Reply #140: Yep...she was in the Gang of Eight.

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The term "Gang of Eight" gained wide currency in the coverage of the Bush administration's warrantless domestic spying program, in the context that no members of Congress other than the Gang of Eight were informed of the program, and they were forbidden to disseminate knowledge of the program to other members of Congress. The Bush administration has asserted that the briefings delivered to the Gang of Eight sufficed to provide Congressional oversight of the program and preserve the checks and balances between the executive and legislative branches.

The non-partisan Congressional Research Service released a legal analysis on January 18, 2006, concluding that the Bush administration's refusal to brief any members of Congress on the warrantless domestic spying program other than the Gang of Eight is "inconsistent with the law." The New York Times The Washington Post

Current Members of the Gang of Eight

* Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
* John Boehner, Republican House Leader
* Harry Reid, Democratic Senate Leader
* Mitch McConnell, Republican Senate Leader
* Silvestre Reyes, Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
* Peter Hoekstra, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
* John D. Rockefeller, IV, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
* Kit Bond Ranking Member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Eight