees need for 'constraints' on NSA spying -- Reuters
My Comment: The NSA's spying of allied leaders has created a firestorm of protest .... and the White House (with it allies in Congress) are now conducting CYA (cover your ass) operations. Bottom line .... everyone knew what was happening .... and they are fooling no one with these calls for reform and review.
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