Once again, it appears the only way to make our nation‘s intelligence oversight committees care about surveillance is to include them in the „fun.“

Fervent surveillance apologist Dianne Feinstein had zero fucks to give about the steady stream of leaks until it became apparent that the CIA was spying on her staffers while they put together the Torture Report. Likewise, many members of the House Intelligence Committee couldn‘t be bothered to care much about domestic surveillance until they, too, were „inadvertently“ included in the NSA‘s dragnet.

Suddenly, it‘s time to start caring about the NSA‘s broad powers.