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Pelosi Statement in Response to Inspectors General Report on President Bush's Warrantless Surveillance Program

Statement

Date: July 10, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Civil Liberties and Civil Rights


Pelosi Statement in Response to Inspectors General Report on President Bush's Warrantless Surveillance Program

Speaker Pelosi issued the following statement today in response to a report by the Inspectors General of the Departments of Defense and Justice, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Office of the Director National Intelligence on President Bush's warrantless surveillance program:

"The Inspectors General FISA report brings to light the disturbing facts and circumstances surrounding President Bush's warrantless surveillance program. Particularly disturbing was the observation of former Deputy Attorney General James Comey that the legal analysis under which the program operated for years ‘entailed ignoring an act of Congress, and doing so without full congressional notification.' No President should be able to operate outside the law.

"The House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees will closely examine the findings and recommendations of the classified and unclassified reports, and will conduct appropriate oversight of electronic surveillance activities."


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