Steve HermanThe CIA is up to something and Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who is the longest serving member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, doesn’t like it but can’t tell us about it.
Jonas Trostle@newsguyusa doesn't he get immunity from the speech and debate clause?
Bodhipaksa@jonas_trostle @newsguyusa Presumably not for divulging classified information.
Asomiv@bodhipaksa @jonas_trostle @newsguyusa
He’s immune for anything he says on the floor, even if classified.
Gravel v US aka Pentagon Papers
zbrown@Asomiv @bodhipaksa @jonas_trostle @newsguyusa key point of course is *on the floor*
Parliamentary freedom of speech is an ancient concept, but one that only protects conduct in debate (wherein it may become necessary to be critical of the State) with usual rules applying as soon as you step outside — something that some MPs, and presumably Senators and the like as well, have forgotten over the years to their detriment…