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said, "Another important safeguard to the privacy of communications
!   was the continuous review of NSA's activities by the Senate and House
!   intelligence committees."

Congressional oversite in real-time was non-existent.


Remember Ronald "I am a Contra" Reagan?

#   U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, March 13, 1987
#   
#   Dear [Guy],
#   
#       Your letter of February 25th in which you inquired about the
#   association between Mr. Frank Varelli and the FBI has been received.
#   
#       An internal FBI inquiry is currently ongoing into the activities of
#   an Agent associated with Mr. Varelli who left the FBI following an earlier
#   administrative inquiry. For that reason, it would be premature at this
#   point to respond to any questions concerning the matter.
#   
#   Sincerely,
#   
#       William M. Baker
#       Assistant Director
#       Office of Congressional and Public Affairs
#
#   Bicentennial of the United States Constitution (1787-1987)


*   [NJ] The Star-Ledger, Friday, January 29, 1988
*   
*   The documents, released Wednesday, showed that the original target of the
*   FBI probe was CISPES, but that the investigation broadened to include
*   more than 100 other