Some have mentioned: Why bring up NSA Spying now and not back in 2006?

[rhett o rick]

40. Let's talk about this "triple oversight". Looks to me like there is zero oversight.

Gen Clapper and Gen Alexander have "interpreted" to allow massive surveillance without warrants. Who specifically is overseeing those interpretations? And are those interpretations of the law and subsequent oversight available to the public?

Congress is supposed to have "oversight" but as you can clearly see from Sen Wyden's and Sen Udall's frustrations, that mode of oversight has failed.

The FISA courts are supposed to provide oversight. The judges are hand picked hard line Republicans not at all interested in the Constitution. They act as a rubber stamp for the hard line conservative run NSA. And they have admitted that they do not verify that the conditions of the warrants are met by the NSA. No one ensures that the warrants are enforced. And in at least one case, a warrant was issued that said the NSA could surveil anyone, anywhere, any time. One doesnt have to be a constitutional lawyer to recognize that warrant violates the Constitution.

It's ironic that some here that are so adamantly against the REpublican Party would embrace surveillance programs built, run, and overseen by hard line Republicans.

When it comes to believing Democrats Sen Wyden and Sen Udall, or Republican hard-line authoritarians like Gen Clapper and Gen Alexander, I choose the Democrats.