Top White House Aides Rushed to See Sen. Feinstein After She Ripped CIA http://t.co/0QDBIDbHVn
— Greta Van Susteren (@gretawire) March 14, 2014◼ "Tapping into computers used by members of Congress and attempts to use the Justice Department to intimidate congressional staff is a gross violation of the constitutional principles of separation of powers," Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner wrote in a Thursday letter to Deputy Attorney General James Cole. "It paints an almost-Nixonian picture of an administration that believes it can act with impunity behind a veil of secrecy." - National Journal
◼ Rand Paul on alleged CIA-Senate hacking: 'This cannot happen in a free country' - Joel Gehrke/Washington Examiner @joelmentum
"There's an incredible arrogance to me that the CIA thinks they can spy on a committee that is providing oversight for the CIA, and I think it's a real, very serious constitutional breach," Paul said outside the Senate chamber on Thursday. "This cannot happen in a free country."
...House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., praised Feinstein. "I tell you, you take on the intelligence community, you're a person of courage, and she does not do that lightly," Pelosi said during her weekly press briefing Thursday morning. "Not without evidence -- when I say evidence, [I mean] documentation of what it is that she is putting forth."
◼ ...Although Sen. Feinstein did not single him out by name in her speech, she noted that the CIA lawyer who asked the Justice Department to intervene—Acting General Counsel Robert Eatinger—was deeply involved in the interrogation program.... - Newsweek
