Feinstein: with bin Laden dead, we need Patriot Act even more

[Enrique]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/23/MN7O1JJVHL.DTL

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, defended the expiring provisions as tools needed by federal law enforcement to investigate suspected terrorists, especially after the death of Osama bin Laden, when threats may rise.

"This is a time when our vigilance must be heightened," Feinstein said.

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Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/23/MN7O1JJVHL.DTL#ixzz1NIo6yEzU

[RandomThoughts]

1. Well she has a sense of humor.

:rofl:

[aquart]

2. Make her go away.

Isn't she married to defense interests?

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. She is up for reelection next year

[truedelphi]

3. Diane Feinstein is proof that a "D" after your name

Does not mean you have much association with true liberal values.

She has constantly boosted her career with the claims that she was under fire when Moscone and Harvey Milk were assassinated. The truth is, she didn't even know that the murders had occurred until White had left the building.

She loves all things war, as the more war and heavy-duty security measures in place against the average American citizen, the more money her husband makes on his dirty little and quite bloody war contracts.

[markpkessinger]

7. Amen! n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed....

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” H.L. Mencken

[City Lights]

5. She makes my skin crawl. nt

[Angry Dragon]

8. If that is the reasoning then they should have never

tried to hunt him down at all .............. bush made a mistake

[hifiguy]

9. Do these people even listen to how

stoopid they sound when saying something like this? By this logic we should have kept bombing Japan and Germany after they had already surrendered. Gotta keep the animals stirred up, I guess.

:eyes:

[whatchamacallit]

10. What a surprise!

slip slidin away...

[bullwinkle428]

11. Wouldn't it be shocking if we found out her husband was connected to the defense industry?

http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-04-22/news/17487250_1_eg-g-division-george-r-melton-president-urs-corp-s-eg-g

Don't look so shocked, everybody.

[Enrique]

12. with bin Laden dead

we might have to give Mr. Feinstein even more business. Because of the new threats, you see.

[AsahinaKimi]

13. Feinstein has been riding the Lieberman bus too long

She needs to make up her mind, which Party she is going to follow.

[geardaddy]

15. Bang on, AK.

:thumbsup:

[RainDog]

14. k&r n/t

[Forkboy]

16. Nothing to do with her ties to the MIC, I'm sure.

[TheKentuckian]

17. This skank needs to be retired.

[Cali_Democrat]

18. Fuck you, Feinstein