“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive.” Sir Walter Scott

by Helen Tansey
The T-Room

Did Mike Rogers, Republican Chairman of the  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), act alone when deciding to withhold critical information about NSA’s  bulk collection of American’s phone records from the 2011 incoming class of members of congress prior to their vote to reauthorize the Patriot Act? Was the entirety of the Republican House leadership in on the decision? It sure looks that way. [Read more…]