Intelligence Panel Chief Says No Majority to Shift Custody of NSA Data

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) says there is not a majority on the panel to support giving private companies custody of the federal government’s database of phone-call metadata.

Chairman Rogers said he doesn’t think such a proposal, which he opposes, would clear his panel -- the first time he’s made such a statement. “Given my conversations, I think, today, that would have a hard time passing,” Chairman Rogers said, adding that he’s spoken with both Republicans and Democrats. Still, he said, the proposal is “still on the table.”