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Dianne Feinstein, who I have voted for a lot when I was a Californian (including her unsuccessful bid to be Governor) was all, "Fine, spy on Americans. Who cares about their rights?" I paraphrase, but you get it.
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From the LA Times last month (LINK)
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) offered a full-throated defense of the government's collection of data on billions of American phone calls, saying Wednesday that the National Security Agency’s practices have safeguarded the nation without trampling on civil liberties.
“What keeps me up at night, candidly, is another attack against the United States. And I see enough of the threat stream to know that is possible,” Feinstein said at a Pacific Council on International Policy dinner in Century City.
Ah yes... the old keeps us safe from attack line. I know it well.
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But she just found out that NSA was snooping on HER. And she is pissed off. (LINK form Washington Post). Whats good for the gander is good for the goose.
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