[9ac345a5509a]

There is no evidence that this is a Senator or anyone in a position of power. It is more likely that it is just a bored intern.

[_bfhp]

No one's claiming that it is a Senator, but then again, is this what my tax dollars are funding?

[qq66]

Yes, your tax dollars are funding this, but they are funding much worse. In terms of the useless: a friend ordered a $25,000 computer with 192 GB of RAM because he had a research grant for computer hardware that he had to use up. In terms of the horrifying: Extrajudicial murder of civilians.

[_bfhp]

I wasn't being serious; this was all likely just a prank anyway

[impendia]

Yes, in addition to all of the surveillance programs being discussed, as well as the salaries of the people who lied to Congress about it.

[eli]

If it makes you feel any better, many (most?) Senate interns are unpaid.

[peterg2]

Honestly, this is the most likely answer. I doubt it would be a Senator.

[cheald]

If only because that would actually require the Senator to be able to actually understand the technology to a degree necessary to make a Wikipedia edit.