The chair of the Senate intelligence committee, who has been a loyal defender of the National Security Agency, dramatically broke ranks on Monday, saying she was "totally opposed" to the US spying on allies and demanding a total review of all surveillance programs.Sen. Feinstein has been one of the more vocal members of the "Rip Up the Bill of Rights Caucus" that there has been (other than maybe Rep Peter King {R-IRA}). You can bet your next paycheck that by the time any changes to how things are done clear DiFi's committee, they will be akin to renaming "Total Information Awareness" something like "Prism" or "Global Liberty-Sucking Squid".
After all, Emperor Alexander has declared that the First Amendment doesn't apply to him or his agency. They don't have such things in Old Blighty and the British government is signalling that they are going to follow the lead of Valdimir Putin and the Chinese and just end such shenanigans. Because when you're in power, what's the fun of having reporters make life difficult for you?
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