NSA Director: We Do Not Spy On Congress But Lawmakers’ Metadata May Have Been Swept Up

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NSA Chief Denies Spying On Congress -- USA Today/The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press 

But Gen. Keith Alexander says the agency can make no guarantee that representatives or senators have not had their "telephone metadata" caught up in broad government sweeps.

BURLINGTON, Vt. -- The National Security Agency's director, responding to questions from independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, says the government is not spying on Congress.

But a two-page letter from Army Gen. Keith Alexander to Sanders goes on to state that the agency can make no guarantee that representatives or senators have not had their "telephone metadata" caught up in broad government sweeps.

"Nothing NSA does can fairly be characterized as 'spying on members of Congress or other American elected officials,' " Alexander wrote in the letter, dated Friday and released Tuesday.

Sanders responded Tuesday evening by noting that the NSA chief failed to rule out any snooping on elected officials.  

Read more ....  
Update #1: U.S. Senator Demands to Know if the NSA Is Spying on Members of Congress – Here’s the Answer He Got -- The Blaze    
Update #2: NSA can't say if it collected data on lawmakers -- The Hill  

My Comment: At least Sen. Bernie Sanders got a response .... my prediction was that he was only going to receive a legal letter that would have stated nothing.