The New York Times is reporting that the CIA took what
Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) called “unprecedented action” against the
Senate Intelligence Committee in response to an investigation of
the spy agency’s actions following the 9/11 attacks.
The [Senate Intelligence] committee has spent several
years working on a voluminous report about the detention
and interrogation program, and according to one official
interviewed in recent days, C.I.A. officers went as far as gaining
access to computer networks used by the committee to carry out its
investigation….The specifics of the inspector general’s investigation are
unclear. But several officials interviewed in recent days — all of
whom insisted on anonymity, citing a continuing inquiry — said it
began after the C.I.A. took what Senator Mark Udall, Democrat of
Colorado, on Tuesday called an “unprecedented action” against the
committee.The action, which Mr. Udall did not describe, took place after
C.I.A. officials came to suspect that congressional staff members
had gained unauthorized access to agency documents during the
course of the Intelligence Committee’s years-long investigation
into the detention and interrogation program.
Welcome to the 21st century, which is looking a whole lot like
the 20th when it comes to CIA fooling around in places it shouldn’t
be. The Times story is short on specifics but includes
this gem from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) who generally has
never met a government incursion against civil liberties she
doesn’t like.
Asked about the tension between the committee and the spy agency
it oversees, Ms. Feinstein said, “Our oversight role will
prevail.”
It seems so different, I guess, when your privacy is
being undermined. Anything that gets the government to be better
about living within constitutional constraints is a good thing.
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