The American people are being kept in the dark about their government's interpretation of a major surveillance law.
Isn't acceptable to me.
When members of the public find out how their government is secretly interpreting the PATRIOT Act, they're going to insi...
It is good to have my old seatmate from this committee here.
Those tools include the creation of organic legislation by the U.S. Congress for this agency.
The ball is in your court to do this in a hurry.
I hope that you will do more than work with just the President's task force because I think that is constructive.
That hasn't worked.
I have come to the conclusion they are legitimate.
I also believe that all intelligence activities have to be conducted within the boundaries of public law.
the application of secret law is wrong, because that's what I'm raising in the letter.
I think secret law is an increasing, you know, problem in this country.
I think most Members of Congress aren't aware of how it's being applied either, even though they're being asked to vote ...
I think business as usual is unacceptable.
I think it is absolutely essential to protect the operations and methods that are employed day in, day out by the courag...
I don't think our government ought to be able to write secret law.
if the public thinks that the law is this, and the law ends up actually being that, that's a prescription for trouble.
a discussion about reforming process is not, and should not become, an exercise in partisanship
