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President Barack Obama on Friday ties defended his administration ties s broad surveillance operations by arguing that checks and balances ensure privacy concerns were addressed. If they weren t, he added, citizens could point the finger at Congress in addition to him.
These programs are subject to congressional oversight and congressional reauthorization and congressional ties debate, Obama said. And if there are members of Congress who feel differently, then they should speak up.
The ties president made references to congressional oversight 15 times during his remarks. In a separate comment to The Huffington Post, a senior administration official said on the condition of anonymity that the administration has held at least 13 briefing sessions with members of Congress ties on the Patriot Act and its provisions.
While the administration sought to share responsibility for the surveillance -- which reportedly gathered phone records from Verizon, AT&T and Sprint Nextel customers -- lawmakers weren t eager to accept it. Several quickly denied they had been kept apprised of the NSA s actions.
I knew about the program because I specifically sought it out, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said on MSNBC. It s not something that s briefed outside the Intelligence Committee. I had to get special permission to find out about the program. Merkley said he was not briefed on the NSA's email surveillance program, PRISM.
Considering the criticism of the vast surveillance program, it s far from surprising that Congress and the White House would differ about the extent to which lawmakers knew about it. But Friday s back and forth also underscored how fragmented congressional oversight on these matters can be. Lawmakers may