Comments on: NSA Initiated Expanded Spying Effort http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/nsa_initiated_expanded_spying_effort/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:13:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/nsa_initiated_expanded_spying_effort/comment-page-1/#comment-70094 James Joyner Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:10:30 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=13176#comment-70094 Meaningful oversight? Maybe not. I'm just saying that we now know that key members of the Intelligence committees and the leadership knew about the program from the earliest days. That they didn't halt it is, if not an indication of support, at least a clue that they didn't think it was a huge red flag. Meaningful oversight? Maybe not. I'm just saying that we now know that key members of the Intelligence committees and the leadership knew about the program from the earliest days. That they didn't halt it is, if not an indication of support, at least a clue that they didn't think it was a huge red flag.

]]> By: Anderson http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/nsa_initiated_expanded_spying_effort/comment-page-1/#comment-70091 Anderson Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:03:29 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=13176#comment-70091 I don't quite follow you on "in the loop": <i>"You seemed to be inviting expressions of concern from us, if there were any," Ms. Pelosi wrote, but she said that the lack of specific information about the agency's operations made her concerned about the legal rationale used to justify it.</i> Doesn't sound like meaningful oversight, does it? I don't quite follow you on "in the loop":

"You seemed to be inviting expressions of concern from us, if there were any," Ms. Pelosi wrote, but she said that the lack of specific information about the agency's operations made her concerned about the legal rationale used to justify it.

Doesn't sound like meaningful oversight, does it?

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