Sen. Dianne Feinstein defends NSA and need for intelligence gathering

[Jesus Malverde]

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.

She pointed to a warning Wednesday about potential bombs hidden in the shoes of passengers on flights bound for the United States.

“But the way we prevent another attack – and this is tricky – is intelligence," she said. "You have to know what’s going to happen, because it’s too late otherwise.”

Feinstein’s firm support for the NSA’s tracking program has divided some of her most ardent backers, and in recent months her popularity in California has plunged to a historic low.

Read More: http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-feinstein-nsa-foreign-policy-20140219,0,7661713.story

[hobbit709]

1. She never fails.

[grahamhgreen]

2. She wants to defend us against them that hates our freedoms, by hating our freedoms, I guess.

[PowerToThePeople]

3. Fascist MIC worshiper.

[leftyohiolib]

4. does that republican think she can be trusted anymore she's making money of it

[FiveGoodMen]

5. " (D-Calif.) "

This is what we get when we show loyalty to a party rather than to principles.

[Octafish]

6. And while she's up late, she and her hubby are using the data.

Investments. Post Offices. Etc etc etc.

[1awake]

7. If she was ever a true Democrat

She lost it some time ago. I can honestly say I want her out of office more than most of either party. Being back stabbed by a Repub is kinda expected... with her it's far worse.