Senator Dianne Feinstein: NSA Metadata Program Here To Stay

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."'"

Comments

Re:Relevant Quote

[TangoMargarine]

Bold words from a show where humanity suddenly and magically solved most of its societal problems with very little in the way of explanation, unfortunately.

Re:Of course it is here to stay

[Anonymous Coward]

Citation Needed. School funding generally comes from the states. If you mean the federal government giving grants to school districts for administrators to buy the latest model Mercedes, that's different.