California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dianne Feinstein Asks DOJ To Investigate Leak Of Torture Report Summary To McClatchy News Service (via Techdirt)

Sen. Feinstein seemed incredibly outraged that her office was spied on by the CIA in its efforts to keep a torture report under wraps. This was noted with some attendant irony, given Feinstein’s boisterous support of the NSA’s surveillance efforts.…



 
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