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The Hill
April 26, 2018
Welcome to OVERNIGHT CYBERSECURITY, your daily rundown of the biggest news in the world of hacking and data privacy. We're here to connect the dots as leaders in government, policy and industry try to counter the rise in cyber threats. What lies ahead for Congress, the administration and the latestÃâà...
Fredericksburg.com
April 26, 2018
Republicans had an opportunity as recently as three months ago to rein in warrantless snooping under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. What did they do? They voted overwhelmingly to ... When confronted by then-Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) about it, Brennan used the sameÃâà...
Law & Crime
April 26, 2018
As is done annually, the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts published on Wednesday a report on United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) activities in the last year. This report shows that there has been a noticeable uptick in outright denials of Foreign IntelligenceÃâà...
CBS San Francisco Bay Area
April 25, 2018
(CNN) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Tuesday she will oppose legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller if an amendment from Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is added to the bill. Feinstein told CNN she has three concernsÃâà...
Vallejo Times Herald
April 19, 2018
Dianne Feinstein, mentioning her support of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and trying minors as adults. In contrast, he said he was opposed to these measures and many other votes Sen. Feinstein has taken in her many years representing California.
Los Angeles Times
April 13, 2018
During his half-century spent defending Americans' civil liberties, here's what has changed, according to lawyer Alan Dershowitz: "Now conservatives have become civil libertarians, and liberals have become strong supporters of law enforcement, the Justice Department and the FBI," the professor andÃâà...
San Francisco Chronicle
April 6, 2018
Dianne Feinstein expressed her concern with President Trump's leadership. Feinstein is particularly troubled by the president's inability to state his policies clearly: “A president's word always meant something. It didn't change the day after.” Thank you, Sen. Feinstein, for consistently speaking out for overÃâà...
Boing Boing
February 25, 2018
Dianne Feinstein has represented California in the US senate for 28 years, garnering the California Democratic Party endorsement every year despite her far-right positions on mass surveillance, military adventurism, and authoritarian rule (she's trumpeted these policies as evidence of her "independence").
