Article from Town Hall by Katie Pavlich.
During a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on Thursday, Senator Rand Paul asked FBI Director Christopher Wray if the Bureau or other intelligence agencies have listened to President Trump’s phone calls.
According to Wray, at least in an open hearing, the question couldn’t be answered.
“Do you think it’s possible that the President’s phone calls with international leaders are in the FISA data base?” Senator Paul asked.
“I’m not sure there’s anything I can speak to in this setting,” Wray said.
Today I questioned FBI Director Wray on the domestic spying and government abuse of our data. The concern of us who want more control over what the government can do with our data is because as Madison said men are not angels. That's why we have the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/nOmqoPp62J
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) October 10, 2018
? The FBI Director just testified in the US Senate. I asked him if @realDonaldTrump phone conversations are getting collected in the FISA database. He wouldn't answer. Is NSA or FBI listening in on our President? We know bad actors exist within intel community. REFORM NEEDED NOW
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) October 10, 2018
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Talking about improper delegation of legislative authority by The Congress to the executive branch of the federal government, I can easily take you back quite a few years, to 1968 as a matter of fact and the Gun Control Act of that year, wherein the following phrase appears, “and the Scretary or his delegate shall promulgate regulations…”, these “rgulations” ineffective becoming the law. Interestingly, we at least know who The Secretary (Secretary of Treasury) is at any given time, but who the hell is “his delegate”? Talk of improper delegation of legislative authority. If that is not part and parcel of the above mentioned, then please tell me what might be.
Perhaps my error but the above comment should have appeared in Two Supreme Court justices slam congress.