Oversight

But Mr. President, the recent actions that I have just laid out make this a defining moment for the oversight of our Intelligence Community.  How Congress responds and how this is resolved will show whether the Intelligence Committee can be effective in monitoring and investigating our nation's intelligence activities, or whether our work can be thwarted by those we oversee.

I believe it is critical that the committee and the Senate reaffirm our oversight role and our independence under the Constitution of the United States.

-- Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), asserting that the CIA may have violated the law by conducting searches of committee staff computers, 11 March 2014