“For the past three years, the Senate intelligence committee has avoided carrying out its oversight of our nation's intelligence programs whenever the White House becomes uncomfortable with the questions being asked. The very independence of this committee is called into question.” YearsPastThreeHouseNationsWhiteProgramIndependenceUncomfortableWhite HouseThree YearsSenateCommitteesAvoidedOversight Author:Jay Rockefeller
“It is abundantly clear that a total review of all intelligence programs is necessary so that members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are fully informed as to what is actually being carried out by the intelligence community.” CommunityClearMembersProgramReviewsSenateCommitteesNsaIntelligence Community Author:Dianne Feinstein
“The programs that have been discussed over the last couple days in the press are secret in the sense that they are classified but they are not secret in the sense that when it comes to phone calls every member of Congress has been briefed on this program. With respect to all these programs the relevant intelligence committees are fully briefed on these programs. These are programs that have been authorized by broad bipartisan majorities repeatedly since 2006.” Has BeensLastsSecretCoupleMembersProgramMajorityPressesCongressPhonesBroadsRelevantCommitteesPhone CallsNsaBipartisan Author:Barack Obama
“When it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls. That's not what this program is about. ... What the intelligence community is doing is looking at phone numbers, and durations of calls; they are not looking at people's names and they're not looking at content. ... If the intelligence committee actually wants to listen to a phone call they have to go back to a federal judge, just like they would in a criminal investigation.” PeopleIfsWantNamesCommunityNumbersJudgingListeningProgramPhonesCriminalsInvestigationCommitteesTelephonesPhone CallsNsaDurationPhone NumbersIntelligence CommunityFederal JudgesCriminal Investigation Author:Barack Obama
“One thing I hate about school committees today is that they cut arts programs out of the curriculum because they say the arts aren't a way to make a living.” WayArtTodaySchoolHateCuttingOne ThingProgramI HateCommitteesCurriculumThings I Hate Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“I went to Oberlin College, and they don't have a film major, but they do have what's called an individual major, where you can sort of pitch to a committee your own course study, and if they approve it, you have essentially just designed your own major. So Oberlin doesn't have a film major; they do have a film minor... And then my spring semester of my junior year, I went off to NYU film school as a visiting student - they have a program for kids from other schools to come in for a semester.” IfsYearsKidsSchoolFilmCoursesIndividualStudyStudentsCollegeMajorsSpringProgramMinorsCommitteesJuniorsVisitingFilm SchoolSemesterNyuJunior Year Author:Ed Helms
“When you have the Chief of Staff of the Republican National Committee and the political director of the Romney campaign, and their two companies get $150 million at the end of the campaign for the 'fantastic' get-out-the-vote program... some of this borders on RICO violations.” TwoEndsPoliticalCompanyMillionsRepublicanDirectorsProgramVoteCampaignsChiefsFantasticBordersStaffCommitteesRomneyViolationRicoChief Of Staff Author:Patrick Caddell