[GPCA Updates] NEWS ADVISORY: Feinstein support for CIA choice another reasonvoters should abandon her, say Greens

[Jim Stauffer]

                  News Advisory
           THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA
                www.cagreens.org


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 					     
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
 

Sen. Feinstein support for Bush CIA choice
is just another reason California voters should
abandon her, charge three Green Party candidates

SACRAMENTO (May 10, 2006) – Sen. Dianne Feinstein's support of President
Bush's CIA pick Gen. Michael Hayden – generally regarded as the architect
of the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program – is one
more example why voters, including Democrats, should abandon her at the
polls, said three Green Party candidates seeking to challenge Feinstein in
November.

Green Party candidates Todd Chretien, Tian Harter and Kent Mesplay will
face-off in California's Green Party Primary June 6 – and then zero in on
Feinstein in November.

"I have no idea why anybody would want to smear their name by saying good
things about this nominee. This guy was the architect, implementer, and
chief defender of the illegal wiretap program which we thought was
prevented by FISA.," said Harter.

 "Hayden's appointment  illustrates the total inability of the Bush White
House to make an intelligent decision. Even Republican loyalists on Capitol
Hill are seething with frustration and anger over it," added Harter.

Chretien noted Hayden is a "dangerous man" and that Feinstein's support for
a better spy chief demonstrates she and other Democrats are more interested
in election year politics than ending the war in Iraq.

But, he warned that the anti-war movement should avoid joining the
anti-Hayden chorus, calling the whole thing a "sideshow" and distraction.
"The anti-war movement should be planning protests against the escalation
of the air war in Iraq and danger of impending military action against
Iran," Chretien said.

And, Kent Mesplay, the other Green in the US Senate race in June, said
"Bush choosing Hayden to fill the job once held by Bush's father smacks of
more ‘Big Brother.'  Control freaks like Bush need conformity and
uniformity among their ‘yes people.'   

"And, how is it that Feinstein gets away with being opposed to
eavesdropping yet she says she supports Master Eavesdropper Hayden?" asked
Mesplay.