What I find interesting is that both the House and the Senate has standing committees representing both the majority and minority they are tasked with providing Congressional oversight of the following executive branch departments and agencies:

Office of the Director of National Intelligence , Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security’ Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of Treasury, Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, National Security Agency, Office of Naval Intelligence, Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, United States Coast Guard, Marine Corps Intelligence Activity.

In addition, there is dedicted House Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism/Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Analysis and Counterintelligence. These Committees are also tasked with conducting periodic investigations, audits, and inspections of intelligence activities and programs. So my question is has Congress been asleep at the wheel since 9/11? But wait, here is article from the the ACLU talking about President Clinton http://www.aclu.org/safefree/extraordinaryrendition/22203res20051206.html and the use of redition during his time in office.

I think it’s time for the hard core Bush haters to call it a day and listen to their new President and begin looking forward and start spending time reading the Bills they are sending to President to become law.