About four months ago, California Democrat Dianne Feinstein,
chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, went to
the Senate floor and accused the CIA of committing torture during
George W. Bush presidency and of spying on the committee that she
chairs as it was examining records of that torture. CIA Director
John Brennan responded by denying both charges. But last week, on a
sleepy summer Friday afternoon, President Obama admitted that the
CIA had tortured people. Shortly thereafter, Brennan admitted that
the CIA had spied on the Senate. Then the president said he still
has “full confidence” in Brennan.
This is approaching a serious constitutional confrontation
between the president and Congress, writes Andrew Napolitano. Can
the president’s agents lawfully spy on Congress? Of course not. Can
the CIA lie to Congress with impunity? Only if Congress and the
Department of Justice let it do so.
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