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Sen. Mark Kirk to Eric Holder: Is DOJ spying on Congress?
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Jun 06, 2013 06:22pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Joel Gehrke |
| News Date | Friday, June 7, 2013 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Attorney General Eric Holder refused to answer when asked if the Justice Department is spying on members of Congress, citing the need for a classified conversation, which lawmakers accepted while asking him to make sure that evidence of such surveillance is not destroyed.
“With all due respect, Senator, I don’t think this is an appropriate setting for me to discuss [this issue],” Holder replied during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing when Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., asked if the executive branch was conducting surveillance that would give “unique leverage” over lawmakers.
Kirk replied that “the correct answer would be, ‘No, we stayed within our lane, and we did not spy on members of Congress.’”
Holder assured Kirk that “there is no intention to do anything of that nature — that is, to spy on members of Congress or to spy on the Supreme Court.” |
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