[Sosfbay-discuss] Again, The Awful DIANE FEINSTEIN

[Andrea Dorey]

Just when you think she can't outdo herself, she does.
Andrea

On May 9, 2006, at 7:04 AM, alexcathy at aol.com wrote:

> Dear Green Friends,
>
>   Once again, California's Democratic Sen. DIANE FEINSTEIN, has shown
> herself to be to the Right of some mainstream Republicans.
>
>   Some of you may have noted this Associated Press story about  
> President
> Bush's nomination of Gen. Michael Hayden as CIA chief
>  published today:
>
>  = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
>  GENERAL NAMED CIA NOMINEE
>  By Katherine Shrader
>  Associated Press
>
>   WASHINGTON - President Bush's nomination of Gen. Michael Hayden  
> as CIA
> chief ignited a confirmation fight Monday over the intelligence
> veteran's ties to the controversial eavesdropping program and his
> ability to be independent from the military establishment.
>
>   With Hayden at his side, Bush urged senators to promptly approve the
> former National Security Agency head, who one year ago was confirmed
> unanimously to be the nation's first deputy director of national
> intelligence.
>
>   CIA Director Porter Goss announced his resignation last week after
> tussling with Hayden and his boss, National Intelligence Director John
> Negroponte, about the agency's autonomy and direction.
>
>   Even before Hayden's nomination became official, lawmakers began
> questioning whether he was the right choice to head the spy agency.
>
>   Senate Intelligence Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., stopped short of
> endorsing Hayden on Monday: ''While I am not opposed to his  
> nomination,
> senators -- including myself -- will have important questions which
> they will want addressed.''
>
>   Hayden is credited with designing the NSA's warrantless surveillance
> program. Disclosure of the program late last year sparked an intense
> debate over whether the president can order the monitoring of
> international calls and e-mails in the United States without court
> warrants.
>
>   Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., has said that he  
> would
> use a Hayden nomination to raise questions about the legality of the
> eavesdropping program.
>
>   Hayden is not without supporters. He won an early endorsement from
> Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., one of the most vocal critics of
> Bush's eavesdropping program.
>
>   "We need to get the CIA house in order. The most important thing is
> that the individual be a competent, qualified intelligence
> professional. And Mike Hayden is all of those things,'' Feinstein told
> CNN.
>
>  . . .
>
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>
>
>   Tell me again why I should give up on the Green Party and devote
> money, time, and energy to helping the Democrats?
>
>   Many of my progressive friends outside of California have no idea  
> how
> really awful Feinstein is. Moreover, she was elected in the so-called
> "Year of the Woman" in 1992 and so some people think that just because
> the senator is female Democrat from San Francisco, then she must be
> okay. In fact, except for the narrow question of abortion,  
> Feinstein is
> also pretty terrible on women's rights.
>
>   It is 2006 and the senior Democratic U.S. Senator from California is
> *STILL* sucking up to the Bushies.
>
>  Unbelievable!
>
>
>  Alex Walker
>
>
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