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demmiblue

(39,460 posts)
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 05:03 PM Wednesday

Sitting U.S. senators don't make letters such as this one [Sen. Wyden to CIA] public unless they feel a paper trail... [View all]

Sitting U.S. senators don't make letters such as this one public unless they feel a paper trail is needed to inform the public.

Not great. Really not great.

Sitting U.S. senators don't make letters such as this one public unless they feel a paper trail is needed to inform the public.

Not great. Really not great.

h/t Sahil Kapur

Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) 2026-02-04T21:52:57.870Z

This is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.' www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

Kashmir Hill (@kashhill.bsky.social) 2026-02-04T21:53:51.413Z


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