“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
“after a generation or two of shedding the deliberate political encumbrances to war ... of dropping Congress from the equation altogether, of super-empowering the presidency with total war-making power and with secret new war-making resources that answer to no one but him, of insulating the public from not only the cost of war but sometimes even the knowledge that it's happened - war making has become almost an autonomous function of the American state. It never stops.” TwoWarSometimesStatesPoliticalAnswersSecretGenerationsHappenedCostResourcesFunctionCongressEmpoweringPresidencyEquationsDeliberateDroppingTotal WarAutonomousCost Of War Author:Rachel Maddow
“Congress hasn't declared war on the countries - the majority of them are our allies - but without asking for public permission, NSA is running network operations against them that affect millions of innocent people. And for what? So we can have secret access to a computer in a country we're not even fighting?” PeopleWarCountryRunningFightingSecretMillionsComputerAskingMajorityCongressAccessInnocentOperationsAlliesPermissionNsa Author:Edward Snowden
“Congress is debating a kill switch that would allow President Obama to freeze all activity on the internet if there was a national emergency. The kill switch goes by the top-secret code name 'Microsoft Windows.'” IfsNamesPresidentSecretInternetActivityWindowCongressCodePresident ObamaEmergenciesMicrosoftFreezeTop Secret Author:Conan O'Brien
“Republican Congressman Pete Hoekstra has charged the Bush administration with keeping programs secret from Congress. Somehow no one from Congress reads the New York Times, I guess.” SecretNew YorkRepublicanProgramCongressAdministrationNew York TimesCongressman Author:Jay Leno
“Hostess Bakery plants shut down due to a workers' strike. It was split up. The State Department hired all the Twinkies, the Secret Service hired all the HoHos, the generals are sleeping with the Cupcakes and the voters sent all the Ding Dongs to Congress.” StatesSleepSecretPlantWorkersCongressDuesStrikesDepartmentVotersSplitsCupcakesSecret ServiceHostessesBakeries Author:Argus Hamilton