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Curated research library of TV news clips regarding the NSA, its oversight and privacy issues, 2009-2014

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Primary curation & research: Robin Chin, Internet Archive TV News Researcher; using Internet Archive TV News service.

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Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator (D-CA), Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
CSPAN2 03/11/2014
Feinstein: In place of asking any questions, the C.I.A.'s unauthorized search of the committee computers was followed by an allegation which we now have seen repeated anonymously in the press, that the committee staff had somehow obtained the document through unauthorized or criminal means, perhaps to include hacking into the C.I.A.'s computer network. As I have described, this is not true. The document was made available to the staff at the offsite facility and it was located using a C.I.A.-provided search tool, running a query of the information provided to the committee pursuant to its investigation.
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Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator (D-CA), Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
CSPAN2 03/11/2014
Feinstein: Based on what Director Brennan has informed us, I have grave concerns that the C.I.A.'s search may well have violated the separation of powers principles embodied in the United States Constitution, including the Speech and Debate Clause. It may have undermined the constitutional framework essential to effective congressional oversight of intelligence activities or any other government function. I have asked for an apology, and a recognition that this C.I.A. search of computers used by its oversight committee was inappropriate. I have received neither.
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Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator (D-CA), Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
CSPAN2 03/11/2014
Feinstein: Besides the constitutional implication, the C.I.A. search may also have violated the Fourth Amendment, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, as well as executive order 12333 which prohibits the C.I.A. from conducting domestic searches or surveillance.
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Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator (D-CA), Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
CSPAN2 03/11/2014
Feinstein: Days after meeting with Director Brennan, the C.I.A. Inspector General, David Buckley, learned of the C.I.A. search and began an investigation into C.I.A.'s activities. I have been informed that Mr. Buckley has referred the matter to the Department of Justice, given the possibility of a criminal violation by C.I.A. personnel. Let me note, because the C.I.A. has refused to answer the questions in my January 23 letter and the C.I.A. Inspector General is ongoing, I have limited information about exactly what the C.I.A. did in conducting its search.
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Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator (D-CA), Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
CSPAN2 03/11/2014
Feinstein: Weeks later, I was also told that after the inspector general reviewed the C.I.A.'s activities to the Department of Justice --, excuse me, referred the C.I.A.'s activities to the Department of Justice, the acting counsel general of the C.I.A. filed a crimes report with the Department of Justice concerning the committee staff's actions. I have not been provided the specifics of these allegations or been told whether the department has initiated a criminal investigation based on the allegations of the C.I.A.'s acting general counsel.
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Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator (D-CA), Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
CSPAN2 03/11/2014
Feinstein: Our staff involved in this matter have the appropriate clearances, handled the sensitive material according to established procedures and practice to protect classified information, and were provided access to the Panetta Review by the C.I.A. itself. As a result, there is no legitimate reason to allege to the Justice Department that Senate staff may have committed a crime. I view the acting Counsel General's referral as a potential effort to intimidate this staff, and I am not taking it lightly.
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Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator (D-CA), Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
CSPAN2 03/11/2014
Feinstein: the staff members who have been working on this study and this report have devoted years of their lives to it, wading through the horrible details of a C.I.A. program that never, never, never should have existed. They have worked long hours and produced a report unprecedented in its comprehensive attention to detail in the history of the Senate. They are now being threatened with legal jeopardy just as the final revisions to the report are being made so that parts of it can be declassified and released to the American people.
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Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator (D-CA), Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
CSPAN2 03/11/2014
Feinstein: I also want to reiterate to my colleagues my desire to have all updates to the committee report completed this month and approved for declassification. We're not going to stop. I intend to move to have the findings conclusions and the executive summary of the report sent to the President for declassification and release to the American people. The White House has indicated publicly and to me personally that it supports declassification and release. If the Senate can declassify this report, we will be able to ensure that an un-American, brutal program of detention and interrogation will never again be considered or permitted.
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Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator (D-CA), Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
CSPAN2 03/11/2014
Feinstein: Mr. President, the recent actions that I have just laid out make this a defining moment for the oversight of our intelligence committee. How Congress and how this will be resolved will show whether the intelligence committee can be effective in monitoring and investigating our nation's intelligence activities, or whether our work can be thwarted by those we oversee. I believe it is critical that the committee and the Senate reaffirm our oversight role and our independence under the constitution of the United States. Mr. President, I thank you very much for your patience and I yield the floor.
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Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator (D-CA), Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
CSPAN2 04/03/2014
Feinstein: The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has voted to send to the President the summary and findings and conclusions of the report on the interrogation and detention of more than 100 detainees. The vote was 11-3. I will not discuss who voted how but members are free to discuss if they want, how they voted. The purpose of this review was to uncover the facts behind this secret program and the results I think were shocking. The report exposes brutality that stands in stark contrast to our values as a nation. It chronicles a stained on our history that must never be allowed to happen again.
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