Dianne Feinstein Receives Three Times More Cash From Intelligence Contractors Than Patrick Leahy

[Purveyor]

By Techdirt
Thursday, November 14, 2013 8:44 EST

While there are many bills that have been introduced in Congress in response to the revelations about the NSA (thank you, Ed Snowden), there really are only two that matter right now in terms of actually having a chance of moving forward. One is good, one is terrible. There is the USA FREEDOM Act, introduced in the Senate by Senator Patrick Leahy, which actually tries to rein in many of the abuses. It's not perfect, but it's a very good bill. Then there's the fake reform bill, introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein, officially dubbed the FISA Improvements Act, but which is really designed to legalize the NSA's abuses and open the door to making it even worse.

It's no secret that Feinstein is the abused spouse of the NSA, always defending her man, no matter how many times it lies and cheats on her, so I doubt it's much of a surprise to find that those who stand to benefit from a strong NSA have been contributing boatloads to Senator Feinstein.

The good folks over at MapLight, thought it might be interesting to see how Feinstein's contributions from intelligence contractors compared to those received by USA FREEDOM Act sponsor Pat Leahy. The answer will not surprise you. Feinstein received three times as much money as Leahy since 2007 (basically a single Senatorial term).

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[Scuba]

1. No one could have predicted that.

[Le Taz Hot]

3. LOL!

[LuvNewcastle]

2. Feinstein's corrupt as hell and she also creeps me out.

She might be the most corrupt Democrat in Congress, which is really saying something.

[HooptieWagon]

4. California can do so much better.

We need to keep shining a bright spotlight on DiFi's corporate sponsors and her trojan'horse bill.

[cali]

5. A good article fucks itself by comparing DiFi to a battered spouse. Battered spouse, my ass

She's fully complicit.

[Jackpine Radical]

6. DiFi is NOT the NSA's abused spouse, so stop saying that!

She's their favored mistress, whom they keep happy with little gifts & gratuities for every occasion.

[cali]

7. Pat Leahy doesn't get the credit he's due here.

Maybe it's just that he's been around so long, but he's authored some of the best legislation of any dem. And he's done so for decades.

[Wilms]

8. ^

[TheKentuckian]

9. DiFi is more dangerous to the people than virtually any TeaPubliKlan

This is due to her getting a lot more leeway and often being conflated with being a liberal due to hailing from California and having a D by her name.

She has also piled up more power and tenure than most Senators while building up a significant amount of TeaPubliKlan voters that help to fend off any challenges.