BOMBSHELL: Two democratic senators undercut WH story on NSA
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Senators Ron Wyden,D-OR and Mark Udall, D-NM, have laid to rest the myth that PRISM stopped dozens of attacks,
like General Keith Alexander testified in front of congress. The White
House also took credit for shuttering the program in 2011. Not so says
Wyden and Udall.
Both democratic senators claim the program was stopped in 2011 because in a closed door meeting, the NSA was unable to prove the program did any good. Dozens of foiled terror attacks would convince anyone.
Both Wyden and Udall are on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which means they have an incredibly high security clearance and would have been able to hear the details. Unless the two senators are lying, that would mean that PRISM did not prevent "dozens of terrorist attacks".
In their letter on Tuesday, they said that before the program ended, the NSA would continually exaggerated it's worth , both to them and to the secret court, which oversaw the program.
The program began under George Bush, but the IRS scandal points to the ability of some government agencies to abuse their power.
Last week, Wyden and Udall were amonst a group of 26 senators who inquired about an illegal gun registry employed by the NSA. They also wanted to know how broadly, the NSA was reading the Patriot Act, as they try to determine it overlapped their boundry.
There is speculation that since Wyden and Usall have the proper clearance and already know the scope of the program, that they are just looking to get it into the public record.
Both democratic senators claim the program was stopped in 2011 because in a closed door meeting, the NSA was unable to prove the program did any good. Dozens of foiled terror attacks would convince anyone.
Both Wyden and Udall are on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which means they have an incredibly high security clearance and would have been able to hear the details. Unless the two senators are lying, that would mean that PRISM did not prevent "dozens of terrorist attacks".
In their letter on Tuesday, they said that before the program ended, the NSA would continually exaggerated it's worth , both to them and to the secret court, which oversaw the program.
The program began under George Bush, but the IRS scandal points to the ability of some government agencies to abuse their power.
Last week, Wyden and Udall were amonst a group of 26 senators who inquired about an illegal gun registry employed by the NSA. They also wanted to know how broadly, the NSA was reading the Patriot Act, as they try to determine it overlapped their boundry.
There is speculation that since Wyden and Usall have the proper clearance and already know the scope of the program, that they are just looking to get it into the public record.
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