When CIA and NSA Workers Blow the Whistle, Congress Plays Deaf - The Intercept

A photographer closes in on CIA Director John Deutch on Capitol Hill Thursday Feb. 22, 1996 prior to a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Deutch refused to rule out using U.S. journalists as spies when American lives are at stake or there is an imminent threat of the use of weapons of mass destruction. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

When CIA and NSA Workers Blow the Whistle, Congress Plays Deaf

Do the committees that oversee the U.S. spying apparatus earnestly investigate reports of waste, fraud, and abuse? For the last 20 years, the answer has been a resounding “no.”