Wired: How some insiders are fighting NSA abuses

“Intel leaders can no longer operate under the assumption that they can say pretty much whatever they want in public and it’s never going to come home to roost.” Article by Kim Zetter for Wired Senator Ron Wyden thought he knew what was going on.

The Democrat from Oregon, who has served on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence since 2001, thought he knew the nature of the National Security Agency’s surveillance activities. As a committee member with a classified clearance, he received regular briefings to conduct oversight.

But when the The New York Times broke the story in late 2005 that the spy agency was engaging in warrantless wiretapping, Wyden was as surprised as the rest of us.

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