White House response to allegations of CIA spying on Senate commitee

[MannyGoldstein]

"You're right... I can even hear Wyden's toilet flushing..."

Obama knew CIA secretly monitored intelligence committee, senator claims

[Fumesucker]

1. Open the Pod Bay doors, Hal

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Saw the picture, couldn't stop myself. nt

[Fumesucker]

3. Have you considered getting a tattoo?

[MannyGoldstein]

4. This is the first time I've ever written this on the Internet:

ROFLMAO

(But I refuse to use the smiley, for obvious reasons)

[rhett o rick]

6. Shouldnt it be written backwards so he can read it when looking in a mirror? nm

[cui bono]

12. Maybe that's a picture of the mirror.

Ooh...

[rhett o rick]

15. A selfie. Good point. nm

[Zorra]

5. This just in ~

[rhett o rick]

7. Very good. Thanks for posting. nm

[Pretzel_Warrior]

8. I read the entire article. The headline and your reference to it are

Garbage. One phrase in a letter just sent wherein Senator Udall says, "As you know".

When did Obama know? Since earlier that same day due to a phone call from Udall?

This is first and foremost about CIA. Not Obama.

[joshcryer]

9. While Udall is Third Way, the headline is accurate.

And while I voted for Udall and find it unfortunate he is Third Way, I find his policy positions to be desirable and I trust him on this issue.

I stand with Maddow at this sort of shit is "Republic breaking stuff."

The Senate intelligence committee, by virtue of the fucking Constitution, has absolute impunity with regards to what it gets. The CIA meddling in that is completely an affront to the oldest and longest lasting Democratic Republic on the planet.

Article I, Section 6, Clause 1:

The Senators ... shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

Third Way Udall is indicating that he contacted the administration about his privileges on the committee and its desire to declassify the "6,300-page inquiry."

Of course, Udall, being Third Way (unfortunately) won't use his Senatorial privileges and simply ... declassify the document himself, in a simple "statement" recorded by the Senate. Some say it would be because he'd be taken off the committee. Who knows. It may bolster his position on it. Politics is weird like that.

[Enrique]

14. now it's about Obama

sorry

[WillyT]

10. K & R !!!

[jsr]

11. +1

[cui bono]

13. Cool chess move.

This country is doomed.