Last week two U.S. senators revealed that the CIA may once again be spying on Americans. But no one paid much attention.
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., in a letter demanding further details, said they have identified a previously unknown CIA data repository that includes "bulk" information collected about American citizens. The senators said the agency had been hiding details about the program from the public and Congress, and that the program operates, as they put it, "outside the statutory framework."
"Outside the statutory framework" is Washingtonese for "against the law."
