Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold On The Intelligence Committee’s Failure to Authorize an Investigation Into the President’s Warrantless Wiretapping Program March 7, 2006 The Intelligence Committee’s failure to authorize an investigation into warrantless surveillance is yet another abdication of Congress’s responsibility to provide oversight and ensure accountability for this illegal program. Limiting information about the program to a minority of the Committee is not just grossly inadequate, it is contrary to the law that requires that the entire Committee be fully informed of intelligence surveillance programs.

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