Members of Congress Denied Access to Basic Information About NSA

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9. Cue the Greenwald attackers.

In the meantime, know this:

Congressman Grayson wrote to the House Intelligence Committee on June 19th requesting several documents. More than four weeks later, the GPO Chairman of the Committee told Grayson by letter that his requests had been denied by a Committee "voice vote".

"Congressman Grayson had "discussed the committee's decision with Ranking Member (Dutch) Ruppersberger on the floor last night, and he told the Congressman that he was unaware of any committee action on this matter." Grayson wanted to know how a voice vote denying him access to these documents could have taken place without the knowledge of the ranking member on the Committee, and asked: "can you please share with us the recorded vote, Member-by-Member?" The reply from this Committee was as follows:

"Thanks for your inquiry. The full Committee attends Business Meetings. At our July 18, 2013 Business Meeting, there were seven Democrat Members and nine Republican Members in attendance. The transcript is classified."