Reported May 12, 2006 in the New Bedford Standard-Times

"It's very disturbing and very troubling," said U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.

The government has no right to compile information about all the "inconvenient, embarrassing and uncomfortable" yet legal things that Americans make calls about on their telephones, he said.

Even if the government promises that none of the data would be misused, they cannot control whether something leaks out by accident, Rep. Frank said...

Rep. Frank said he hopes the latest accusations against the NSA [National Security Agency] will convince his Republican colleagues to ramp up their oversight of the Bush administration.

"Because Congress has been so delinquent in asserting itself, the administration has felt bolder and bolder to do stuff," he said.