Breach or Debate It’s time for Congress to use its freedom of speech power to force the intelligence debate out into the open.

Foreign Policy (August 1, 2013)

Breach or Debate

It’s time for Congress to use its freedom of speech power to force the intelligence debate out into the open.

By Bruce Ackerman

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The massive NSA surveillance program revealed last month by Edward Snowden may have narrowly survived an up-or-down vote in the House of Representatives last week, but the battle is far from over. As the House Judiciary Committee mulls a second bill limiting NSA telephone intrusions, it's worth revisiting the ground rules governing the ongoing debate. In particular, should members of Congress use their special constitutional powers of free speech to force the facts about the government's secret activities out into the open?