Feinstein: a lesson in privacy and paranoia
So, Senator Diane Feinstein learns a lesson in privacy and paranoia--we can only hope that her feelings are akin to our own, vis-a-vis mass surveillance. Actually, in the behind every cloud principle, I have said that I would welcome the NSA if the public could obtain phone/Internet records of representatives--at times where they are not engaged in discussions pertaining to military matters. But everything else? Why shouldn't we be privy to such discussions? WHAT, in Helsinki's name could be so secret? What? Other than military, what? Anyway, although I lobbied against Brennan simply because he was from New Jersey--where cronyism and despotism are twin brothers--I feel that there is NO separation of powers issue as is alleged by Senator Feinstein. The reason is that Congress has the right to subpoena members of the executive and the executive, lacking subpoena rights, should be able to spy on the legislature--it's only right.We could, of course, implement total transparen...