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cascadiance

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11. She worked closely with fellow rich wife congresswoman Jane Harman to cover up Bush's spying...
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:02 PM
Jun 2014

... that helped him get reelected when she requested the NY Times pull an article on domestic spying until after the election then.

https://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/did-the-nyt-help-bush-win-the-2004-election-by-sitting-on-the-illegal-nsa-wiretapping-story-at-the-request-of-jane-harman/7135-did-the-nyt-help-bush-win-the-2004-election-by-sitting-on-the-illegal-nsa-wiretapping-story-at-the-request-of-jane-harman

Fortunately Harman (who's husband runs the audio company giant Harman Kardon company) is no longer a congresswoman, but that didn't stop Feinstein for being adamant about wanting Obama to appoint Harman to be the head of the CIA instead of Leon Panetta who Obama ultimately picked.

http://my.firedoglake.com/phoenix/tag/jane-harman/

We should at least push a more progressive Senate in the coming years to yank Feinstein from the Intelligence committee. She amongst others and her LACK of oversight over the years as a part of it is why our intelligence infrastructure is so out of control now.

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