While I don't share your fury on this point, I am equally confused by Congress's lack of ability to see one step ahead.
Should the executive ever decide to use intelligence information for political gain, members of Congress would likely be among the first blackmail targets of an American surveillance state.
Few people remember that former governor Eliot Spitzer was brought down by the PATRIOT Act. Congress really can't see that a security state is actually bad for politicians first and foremost?
Should the executive ever decide to use intelligence information for political gain, members of Congress would likely be among the first blackmail targets of an American surveillance state.
Few people remember that former governor Eliot Spitzer was brought down by the PATRIOT Act. Congress really can't see that a security state is actually bad for politicians first and foremost?