Sunday, October 4, 2015

Secret Service Targeting Of Chaffetz Chills Lawmakers

Secret Service Targeting Of Chaffetz Chills Lawmakers

October 04, 2015 Secret Service Targeting Of Chaffetz Chills Lawmakers , 1 Comments


By  Hannah Hess , Oct 02, 2015 Roll Call

A Secret Service official’s allegedly deliberate decision to embarrass Rep. Jason Chaffetz could “give pause” to other lawmakers who have applied for federal jobs, cautioned former House Judiciary Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis.

The inappropriate intrusion into Privacy Act-protected information, acknowledged in a report by the agency’s inspector general, could have a chilling effect, Sensenbrenner told CQ Roll Call Thursday — and he thinks someone “should be fired over it.”

Spying on the phones and electronic devices of elected officials has stoked concern in Congress. Even Sensenbrenner, the lead author of the 2002 Patriot Act, has protested lax oversight of the National Security Agency’s activities. But the disturbing leak to two media outlets of Chaffetz’s rejected application for a Secret Service job and the particulars surrounding it raised further alarm about privacy.
 
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  1. LeeOctober 4, 2015 at 11:52 AM

    I'm sure it will be like every other investigation...Benghazi, IRS, the VA and the multiple other issues...no resolution, no consquences. The justice department might as well not even exist.

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