Rand Paul ‘Appalled’ The NSA Spied On Members Of Congress

[cajuncocoa]

Rand Paul ‘Appalled’ The NSA Spied On Members Of Congress

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said he is “appalled” the National Security Agency spied on members of Congress while attempting to surveil Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other close U.S allies.


Appearing on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday, Paul called for “more targeted surveillance” as well as “more controls over the NSA and more controls on our intelligence agencies.”


Responding to The Wall Street Journal article which said that the NSA’s eavesdropping of Israeli officials also gathered the conversations with U.S. lawmakers and American-Jewish groups, Paul argued, “I’m appalled by it and this is exactly why we need more NSA reform.”


“The debate in Washington right now is unfortunately been going the other way since the San Bernardino shooting. Everybody’s saying ‘Oh, we need more surveillance of Americans.’ In reality what we need is more targeted surveillance,” Paul suggested

More: http://dailycaller.com/2015/12/30/rand-paul-appalled-the-nsa-spied-on-members-of-congress/

 

[puppetmaster]

Same rules for all right Rand....

 

[tod evans]

Who, specifically, is going to control this leviathan of a surveillance apparatus?

And how exactly will they be punished when they fail?

 

[The Gold Standard]

Who, specifically, is going to control this leviathan of a surveillance apparatus?

And how exactly will they be punished when they fail?

No one. And they won't be.

 

[Dr.3D]

I suspect they only spy on those they don't like.

 

[euphemia]

He should be appalled that they spy on all American citizens. Honestly, most members of Congress should be investigated.

 

[cajuncocoa]

He should be appalled that they spy on all American citizens. Honestly, most members of Congress should be investigated.

He's said that before. I'm guessing he's saying he's appalled by this new information in the interest of consistency, and I'm OK with that.

 

[r3volution 3.0]

I suspect they only spy on those they don't like.

I suspect they're spying on everyone in Congress in order to gather blackmail, just in case someone decides to go off the reservation.

For instance, why do you think Linzi looks so nervous all the time?

...if he doesn't tow the line, maybe somebody'll release some audio from the Dulles airport men's room.

 

[Dr.3D]

I suspect they're spying on everyone in Congress in order to gather blackmail, just in case someone decides to go off the reservation.

For instance, why do you think Linzi looks so nervous all the time?

...if he doesn't tow the line, maybe somebody'll release some audio from the Dulles airport men's room.

Well, he isn't a part of the current administration. If he were, they probably wouldn't bother with him.

 

[Jan2017]

U.S. Spy Net on Israel Snares Congress
NSA’s targeting of Israeli leaders swept up the content of private conversations with U.S. lawmakers
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-spy-net-on-israel-snares-congress-1451425210

wary of a paper trail stemming from a request, the White House let the NSA decide what to share and what to withhold, officials said.
“We didn’t say, ‘Do it,’ ” a senior U.S. official said. “We didn’t say, ‘Don’t do it.’ ”

Stepped-up NSA eavesdropping revealed to the White House how Mr. Netanyahu and his advisers had leaked details of
the U.S.-Iran negotiations—learned through Israeli spying operations—to undermine the talks;
coordinated talking points with Jewish-American groups against the deal; and asked undecided lawmakers what it would take to win their votes,
according to current and former officials familiar with the intercepts.

 

[mit26chell]

The NSA should be spying on Israel, and heavily at that, considering they conduct the most espionage against us out of any other country according to the State Dept. Members of Congress though? Really? Do the NSA and CIA run this country? Always trying to intimidate lawmakers . . .

 

[r3volution 3.0]

The NSA should be spying on Israel, and heavily at that, considering they conduct the most espionage against us out of any other country according to the State Dept. Members of Congress though? Really? Do the NSA and CIA run this country? Always trying to intimidate lawmakers . . .

If by "on" you meant "for," then your wish has been granted.

NSA Shares Raw Intelligence Including Americans' Data With Israel

 

[TheTexan]

I'm appalled, absolutely appalled, that members of Congress were allowed to know that NSA was spying on them

 

[nikcers]

He is just trying not to get labeled as an enemy to Israel for not clapping hard enough. In the context of the interview he was asked about spying on Israel/netenyahu.

 

[TheNewYorker]

What is congress hiding?

 

[derek4ever]

What is congress hiding?

You don't even want to know!

 

[The Northbreather]

Secret governments gonna govern

 

[cajuncocoa]

What is congress hiding?

How long do you have for an answer?

 

[mit26chell]

If by "on" you meant "for," then your wish has been granted.

NSA Shares Raw Intelligence Including Americans' Data With Israel

I had forgotten about this. It is so angering.

 

[statist slayer]

Rand sure as hell better pump up this story for all its worth. There's hasn't been much news in Rand's favor for the last few months. And he should go over the top with the rhetoric. "King Obama has been keeping tabs on Congress. The unelected spies could be blackmailing your representatives. And our close ally Israel is treated like North Korea."