The Feinstein Syndrome: “The Fourth Amendment for Me, But Not for Thee”

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https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/12



Who knows, soon we might see headlines and cable TV shows asking: "Is Dianne Feinstein a whistleblower or a traitor?"

A truthful answer to that question could not possibly be “whistleblower.” It may already be a historic fact that Senator Feinstein’s speech on March 11, 2014 blew a whistle on CIA surveillance of the Senate intelligence committee, which she chairs. But if that makes her a whistleblower, then Colonel Sanders is a vegetarian evangelist.


In her blockbuster Tuesday speech on the Senate floor, Feinstein charged that the CIA’s intrusions on her committee’s computers quite possibly “violated the Fourth Amendment.” You know, that’s the precious amendment that Feinstein—more than any other senator—has powerfully treated like dirt, worthy only of sweeping under the congressional rug.

A tidy defender of the NSA’s Orwellian programs, Feinstein went on the attack against Edward Snowden from the outset of his revelations last June. Within days, she denounced his brave whistleblowing as “an act of treason”—a position she has maintained.

[Fumesucker]

1. I never noticed before..

[xchrom]

2. OMG!

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. One of funniest shows ever

and yes now that you point it out..


LOL

[LuvNewcastle]

6. Hyacinth Bucket (sounds like bouquet). Feinstein is a dead ringer.

[ctsnowman]

11. lol Love it.

[TheKentuckian]

12. I don't care who ya are, that thar is funny!

[LuvNewcastle]

4. I'm glad the CIA/NSA are doing this to Congress.

It's the only way this shit is ever going to be exposed. Maybe we'll eventually find out who's really running this country. Someone's in charge of our intelligence, but I don't think it's the President, and now we know that it certainly isn't Congress. The person who has the knowledge is the one who truly has the power, it seems to me. So who is it?

[Dustlawyer]

18. Wall Street, Big Pharma, oil companies...

[Fantastic Anarchist]

20. Well, they're just the beneficiaries and financiers of our intelligence apparatus.

You know, in case people get restless.

[sibelian]

5. She's a narcissist.

I wonder if she has a poledancing girlfriend?

[xchrom]

7. !

[cui bono]

9. She's not worried about the average citizens' 4th Amendment rights.

I wonder if she has a dog named Bo?

[pipoman]

8. It's a theme with her. ..

Being an outspoken gun control advocate while carrying a concealed handgun.

[LuvNewcastle]

10. Well, she needs that to protect herself from the rabble.

The proles don't exercise good judgement like she does.

[dsc]

16. One can be in favor of gun control and still be a gun owner

she doesn't carry a weapon like the ones she wanted banned and she went through a back round check to get her concealed weapon. In short she followed the same exact procedure she advocates, that isn't hypocrisy.

[DeSwiss]

13. They don't care about us.

- That's the problem. The Moneybags control them, not us. Anything they grant to us will be half-baked bullshit. And everyone knows it. Wake up. We must rid ourselves of this old husk if we're ever to fly......

K&R

[ReRe]

14. Well well well....

Diane gets a dose of her own medicine. If anyone in this country thinks they are exempt from being observed, they are delusional. And Brennon (?), the CIA chief) is calling her a liar. Isn't that quaint? A perfect example of "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them," (~Al Franken.&quot

[CanonRay]

15. If they had to live a year like an average American

they'd change their tune on a lot of things.

[jimlup]

17. Reality just keeps dishing out irony

The universe is laughing.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

19. Two sets of laws ...

... this ain't no democracy, either politically or economically.

They loot, loot, loot, while the plebs root, root, root.

[The Second Stone]

21. She's better than a Republican

which is faint praise indeed. Really Dianne, the CIA and NSA aren't supposed to spy on any of us. If it only gets you worked up when they spy on you, and not all Americans, then you've stopped serving the people and only serve yourself. That has been you for quite some time.

[woo me with science]

22. Fascist *and* hypocrite