a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:1516:"<span>From the HPSCI website:&nbsp; &quot;The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence  (HPSCI) is a committee of the United States House of Representatives,  currently chaired by U.S. Congressman Mike Rogers (Michigan). The HPSCI  is charged with the oversight of the United States Intelligence  Community.......&quot;&nbsp; <br />
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Given that mandate of oversight, wouldn't you have a duty to call to task any intelligence agency that violates the tenets of the US Constitution, specifically the&nbsp; privacy of &quot;persons, houses, papers, and effects&quot;&nbsp; that is afforded to every citizen by the 4th Amendment of our Bill of Rights? <br />
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<strong>Do our elected officials take an oath to protect and defend the government .............. or the Constitution? <br />
<em>They are not the same.</em><br />
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</strong>The following article, written by Philip Giraldi, sheds some light on the failures of oversight at the House Intelligence Committee.</span><br />
<span>Philip Giraldi is a former counter-terrorism specialist and  military intelligence officer of the United States Central Intelligence  Agency.<br />
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<em><strong>Please read:</strong></em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2014/02/10/the-art-of-american-scaremongering/">original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2014/02/10/the-art-of-american-scaremongering/</a> <br />
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