| Copyrighted Image - Image is from copyrighted website - motherjones.com () Copyrighted Image? DMCA | What does the IRS scandal have to do with the recent disclosures about National Security Agency surveillance programs that sweep up phone records and internet communications? The answer doesn't involve President Barack Obama thuggishly conspiring to spy on political foes and average Joes. But the two controversies have this in common: congressional oversight. The NSA leaks underscore the compelling need for vigorous and extensive monitoring of secret government action by congressional leaders who are elected to look out for the public's interest. The trumped-up IRS scandal shows how many of those leaders cannot be trusted to take their oversight duties seriously. |
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