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发帖数: 1996 | 1 全文见
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/04/congress-n
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Members of Congress denied access to basic information about NSA
by Glenn Greenwald
From the beginning of the NSA controversy, the agency's defenders have insis
ted that Congress is aware of the disclosed programs and exercises robust su
pervision over them. "These programs are subject to congressional oversight
and congressional reauthorization and congressional debate," President Obama
said the day after the first story on NSA bulk collection of phone records
was published in this space. "And if there are members of Congress who feel
differently, then they should speak up."
从监听计划曝光开始，奥巴马政府坚称计划始终在国会授权和监督下进行。
Two House members, GOP Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia and Democratic Rep.
Alan Grayson of Florida, have provided the Guardian with numerous letters an
d emails documenting their persistent, and unsuccessful, efforts to learn ab
out NSA programs and relevant FISA court rulings.
On June 19, Grayson wrote to the House Intelligence Committee requesting sev
eral documents relating to media accounts about the NSA. Included among them
were FISA court opinions directing the collection of telephone records for
Americans, as well as documents relating to the PRISM program.
But just over four weeks later, the Chairman of the Committee, GOP Rep. Mike
Rogers, wrote to Grayson informing him that his requests had been denied by
a Committee "voice vote".
然而两位分别来自两党的议员Griffith和Grayson都表示不论奥巴马政府，还是国会情报
委员会都拒绝提供任何资料。
In a follow-up email exchange, a staff member for Grayson wrote to the Chair
man, advising him that Congressman Grayson had "discussed the committee's de
cision with Ranking Member [Dutch] Ruppersberger on the floor last night, an
d he told the Congressman that he was unaware of any committee action on thi
s matter." Grayson wanted to know how a voice vote denying him access to the
se documents could have taken place without the knowledge of the ranking mem
ber on the Committee, and asked: "can you please share with us the recorded
vote, Member-by-Member?" The reply from this Committee was as follows:
Thanks for your inquiry. The full Committee attends Business Meetings. At ou
r July 18, 2013 Business Meeting, there were seven Democrat Members and nine
Republican Members in attendance. The transcript is classified."
Griffith（R）三次问讯没有收到任何回复。Grayson（D)收到的回复是请求被一个内部
committee口头投票拒绝，但甚至是哪些国会成员投票拒绝Grayson的请求这一信息也是
国家机密。 | m********a
发帖数: 1041 | 2 {From the beginning of the NSA controversy, the agency's defenders have
insisted that Congress is aware of the disclosed programs and exercises
robust supervision over them.}
國會議員是不是自己也偷懶，沒乖乖去上班呢? | m********a
发帖数: 1041 | 3 {The transcript is classified.}
:)
不說就是不說，就是不理你。 |
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