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Yes, it is different when it happens to her. She represents one of the three branches of government. It is not within the authority of one branch to seize stuff
by cjensen 13y ago
Yes, it is different when it happens to her. She represents one of the three branches of government. It is not within the authority of one branch to seize stuff from another.
- ceejayoz 13y agoWell, she's not just complaining about inter-branch stuff. > And she said that the CIA appears to have violated the Fourth Amendment, which bars unreasonable searches and seizures, as well as various federal laws and a presidential executive order that prevents the agency from conducting domestic searches and surveillance.
- VonGuard 13y agoOP's point was the Feinstein has been defending the NSA's programs, and has, until now, seen no problem whatsoever with the government spying on its citizens.
- Tyrannosaurs 13y agoPossibly because she felt that there was some level of oversight. If she believes that the CIA are intimidating the people meant to be providing that oversight you can see how that might change someone's view of such things.
- spikels 13y agoPerhaps she has seen some secret version of the Fourth Amendment that only applies to her. I hope I'm just joking here...
- snarfy 13y agoI thought it was 'we the people' with individual sovereignty and all that.
- Tyrannosaurs 13y agoMoreover she is part of the group which provides a significant part of the oversight which allegedly makes such programmes "safe". Both are bad but they're in a different league.