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Have seen repeated anonymously in the press, that the committee staff had somehow obtained the document through unauthorized or criminal means. perhaps to include hacking into the cia's computer network. >> senator feinstein said she was outraged yesterday that her committee staff was being accused of possibly committing a crime, but she said on the floor that it was possible that the cia had, in fact, committed a crime. >> besides the constitutional implication, the cia's search may also have violated the fourth amendment, the computer fraud and abuse act, as well as executive order 12333, wh...

Floor of the united states senate today. as dianne feinstein, the chair of the committee that oversees intelligence, usually reliable ally of the cia and intelligence apparatus, took to the floor to accuse the cia of spying on senate staff members and of quite possibly violating the law and the constitution. >> based on what director brennan has informed us, i have grave concerns that the cia search may well have violated the separation of powers principles embodied in the united states constitution. the cia search may also have violated the fourth amendment, the computer fraud and abuse act, ...

Principles embodied in the united states constitution. the cia search may also have violated the fourth amendment, the computer fraud and abuse act, as well as the executive order 12333 which prohibits the cia from conducting domestic searches or surveillance. >> within two hours of senator feinstein's bombshell speech on the senate floor, the head of the cia was fielding questions about the allegations from our own andrea mitchell at a previously scheduled appearance at the council on foreign relations. >> as far as the allegations of, you know, cia hacking into, you know, senate computers, n...

Damning information just started vanishing. >> the cia just went and searched the committee's computers. >> reporter: diane feinstein blasted the cia on the senate floor. >> besides the constitutional implication, the search may also have violated the fourth amendment, the computer fraud and abuys act, as well as executive order 12333 which prohibits the cia from conducting domestic searches or surveillance. >> reporter: 6.2 million documents they've spent years coaming through and then noticed certain pages started disappearing. this happened twice, more than 900 pages.

And a recognition that this cia search of computers used by its oversight committee was inappropriate. i have received neither. i have received neither. besides the constitutional imoccasion, the cia search may also have violated the fourth amendment. the computer fraud and abuse act, as well as the executive order 12333 which prohibits the cia from conducting domestic searches or surveillance. >> when the facts come out on, this i think a lot of people who are claiming that there has been this tremendous sort of spying and monitoring and hacking will be proved wrong. >> extraordinary day. the...