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Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Feinstein is an American politician who has served as the senior United States Senator from California since 1992. She is one of the longest-serving female senators in U.S. history and has been a prominent figure in the Democratic Party, holding various leadership roles in the Senate. more

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“While the US Constitution marks these programs as illegal, my government argues that secret court rulings, which the world is not permitted to see, somehow legitimize an illegal affair. These rulings simply corrupt the most basic notion of justice - that it must be seen to be done. The immoral cannot be made moral through the use of secret law.”

“It's clear the CIA was trying to play 'keep away' with documents relevant to an investigation by their overseers in Congress, and that's a serious constitutional concern. But it's equally if not more concerning that we're seeing another 'Merkel Effect,' where an elected official does not care at all that the rights of millions of ordinary citizens are violated by our spies, but suddenly it's a scandal when a politician finds out the same thing happens to them.”