Al Franken actually said...

"Part of the reason to have transparency is for people to be able to make their decisions based on some real information about whether or not this power is being abused or not."

"You keep saying there are three--there is oversight from all three branches of Government. We are one of the branches, and we are doing the oversight."

"I am not suggesting that you have to tell people they are being surveilled, that they personally are a suspect."

"My feeling is this: that the American people are skeptical of executive power."