CIA Secretly Collected ‘Bulk’ Data on American Citizens, Senators Say
- Wyden, Heinrich say Congress was not informed of programs
- CIA releases some information, defends its role as lawful
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Two U.S. senators said the Central Intelligence Agency has been secretly collecting “bulk” information on American citizens without congressional oversight.
The senators, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, expressed alarm in an April 13 letter to Avril Haines, the director of National Intelligence and William Burns, the director of the CIA.