We’ve written at length about how the rules of the congressional intelligence committees make it difficult to do real oversight of the intelligence community, but at a more fundamental level, they stymie efforts to legislate on intelligence matters. Sen. Ron Wyden’s experience in trying to legislate in this hall of mirrors is very instructive. Brian Beutler reports.
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