It's still statements of fact though.  Oversight doesn't have to equal public airing.  I'm not asking the NSA to announce on the evening news who they're gonna start wiretapping.  All I'm saying that if a government agency can do anything it wants without fear of reprisal, repercussions, or, for that matter, of anyone finding out, then there's a problem.  Further, you're way off base if you think that the notification given certain members of Congress was substantive or in any way an opportunity for someone to do something. Bush is a master of misinformation.