Culture of Corruption

From CapitolCityProject:

Amid the NSA scandal, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence — the committees in charge of oversight — denied stricter reform attempts to the NSA programs and instead propelled legislation aimed at restoring their trust. The committees are intended to keep waste, fraud, and abuse in check given most of these programs are hidden from the general public.

Every single member [both Democrats and Republicans] on the committees received campaign contributions from the largest intelligence companies in the U.S. performing services for the the government.