Did The CIA Spy On US Senate Committee Staff? (Updated)

CIA Accused Of Spying On Senate Intelligence Committee -- Defense One/National Journal

The Central Intelligence Agency is under investigation for allegedly spying on the Senate Intelligence Committee, panel Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein confirmed Wednesday.

The CIA is prohibited from spying on Americans, and spying on members of Congress and their staff would raise particular concerns about the separation of powers. Congress created the House and Senate Intelligence committees in the 1970s to oversee the CIA, the National Security Agency, and other spy agencies after uncovering a slew of spying abuses.

The CIA’s internal watchdog, its inspector general, is reviewing whether CIA agents hacked into the computers of Senate staffers who were involved in producing a report critical of the agency’s now-defunct detention and interrogation program, The New York Times reported Wednesday. According to McClatchy, the inspector general’s office has asked the Justice Department to investigate the case.

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More news On Reports That the CIA Spied On US Senate Committee Staff

Probe: Did the CIA spy on the U.S. Senate? -- Jonathan S. Landay, Ali Watkins and Marisa Taylor, McClatchy Washington Bureau
C.I.A. Employees Face New Inquiry Amid Clashes on Detention Program -- New York Times
CIA probing allegations it improperly monitored Senate committee: reports -- Reuters
Justice Considers Probe of Senate Staffers in Dispute Over Torture Report -- Time
CIA watchdog reportedly asks DOJ to probe allegations of spying on Senate staffers -- FOX news
CIA Launches Probe of Possible Spying on US Senate Staffers -- Voice of America
Senate staffers slipped secret CIA documents from agency’s headquarters -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
CIA draws scrutiny over searching Senate panel’s computers for interrogation report -- Washington Post
U.S. Justice Department reviews dispute between CIA and Senate panel -- Reuters
CIA spied on US Senate computers over torture program report -- Daily Caller
Did the CIA Spy on Senate Investigators? -- Niels Lesniewski, Roll Call
Declassify the Senate report on CIA interrogation methods -- Washington Post editorial

Update: In a new wrinkle in this case .... the CIA is not accusing US Senate staffers of stealing CIA documents .... FBI probing alleged removal of documents from CIA by Senate staffers -- Kansas City/McClatchy News