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20 May 2015, 8:03 am by Benjamin Wittes
Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, have said they are working on “backups” in case the USA Freedom Act doesn’t get the votes. [read post]
13 May 2015, 2:29 pm
While many people have never even heard of this presidential order, as the Washington Post pointed out in October, “Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has acknowledged that Congress conducts little oversight of intelligence-gathering under the presidential authority of Executive Order 12333 , which defines the basic powers and responsibilities of the intelligence agencies. [read post]
12 May 2015, 10:52 am
” Senator Dianne Feinstein didn't get beyond the headline before invoking al Mihdhar in an editorial in the Wall Street Journal supporting the Program: “If today’s call-records program had been in place before 9/11, the terrorist attacks likely would have been prevented. [read post]
7 May 2015, 11:24 am by Sebastian Brady
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the NSA’s warrantless bulk collection of Americans’ phone records under Section 215 of the Patriot Act is illegal. [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 10:01 pm by James Andrews
They include Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Brian Schatz (D-HI). [read post]
27 Apr 2015, 6:14 am by Cyrus Farivar
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), saying that the "increased presence of these unmanned aircraft is a major threat. [read post]
8 Apr 2015, 11:32 am by Sebastian Brady
An Afghan soldier opened fire at a government compound in Jalalabad earlier today, killing one U.S. soldier and wounding at least two others, the Associated Press reports. [read post]
4 Apr 2015, 11:13 am by Tom Smith
Now comes word via the U-T, that the voluble real estate developer has unloaded a majority interest in his Grand Del Mar resort to none other than Richard Blum, rich and controversial husband of Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein, and the Fairmont Hotels chain. [read post]
3 Apr 2015, 2:15 pm by Cyrus Farivar
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) wrote on her website that the 1971 book on bomb making, which may have aided the terror suspects in some small way, should be "banned from the Internet. [read post]
24 Mar 2015, 10:03 pm by Lydia Zuraw
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) reintroduced in Congress earlier this month. [read post]
23 Mar 2015, 9:03 am by WIMS
Feinstein, Leahy Introduce Bill to Ensure Consumers are Informed about BPA - Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the BPA in Food Packaging Right to Know Act to ensure consumers know whether the chemical Bisphenol-A is used in food packaging. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 4:10 pm by Mark Jaycox
Despite this, members of Congress like Senators Dianne Feinstein and Richard Burr continue to introduce bills that would destroy privacy protections and grant new spying powers to companies.New Countermeasures and Monitoring PowersAside from its redundancy, the Senate Intelligence bill grants two new authorities to companies. [read post]
12 Mar 2015, 6:56 am by John Jascob
Federal legislation on information-sharing is needed, and he and Senator Dianne Feinstein had agreed on a bill, but it was not taken up by the last Senate. [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 10:01 pm by News Desk
On Monday, Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) reintroduced the Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance Act (PARA). [read post]
5 Feb 2015, 4:15 am by Howard Friedman
Senators-- Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein-- yesterday sent a letter (full text) to the state's Health and Human Services Secretary urging that state religious and personal belief exemptions to vaccination requirements be eliminated. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 7:31 am by Inside Privacy
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), John Rockefeller (D-WV), Mark Pryor (D-AR), and Bill Nelson (D-FL) introduced a similar bill, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act (S. 177) this week the Senate. [read post]
31 Jan 2015, 7:00 am by Sebastian Brady
Wells shared Senator Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) response to the CIA Accountability Review Board’s report clearing the CIA of any wrongdoing in snooping on some Senate computers last year. [read post]
29 Jan 2015, 5:19 pm by Alex Ely
Lynch mostly dodged questions from Senator Dianne Feinstein, the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Ranking Member, about whether provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should be able to sunset in June; Lynch stressed the importance of surveillance tools but also emphasized the need to balance these investigative techniques against privacy concerns. [read post]