Democrats Put Pentagon Under Scrutiny« Thread Started on Feb 1, 2007, 2:30am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Democrats Put Pentagon Under Scrutiny 08:10 PM, January 31st 2007by News StaffCovert activities carried out by the Pentagon under for U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are coming under scrutiny by the new Democratic Congress. Before winning control of both houses in November elections, Democrats' questions about such things are warrantless wiretapping and the collection of personal data were deflected by majority Republicans, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., has scheduled hearings beginning March 1 to investigate the practices, as well as to determine if the Pentagon created an intelligence agency parallel to the CIA but without the oversight, the Journal said. read at source> http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_11631-D ... utiny.html