It baffles me. Given the history of the NSA and the CIA

[randome]

37. You're right, it was an inane remark and I apologize.

But as jeff47 points out, Congress already has oversight authority. All three branches of government are involved in overseeing the NSA.

Obama established a National Declassification Center.
http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2010/1002/1002nch1.cfm

On December 29, President Obama issued a new executive order (EO 13526) that would dramatically change the way the executive branch handles classified material, reduce over-classification and expedite the release of formerly classified materials to the public. Federal agencies would be required to eliminate a 400 million page backlog of materials awaiting declassification by December 31, 2013.

In addition, the President issued a memorandum to heads of departments and agencies that directs additional steps agencies should take to implement the order. The White House also released a Presidential order entitled “Original Classification Authority. This order designates those agency heads and officials as having the authority to classify information as “Top Secret” or “Secret” under the executive order.

Among other major changes, EO 13526 (along with its implementation memorandum) establishes a National Declassification Center at the National Archives to centralize and streamline agency reviews of classified materials. The Archivist of the United States is charged with developing declassification priorities with input from the general public and after taking into account researcher interest and the likelihood of declassification. On December 30, Archivist of the United States David Ferriero announced the immediate establishment of the NDC within NARA.

What more would you like to see happen regarding the NSA? Another layer of oversight? What?

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