Ooops: Official: Feinstein's Statement On Intel Collection NOT ACCURATE

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A senior administration official told TPM Monday that Senate Intelligence Chair Dianne Feinstein's statement that the United States would no longer collect intelligence on U.S. allies was not accurate.

Earlier in the day, Feinstein said: “The White House has informed me that collection on our allies will not continue, which I support."

“Unlike NSA’s collection of phone records under a court order, it is clear to me that certain surveillance activities have been in effect for more than a decade and that the Senate Intelligence Committee was not satisfactorily informed," she said. "Therefore our oversight needs to be strengthened and increased."

Feinstein added that it was "a big problem" that President Obama was not aware of the surveillance. The administration has assured Feinstein that the surveillance would not continue, she said: “The White House has informed me that collection on our allies will not continue, which I support."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/feinstein-i-am-totally-opposed-to-surveilling-foreign-leaders

The official said that statement is not accurate.

The official said that the administration had made some specific policy changes, which could not be detailed, but not overall changes, such as across-the-board termination of intelligence collection that might be aimed at U.S. allies.



http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/official-feinstein-s-nsa-statement-is-not-accurate

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1. veddy interesting.

Looks like the comma is her problem.

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2. isn't NASA like...

A different entity than other agencies? I thought I read something about the super secrecy, and the shield it has from government oversight.