Feinstein Publicly Accuses C.I.A. of Spying on Congress
The
chairwoman of the Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday accused the
Central Intelligence Agency of improperly removing documents from
computers that committee staff members had been using to complete a
report on the agency’s detention program, saying the move was part of an
effort to intimidate the committee.
Senator
Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California and the chairwoman of the
committee, suggested on the Senate floor that the agency had violated
federal law and said the C.I.A. had undermined Congress’s constitutional
right to oversee the actions of the executive branch.
“I am not taking it lightly,” she said.
John
O. Brennan, the C.I.A. director, denied Ms. Feinstein’s assertions on
Tuesday. “We wouldn’t do that,” Mr. Brennan said in response to
questions from NBC’s Andrea Mitchell in an appearance at the Council on
Foreign Relations in Washington.
no way spying on the committee or the Senate.
