Opinion | If President Trump fires the bane of his legal troubles, he could spark a legal and constitutional crisis. (Video: Adriana Usero/The Washington Post)

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Here’s the difficulty. We want Congress to exercise oversight when it comes to the activities of our intelligence services, to prevent them from abusing their awesome powers and to maintain public confidence that such abuses — of which there is a long history in this country — aren’t happening once again.