@MiekeEoyang Right. But @Richardson_Mich's link was to FAS, which was clearly limited to SSCI. Basically Reyes better than DiFi and Rogers.
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Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel And he talks about House Judiciary. So, not limited to SSCI. & it isn't complete picture of oversight to only talk 1 chamber.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MiekeEoyang
@MiekeEoyang & while I agree you can't exclude HPSCI, the judiciary committees inability to affect (for example) FAA or drone memos notable1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel Um, at least in House, Judiciary did mark FAA & reauth. They had ability, even tho maybe not outcome some wanted.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MiekeEoyang
@MiekeEoyang I thought we were talking oversight. Passing a bill that doesn't include it is not, IMO, oversight.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel Original FAA was a step up in oversight from what had existed before. Maybe not as far as some would like, but was improvement.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MiekeEoyang
@MiekeEoyang@emptywheel FAA only happened because NYT made story PUBLIC. Go8 sat on TSP and did nothing while info was kept secret2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Richardson_Mich
@Richardson_Mich@emptywheel It wasn't public reporting (2005) that forced legislative action (2008). If Ds hadn't taken House, no FAA.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MiekeEoyang
@MiekeEoyang@emptywheel If no NYT article, it would have continued in secret indefinitely. Public info was still key to getting FAA passed2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @Richardson_Mich
@Richardson_Mich@emptywheel I can't argue the counterfactual on that. But the program was public for 2 years w/o serious oversight.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@MiekeEoyang And you forget that FISC actually objected to things between 2006 and 2008 that they cannot now object to.
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