One of the National Security Agency‘s primary defenses against criticism has been that it is subject to robust oversight from all three branches of the federal government. In the past week, however, all three branches have called for reform.

NSA oversight was never as robust as the „three branches“ claim, which the agency has made repeatedly. (One quick example, from an August presentation: „all three branches of our government exercise oversight over NSA‘s use of [FISA] authority.“ Or just do a Google search.)