court is ex parte. you only have a government lawyer in front of the court. you don t have some other body, some other person arguing against it in each case. how is that real supervision? that is what was passed under the patriot act and then renewed first of all changed in 2008 after the wireless eving dropping controversy with the bush administration and then it was voted on again in december of 2012. the senators who are in charge of these committees, rogers, diane dine stein, they say they sent letters to every member of the senate and house come to the secret rooms come and read in and understand what you re voting on. the counter argument from senator udle and others and ron wyden, is aside from the members of the intelligence committee like widen and udall, first none of them can bring in staff and then the others are not well