(However, in response to the N.S.A. revelations, Google has fast-tracked its plan to encrypt data as it zips between its own data centers to prevent it from being subject to intelligence-agency prying).
On Wednesday, Nunes told reporters that an unnamed source provided him with dozens of reports showing that Trump associates ― and maybe even the president himself ― were subject to "incidental" intelligence collection in the final months of the Obama administration.
The chairman has backed down from his most explosive claim ― that Trump was personally subjected to incidental intelligence collection ― saying he won't know for sure until he hears back from intelligence and law enforcement officials. .
Mr. bin al-Shibh quickly cooperated; Mr. Nashiri resisted and was subjected to waterboarding, intelligence officials have said.
Speaking earlier at an event in Essex, Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK's intelligence agencies were subject to proper scrutiny by the Intelligence and Security Committee in the House of Commons.
For me, Shakespeare is to his work sort of what, for others, God is to the Bible: an incredible creative intelligence subject to endless interpretations, none of which are necessarily wrong.
Martina Renner, a Left party politician on the parliamentary committee, told Associated Press that the case indicated that anyone who examined Snowden's revelations in detail was subject to scrutiny by US intelligence agencies.
While oversight of the CIA is largely subject to the whims of intelligence committee leaders, internal checks are stronger within the Defense Department itself.
Martina Renner, a member of the opposition Left Party on the parliamentary panel, said the case indicated that anyone who examined Snowden's revelations in detail was subject to scrutiny by U.S. intelligence agencies.
In California on Friday, Mr Obama noted both NSA programmes had been authorised repeatedly by Congress and were subject to continual oversight by congressional intelligence committees and by secret intelligence courts.
