Dianne Feinstein breaks ranks: ‘I am totally opposed’ to NSA spying on allies

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/28/dianne-feinstein-breaks-ranks-i-am-totally-opposed-to-nsa-spying-on-allies/



Senate intelligence committee chair, who has been a loyal defender of the NSA, demands a ‘total’ surveillance review

Dianne Feinstein breaks ranks: ‘I am totally opposed’ to NSA spying on allies
By Paul Lewis, The Guardian
Monday, October 28, 2013 21:05 EDT

The chair of the Senate Intelligence committee, who has been a loyal defender of the National Security Agency, dramatically broke ranks on Monday, saying she was “totally opposed” to the US spying on allies and demanding a total review of all surveillance programs.

California Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein strongly criticised the NSA’s monitoring of the calls of friendly world leaders such as German chancellor Angela Merkel.

Feinstein, who has steadfastly defended the NSA’s mass surveillance programs, added that both Barack Obama and members of her committee, which is supposed to received classified briefings, had been kept in the dark about operations to target foreign leaders.

“It is abundantly clear that a total review of all intelligence programs is necessary so that members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are fully informed as to what is actually being carried out by the intelligence community,” Feinstein said in a statement to reporters. “Unlike NSA’s collection of phone records under a court order, it is clear to me that certain surveillance activities have been in effect for more than a decade and that the Senate Intelligence Committee was not satisfactorily informed.

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1. ALL governments have spy agencies... this makes Feinstein look phony

The phony outrage from Feinstein, and Merkel... is tiresome.

This is exactly WHY the governments will not tell the "public" what is really going on...

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2. She is phony, and delusional. but in this case I will support her. nt