Senator Feinstein Was Played For A Fool by the Intelligence Community She Backed: She Discovers Senate Computers Were Monitored and Goes Ballistic

"Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Liberal Hawk" - Didn't mind
when the intelligence community spied on ordinary
citizens, yet goes berserk when she discovers they
were spying on the senate. (Illustration by Donkey
Hotey)

By David Jackson
A long-simmering dispute between some senators and the CIA burst into public view Tuesday when the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee accused the spy agency of improperly searching a congressional database.

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif, said the CIA inspector general has asked the Justice Department to look into the search that stems from a congressional investigation into CIA interrogation techniques.

CIA Director John Brennan denies the agency did anything wrong.

Speaking from the floor of the Senate, Feinstein said she has "grave concerns that the CIA's search may well have violated the separation of powers principles embodied in the U.S. Constitution."

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