Congress wants answers to questions about administration snooping on Iran deal

Washington Examiner:
The House Oversight Committee sent a letter to the National Security Agency on Wednesday asking for information about its reported policy of eavesdropping on phone calls between Israeli government officials and members of Congress, as well as why the federal agency forwarded these records to the White House.

"These reports raise questions concerning the processes NSA employees follow in determining whether intercepted communications involved members of Congress, and the latitude agency employees have in screening communications with members of Congress for further dissemination within the Executive Branch," wrote Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz and National Security Subcommittee Chairman Ron DeSantis.

Committee members have requested copies of all guidance, including formal and informal policies and procedures, for determining if phone data involves a House member or senator. The letter also asks for conditions by which NSA would share intelligence with another government official, employee or agent, in this case, senior officials in the Obama administration.

It was written about a day after it was reported that the NSA continued to spy on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in order to learn what Israel was doing to oppose the Iran nuclear agreement.
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It tells you something about the arrogance of this administration that they would be snooping on Congressional communications with an ally.   It is more evidence that the Obama administration does not think the rule of law applies to them in the pursuit of their agenda.

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