Intelligence committee urged to explain if they withheld crucial NSA document

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15. Really? Defending Republican Chairman Rogers?

This is especially ironic since it appears that the White House and the DoJ wanted this information made available "to ALL members of Congress".

So NOW where do you stand?

I have to award another point to The Guardian for covering this,
and points to Greenwald and Snowden,
because, in my opinion, NONE of this would be news without them.

Nowhere in Rogers’ statement does he deny he failed to pass on the notice that read,

"We believe that making this document available to all members of Congress, as we did with a similar document in December 2009, is an effective way to inform the legislative debate about reauthorization of Section 215."

Which, I take, is additional confirmation (in addition to the White Paper and reports from Congress) he failed to pass on notice that DOJ and the Administration claimed they wanted shared with all of Congress.

The legality of the 215 dragnet depends, in part, on whether or not the Executive briefed Congress. And because of Mike Rogers, it appears that that legal case is beginning to crumble.


http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/08/12/mike-rogers-says-4-briefings-recently-makes-up-for-withholding-information-before-patriot-act-vote/#sthash.BlLrt2Wv.dpuf