The IC has gone too far for Richard Burr. That should scare you.

This'll be a shorter email than normal, but I wanted to quickly get this story in your hands. I reported last week that changes in the way the CR (the bill to end the shutdown) was written could enable the Trump administration to secretly move money around from one intelligence activity to another without authorization or informing Congress. The story got good traction so I foolishly figured the language would be amended. I was wrong, and this afternoon the top Republican and Democrat on the Intelligence Committee took to the Senate floor to try to change it, issuing dire warnings, and failed amid a jurisdictional turf war. If Richard Burr thinks the intelligence community has gone too fare, we should probably pay attention. Follow up story is here. This email grows by word of mouth. If you enjoy getting it, please forward this note to friends and tell them to sign up to start getting their own copy here. I'm the Washington bureau chief at The Intercept, and I send this several times a week. If you want to contribute directly to help keep the thing running, you can do so here, though be warned a donation comes with no tote bags or extra premium content or anything. Or you can support it by buying a copy of Out of the Ooze: The Story of Dr. Tom Price or Wall Street's White House, the first two books put out by Strong Arm Press, a small progressive publishing house I cofounded. Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Bad News, please click here.