"leaders, go out in public and express intense indignation over the fact that the privacy of their citizens is being systematically breached, and genuine indignation when they learn that their privacy has also been targeted." - Glen Greenwald https://github.com/poppingtonic/greenwald-30c3-keynote/blob/...

In fairness, spying of congress (and the president, judges, etc) does seem much more concerning then spying on most citizens, as it would allow them to break the checks on their power that those bodies should provide. In fact, one of the largest concerns I have heard about surveleince is that it would allow them to blackmail politicians.

No they won't. They'll just exempt themselves from it. Congress exempts itself from tonnes of laws.

Provided a narrow law protecting only congresspeople and their staff is not all that comes out of this.

I guess he didn't get the memo. It's a dragnet, senator, they spy on everyone.