Probe all the intelligence agencies

CIA has a secret surveillance program called 'Deep Dive' that has been collecting Americans' personal information for YEARS without congressional approval, Democratic Senators say

• Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Martin Heinrich have called for a probe
• They wrote top intelligence officials and demanded information
• Wyden and Heinrich said the program operated 'outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection'
• The Senators claim the CIA have long hidden details from the public and Congress 

The CIA has been collecting the personal information of Americans for years in a secret surveillance program that has no congressional approval, according to a newly declassified letter released by a pair of Democratic senators said late Thursday night.  

Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico are branding the collection 'warrantless backdoor searches.' They sent a letter to top intelligence officials calling more details about the program to be declassified and demanded immediate action.

The program is 'entirely outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection, and without any of the judicial, congressional or even executive branch oversight that comes from [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] collection,' the senators wrote.