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warrior1

(12,325 posts)
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:57 AM Jun 2014

About DiFi

She's upset she wasn't in the loop about this transfer for POW Bergdahl and Gitmo prisoners.

She did this: In 1985, at a press conference, Feinstein revealed details about the hunt for serial killer Richard Ramírez, and in so doing angered detectives by giving away details of his crimes.[20]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein

Maybe some information is too sensitive for some people to be trusted with this kind of information.

Harsh, hell ya. But she's got the rep.

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beerandjesus

(1,301 posts)
2. DiFi's with the baggers trying to privatize the USPS.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 11:15 AM
Jun 2014

For that alone, she earns my eternal hatred and contempt.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
8. Same reason she supported Bush's wars, her husband made out like a bandit from those wars.
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 01:36 AM
Jun 2014

And still, we are told 'vote for Democrats'. She is NOT a Democrat, she is one of those imposters with a D after her name. And she's not the only one. It should be a mission to rid Congress of these pretend Democrats.

I was told today she can't be beaten because the Party Leadership will not fund anyone who challenges her. Well, maybe the people can fund someone to challenge her. Maybe instead of sending their donations to the Party they can send them to a good Progressive Dem candidate who is willing to challenge her.

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
11. She worked closely with fellow rich wife congresswoman Jane Harman to cover up Bush's spying...
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:02 PM
Jun 2014

... that helped him get reelected when she requested the NY Times pull an article on domestic spying until after the election then.

https://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/did-the-nyt-help-bush-win-the-2004-election-by-sitting-on-the-illegal-nsa-wiretapping-story-at-the-request-of-jane-harman/7135-did-the-nyt-help-bush-win-the-2004-election-by-sitting-on-the-illegal-nsa-wiretapping-story-at-the-request-of-jane-harman

Fortunately Harman (who's husband runs the audio company giant Harman Kardon company) is no longer a congresswoman, but that didn't stop Feinstein for being adamant about wanting Obama to appoint Harman to be the head of the CIA instead of Leon Panetta who Obama ultimately picked.

http://my.firedoglake.com/phoenix/tag/jane-harman/

We should at least push a more progressive Senate in the coming years to yank Feinstein from the Intelligence committee. She amongst others and her LACK of oversight over the years as a part of it is why our intelligence infrastructure is so out of control now.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)
4. Could this be the same DiFi
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 11:31 AM
Jun 2014

Who helped lie us into a war by saying there were WMDs? Yeah, I think that's the one. She's an embarrassment to California.

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
7. She was one of the Dems that kept Merkley's reforms for the filibuster from happening...
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 01:28 AM
Jun 2014

at the same time she was trying to make a big deal of her bill to control assault weapons that might have passed if SHE hadn't kept the filibuster in place that was used to shut it down.

Methinks she wanted the publicity that she was for gun control, but she wanted to tell the PTB with the campaign money, etc. that she made sure it would fail by voting down those rule changes to protect the NRA and their minions.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
9. Yep and in doing that she killed her the gun control bills
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 02:50 AM
Jun 2014

(literally). But California re-elected her, now they are stuck with her until Jan 2019 (unless she retires early). The sad thing is that there are plenty of very able Ds in California that would fill her shoes (and then some).

Cha

(296,780 posts)
10. I'm thinking that's a big reason they were not let in on.. Dianne has a lot of nerve
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 03:13 AM
Jun 2014

whining about this with her record of history.

thank you, warrior

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