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Senator Dianne Feinstein: NSA Metadata Program Here To Stay

Posted by samzenpus on from the settle-in dept.

cold fjord writes "The Hill reports, 'Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) predicted Sunday that lawmakers who favored shutting down the bulk collection of telephone metadata would not be successful in their efforts as Congress weighs potential reforms to the nation's controversial intelligence programs. "I don't believe so," Feinstein said during an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press (video). "The president has very clearly said that he wants to keep the capability So I think we would agree with him. I know a dominant majority of the — everybody, virtually, except two or three, on the Senate Intelligence Committee would agree with that." ... "A lot of the privacy people, perhaps, don't understand that we still occupy the role of the Great Satan. New bombs are being devised. New terrorists are emerging, new groups, actually, a new level of viciousness," Feinstein said. "We need to be prepared. I think we need to do it in a way that respects people's privacy rights."'"

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  1. Re:Of course it is here to stay by pixelpusher220 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Unemployment benefits? Medicare cuts? Vouchers for healthcare instead of actual health care? School funding?

    If the GOP had it's way LOTS of social programs would be gone entirely..or haven't you been listening to what they actually say?

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  2. Re:Of course it is here to stay by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Informative

    Banking regulations, Works Progress Administration (WPA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), National Recovery Administration (NRA)... to name a few

    This is a post 9/11 world, didn't anyone get the memo?

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  3. Overwhelmingly Democrat in California by sjbe · · Score: 5, Informative

    With those two exceptions California is actually largely Republican.

    Right. That's why California has 38 Democrats versus 15 Republicans in the House of Representatives, 2 Democrat senators, over 60% of the voters vote Democrat in presidential elections and the Republicans haven't won a majority of the popular vote in presidential elections since 1988. (that's 25 years for those of you counting at home) The Democrats hold enormous majorities in the State House and State Senate and registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by over 2.5 million voters.

    But you go ahead and keep believing that California is "largely Republican" if it helps you sleep at night.