So, who are these people that are handling Edward Snowden?

[MADem]

110. I didn't say a word about Feinstein. She's the Chair of Intel, sure.

But she's not down in the weeds--that's what the junior members as well as the people who are responsible for the oversight function (are supposed to) do.

You do know that Rand Paul is a member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, right? That's the ultimate watchdog/oversight committee, that can stick their beak into EVERYTHING, and when they want to, they do. It's a very good committee assignment if you want to know what's going on, who's screwing up, and things of that nature--of course, you have to do the work. http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/about/jurisdiction

By "do the work" I mean they have to go down to the basement to actually DO any oversight, because they aren't allowed to take the material out of the SCIF down there to their comfy, well-appointed offices.

I think, if we did some real hard looking, we'd learn that a lot of those "overseers" haven't spent much time in the basement, doing their jobs, at all.

That's kind of where my head was at, seeing as Snowden was a contributor to that guy's campaign. He should have gone to see him, and not Greenwald, et. al.