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(5,309 posts) Mon Jun 10, 2013, 06:05 PM Jun 2013

Sen. Feinstein: Snowden's leaks are 'treason' [View all]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Monday said the 29-year-old man who leaked information about two national security programs is guilty of treason.

Feinstein said former National Security Agency Edward Snowden she doesn’t see him as a hero or a whistle blower.

“I don't look at this as being a whistleblower. I think it's an act of treason,” the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee told reporters.

The California lawmaker went on to say that Snowden had violated his oath to defend the Constitution.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/304573-sen-feinstein-snowdens-leaks-are-treason#ixzz2VrDGr64S

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/304573-sen-feinstein-snowdens-leaks-are-treason

Thank you Senator Feinstein for standing up for the Fourth Amendment and for civil liberties, and for not overreacting to a leak that does not paint your oversight in a very good light. How can we have a reasoned debate on the issues when Feinstein is throwing around words like "treason"?

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Sen. Feinstein: Snowden's leaks are 'treason' [View all] OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 OP

DiFi needs to review the constitutional definition of "treason..." mike_c Jun 2013 #1

Way past time to retire DiFi. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #11

She needs to go !! A dinosaur warrant46 Jun 2013 #92

Thank you, Senator. Your votes in favor of the Iraq War & the Patriot Act make you a national hero. leveymg Jun 2013 #43

+1,000 (n/t) derby378 Jun 2013 #45

All the fine Senator's referenced votes demonstrate her penchant to staunchly defend the indepat Jun 2013 #48

War criminals don't tend to be big civil libertarians. eom leveymg Jun 2013 #49

And don't forget how "legal-istic" is Feinstein's brain that truedelphi Jun 2013 #55

Ouch! indepat Jun 2013 #91

Very Good !! warrant46 Jun 2013 #93

Don't you think she is the perfect example of the concept of "capture"? OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #65

Yep, she lost me long ago. Live and Learn Jun 2013 #78

"Di-FI" and her Military Industrial Contractor Husband Reveiled! LINK: KoKo Jun 2013 #62

what a tool, she has become. mattvermont Jun 2013 #2

Nah. The necessity of her act of being a "Democrat" has ended. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #7

And some consider war profiteering treason. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #3

I'm one of those "some" OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #6

What's worse she did so for her own account. avaistheone1 Jun 2013 #10

+1 BrotherIvan Jun 2013 #21

100% spot on! We People Jun 2013 #24

As do I. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #29

exactly! bbgrunt Jun 2013 #69

Yes! nt Mnemosyne Jun 2013 #74

+1. closeupready Jun 2013 #89

Carlyle insiders, too. Octafish Jun 2013 #100

And the criminal bankstas skate. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #4

She is the definition of a DINO nradisic Jun 2013 #5

DLC/Blue Dog/"New Democrat" all the way. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #8

This is exactly the reason I stopped donating to DSCC. OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #12

High talk from a war profiteer. Rod Blagojovich is saintly compared to Difi. Dawson Leery Jun 2013 #9

The question comes down to what is treason? Was selling atomic bomb secrets to the Russians treason still_one Jun 2013 #13

But it's very "you're either with us or against us" OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #18

That is her problem, I don't think there is enough known yet. The alleged person could also have still_one Jun 2013 #28

Treason is matter for a federal court. sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #40

The constitution defines the term much more narrowly than most people using it do. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2013 #19

Either way I think there is insufficient information. However, other questions may also occur, such still_one Jun 2013 #32

Feinstein is in violation of her oath. Faryn Balyncd Jun 2013 #14

It could be treason.. DCBob Jun 2013 #15

Put a cork in it, DinoFi. KamaAina Jun 2013 #16

That would be interesting. OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #20

Sec of State Debra Bowen's name has been floated. KamaAina Jun 2013 #36

That sounds promising. nt. OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #37

I would love that! TDale313 Jun 2013 #80

I wish. MzNov Jun 2013 #41

Because she's been running against repukes KamaAina Jun 2013 #44

It wasn't last election, and it is unlikely to ever be. Sirveri Jun 2013 #82

There was a lot of Dem on Dem action in the last general election. OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #94

OK lets look it up on the SoS website then Sirveri Jun 2013 #98

I think that's a large number. OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #103

I prefer to credit Debra Bowen and insurance of a fair vote more. Sirveri Jun 2013 #104

Anyone who actively helped create the spying programs is the real traitor DJ13 Jun 2013 #17

And who fails to provide adequate oversight. dkf Jun 2013 #35

Whisleblowers leak illegal things. The stuff Snowden leaked was legal. He should stand trial. n/t Tx4obama Jun 2013 #22

The stuff Snowden told us about --IS-- treason. And that is exactly how I read the headline at first Leopolds Ghost Jun 2013 #106

And what Bush did was just fine. What a tool. Please let someone real have your seat. Gregorian Jun 2013 #23

If you're going to San Fransisco WestStar Jun 2013 #25

+1 OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #31

Where have all the flowers gone?... cascadiance Jun 2013 #56

The endgame is coming. Sen Feinstein is fighting on the side of the 1%. As are most rhett o rick Jun 2013 #26

+100000 woo me with science Jun 2013 #77

Sigh. That's pretty reckless. n/t Laelth Jun 2013 #27

Well, we loved DF when she introduced the assault weapons ban... jessie04 Jun 2013 #30

You make a good point. OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #33

Well , I'm the only one here jessie04 Jun 2013 #58

Yes, but lancer78 Jun 2013 #88

Good point as well. OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #97

I think she is just stating her opinion, and if she does know more, as you suggest, either way it still_one Jun 2013 #34

Speak for yourself. There is no 'we' here. JackRiddler Jun 2013 #110

I really couldn't care less what this dumb ass has to say. Hey Dianne, sit down and STFU bowens43 Jun 2013 #38

Yep. I just wonder if we'll ever know what secrets he's trying to trade to China. I think it's okaawhatever Jun 2013 #39

Working hard on losing that Senate majority, I see. Ash_F Jun 2013 #42

Senator Feinstein, On the contrary, YOU are the treasonous one in this case. W T F Jun 2013 #46

"Projection"... Another trait she inherits from her Republican mentors! cascadiance Jun 2013 #57

FFS, Senator, read the goddamn Constitution. Deep13 Jun 2013 #47

Irresponsible words, DiFi!!! grasswire Jun 2013 #50

This from someone that swore to uphold the constitution nineteen50 Jun 2013 #51

After reading all the replies above I am almost asjr Jun 2013 #52

Actually you are spot on Caretha Jun 2013 #67

Please, no room for nuance. LTX Jun 2013 #84

I don't get it. OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #96

He was making $200,000 at Booz Allen Leopolds Ghost Jun 2013 #107

DiFi needs to STFU. That is all. truebluegreen Jun 2013 #53

You were a lousy mayor and you're a crappy senator. please retire! Nanjing to Seoul Jun 2013 #54

Well stated Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #76

between her and Pelosi Niceguy1 Jun 2013 #59

DiFi = Snapperhead. Arctic Dave Jun 2013 #60

why oh why did i vote for this MIC tool again? n/t alp227 Jun 2013 #61

We are not being well served by our public servants Adam-Bomb Jun 2013 #63

+1 840high Jun 2013 #70

so then what would the acts of Bush and Cheney be considered. olddad56 Jun 2013 #64

Good question. OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #66

Inconvenient? magellan Jun 2013 #71

The man who released Heathen57 Jun 2013 #68

I like her less and less every day. DirkGently Jun 2013 #72

We have got to start over. nvme Jun 2013 #73

Pot meet kettle. n/t kickysnana Jun 2013 #75

I sincerely hope that this is her last term. David__77 Jun 2013 #79

Aw jeez... This is just embarrassing to me, as a Californian. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #81

he same way, I'd imagine... LanternWaste Jun 2013 #83

But when a US company helps China build attack helicopters, it isn't. Dash87 Jun 2013 #85

blah,blah,blah..... madrchsod Jun 2013 #86

kick her ass of the democratic party WRH2 Jun 2013 #87

K&R for the government contractors wife piping up on this issue. DCKit Jun 2013 #90

i say "A M E R I C A N - P A T R I O T" usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #95

There's no doubt about it anymore. Snowden is a traitor. Major Hogwash Jun 2013 #99

But is that the definition of "treason"? nt OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #102

So did Feinstein. And several other politicians Leopolds Ghost Jun 2013 #108

Hard for me to take someone seriously that voted fujiyama Jun 2013 #101

Double Plus Good for her! Dr Fate Jun 2013 #105

Feinstein's votes for war are treason. JackRiddler Jun 2013 #109