ust consider what she‘s saying: as a member of Congress, she had no idea how invasive and vast the NSA‘s surveillance activities are. Sen. Jon Tester, who is a member of the Homeland Security Committee, said the same thing, telling MSNBC about the disclosures that „I don‘t see how that compromises the security of this country whatsoever“ and adding: „quite frankly, it helps people like me become aware of a situation that I wasn‘t aware of before because I don‘t sit on that Intelligence Committee.“